Polish P64 9mm Mak

[Brin]

I carry the p64, the Polish pounder. It is 100% reliable and very accurate and the best part is I paid $149 for it. I put some wolff springs in it making the DA trigger about 8 pounds and the SA trigger is now about 1 pound or less. I am not recoil sensitive but if you shoot a lot of rounds through it your hand’s going to feel it. I carry mine with Buffalo Bore 115gr hard cast flat nose ammo. There is a cheap way to fix the front sight, glue a piece of Fluorescent fiber tube just behind the front sight with JB weld. See photo.

 

[Anchorite]

I carry the p64, the Polish pounder. It is 100% reliable and very accurate and the best part is I paid $149 for it. I put some wolff springs in it making the DA trigger about 8 pounds and the SA trigger is now about 1 pound or less. I am not recoil sensitive but if you shoot a lot of rounds through it your hand’s going to feel it. I carry mine with Buffalo Bore 115gr hard cast flat nose ammo. There is a cheap way to fix the front sight, glue a piece of Fluorescent fiber tube just behind the front sight with JB weld. See photo.

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Where did you find the P64? I have thought about getting into the Mak, many say it’s a neat little truck-type pistol. I just don’t know enough about the Polish vs Bulgarian vs whoever Makarovs. Thanks.

 

[MedWheeler]

Anchorite writes:

Where did you find the P64? I have thought about getting into the Mak, many say it’s a neat little truck-type pistol. I just don’t know enough about the Polish vs Bulgarian vs whoever Makarovs.

The P64 isn't a Makarov pistol. It's only a pistol chambered for the Makarov round. The Bulgarian, East German, Soviet/Russian, and Chinese Makarov pistols are all larger and heavier than the P64, and hold two more rounds in each of their magazines (eight vs six.) That extra size and heft makes those guns a bit easier in hand than the P64 is, but the Pole can certainly be handled by a willing and capable shooter. It's more like the size of a PPK.

The P64 and the Makarov pistols do have similar operating actions (DA/SA), takedown procedures, and very heavy DA trigger pulls.

Yes, either would make for a decent "truck gun", but I wouldn't choose one for such duty simply because of the collectibility factor. There are plenty of other guns out there now that could fill such a role easily and for a "truck gun" budget (the Taurus G2C and Kel-Tec PF9 come to mind for me simply because I own them both, and they're both chambered in a much more readily-available - and affordable, cartridge.)

 

[Anchorite]

Anchorite writes:



The P64 isn't a Makarov pistol. It's only a pistol chambered for the Makarov round. The Bulgarian, East German, Soviet/Russian, and Chinese Makarov pistols are all larger and heavier than the P64, and hold two more rounds in each of their magazines (eight vs six.) That extra size and heft makes those guns a bit easier in hand than the P64 is, but the Pole can certainly be handled by a willing and capable shooter. It's more like the size of a PPK.

The P64 and the Makarov pistols do have similar operating actions (DA/SA), takedown procedures, and very heavy DA trigger pulls.

Yes, either would make for a decent "truck gun", but I wouldn't choose one for such duty simply because of the collectibility factor. There are plenty of other guns out there now that could fill such a role easily and for a "truck gun" budget (the Taurus G2C and Kel-Tec PF9 come to mind for me simply because I own them both, and they're both chambered in a much more readily-available - and affordable, cartridge.)

I’ve been meaning to look into the PF9 as well.

 

[RON in PA]

About 15 years ago I purchased a P-64. Terrible recoil and DA trigger pull. I got rid of it the next week. The workmanship was excellent as I have noticed on all Polish made firearms I have inspected.