Show off your Makarov!
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Bulgarian Mak with a Bulgarian 22LR conversion. Works good but is a little ammo sensitive.
East German Mak that a FFL dealer had refinished for his personal gun, then never used it. I'll probably never use it either.
I'm not much on shiny guns but this is about the best refinish job I've ever seen.
Civilian Bulgarian Makarov. Back in 2000 they were imported for a short time.
A while back I took a new Bulgarian Mak and using a lot of non destructine tests I tried to make the gun malfunction. It went through 1,000 rounds without a single gun caused malfunction.
I put it in mud.
Filled the inside with "pocket lint".
I froze the gun, and did many other tests.
And after all that the gun still was totally relable and would shoot better than this.
East German Mak that a FFL dealer had refinished for his personal gun, then never used it. I'll probably never use it either.
I'm not much on shiny guns but this is about the best refinish job I've ever seen.
Civilian Bulgarian Makarov. Back in 2000 they were imported for a short time.
A while back I took a new Bulgarian Mak and using a lot of non destructine tests I tried to make the gun malfunction. It went through 1,000 rounds without a single gun caused malfunction.
I put it in mud.
Filled the inside with "pocket lint".
I froze the gun, and did many other tests.
And after all that the gun still was totally relable and would shoot better than this.
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Armedleprechaun
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Wow M2! I don't think I have the heart to do that to mine. Nice Maks though!
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The mud was the only test that worried me that I might damage the gun.
The gun was fully loaded with the hammer cocked. The idea was, You dropped your gun in the mud as you were ready to fire. Then you picked it up and immediately tried to fire it.
The mud between the hammer and firing pin prevented the hammer from hitting the firing pin on the first trigger pull. Immediately I pulled the trigger a second time and the gun fired and I shot the magazine dry.
ccsniper
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commie guns=simple, reliable, quality (in the eye of the beholder)
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The White Tiger
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M2 - is this the Mak you converted to a .22?The mud was the only test that worried me that I might damage the gun.
The gun was fully loaded with the hammer cocked. The idea was, You dropped your gun in the mud as you were ready to fire. Then you picked it up and immediately tried to fire it.
The mud between the hammer and firing pin prevented the hammer from hitting the firing pin on the first trigger pull. Immediately I pulled the trigger a second time and the gun fired and I shot the magazine dry.
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Sorry I missed this post from you, gbellah - what I am referencing is this page from Makarov.com. The page addresses the question
Where does my Makarov come from?" - it shows a chart entitled: "East German Production dates". You may have a different set of letters in your serial numbers - mine begins with an "AY", indicating it was manufactured in East Germany in 1961 (according to the chart).
So, rephrasing my question; does anyone else know if this chart is accurate?
M2 Carbine
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No.
Even though the 22 Conversion is Bulgarian I had to try it on three Bulgarian Makarovs before I found one the Conversion fit and operated reliably.
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Non-owner, has to chime in
I agree with the earlier poster that they're ugly guns. But I still want one. Just not for no damn $250+. Seems like CZ82s are better guns for that money, and Bersas too. I wish Bersa would make a "Thunder Mak" or something. It'd be a hot seller, I bet.
Every once in a while, I try to talk Buck out of one of his, but he's not budging.
I agree with the earlier poster that they're ugly guns. But I still want one. Just not for no damn $250+. Seems like CZ82s are better guns for that money, and Bersas too. I wish Bersa would make a "Thunder Mak" or something. It'd be a hot seller, I bet.
Every once in a while, I try to talk Buck out of one of his, but he's not budging.
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I now have two Makarov's: one is a pre-unification E German, the other one I just bought on an auction...it's not here yet, so I'm not sure what it is.
Just got back from the range with it - two people stopped and asked about it. One of them was the range officer. I let him shoot a magazine through it and he informed me that he had his eye on one at the gunshop...until about 3 weeks ago, that was about the time someone bought it before he'd made up his mind...
...I had to inform him that I was the one who'd bought it.
He just shook his head and said, "you bought a sweet little pistol..."
Here she is:
Just got back from the range with it - two people stopped and asked about it. One of them was the range officer. I let him shoot a magazine through it and he informed me that he had his eye on one at the gunshop...until about 3 weeks ago, that was about the time someone bought it before he'd made up his mind...
...I had to inform him that I was the one who'd bought it.
He just shook his head and said, "you bought a sweet little pistol..."
Here she is:
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In the early Makarov days, when I only had three or four Maks, everytime I let someone shoot my Maks they wanted it. Half the time I'd sell them the gun, then because I liked them so well and they were inexpensive I'd buy two more.
I loaned a friend's wife a Mak to shoot her concealed carry qualification. When she beat everyone there but her husband, who was also shooting my Mak, she wanted THAT Makarov. I sold it to her. She told her husband that was HER gun, he would have to get his own. Which he did.
If I hadn't parted with so many I'd probably have over twenty five now, instead of sixteen.
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Armedleprechaun: So far, I think this is the best picture I've seen here. Great idea!
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Did you mean the Makarov, or the banana?Armedleprechaun: So far, I think this is the best picture I've seen here. Great idea!
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Yes, mine has East German manufacturing markings as well as a 1961 date mark:Any Ernst Thaelman Maks out there? Very nice trigger.
Along with the requisite Ernst Thaelman engraving of the time:
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OK, I'm going overboard, but I just got 'em - I'm supposed to be a proud papa...
Both together:
and my "new" Circle 10:
Both together:
and my "new" Circle 10:
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I gotta say, I love my Makarov. Got it for super cheap and it was unused. Wish I had gotten 5 instead of 1.
Spec ops Grunt
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Think I'm going to get a replacement Hammer, Slide Catch, and safety, the finish is kinda worn on mine.
denfoote
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Here's my unfired Chinese Type 59.
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SpecOp's - The trigger on my '83 Bugarian seems somewhat more loose than the one on my '61 East German - any thoughts?
RockyMtn & Denfoote - to have unfired Makarov's?
...in the words of Bill Murray "...somethings wrong with that....something's seriously wrong with that!"
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Never said mine was unfired. I shoot mine. It's one of my CCW guns. I shoot it VERY accurately for some reason.
When I got mine it was supposedly unissued, and it looked like it. It was LNIB it seemed. I have seen some Makarovs that look like they have been abused quite a bit.
My brothers and I all got them together and we all still have them and shoot them.
Armedleprechaun
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Thanks guys! lookin good so far.
Spec ops Grunt
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I have no idea on triggers.
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