ezypikns
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Shooting today at an outdoor range. I took my Bulgarian Mak out and got ready to shoot. When I inserted the loaded mag and released the slide stop forward to put the first round into battery the thing fired. Only once though. Thank goodness it didn't go full auto or anything like that. The pistol was firmly gripped and pointed straight down range so no harm was done to anything except my confidence in the pistol.
I did look on THR and found a post by Highroader BamBam-31. His experience was ten times worse than mine (wounded in the hand). I also found a lot of info regarding stuck firing pins on Makarovs and I suspect that was my problem too. I'm aware of stuck firing pins causing the same kind of problems on SKS's.
In the meantime, my Mak gets a complete stripping and cleaning. And I stll don't know whether I'll ever fully trust it again.
Has anybody else had similar experiences?
I did look on THR and found a post by Highroader BamBam-31. His experience was ten times worse than mine (wounded in the hand). I also found a lot of info regarding stuck firing pins on Makarovs and I suspect that was my problem too. I'm aware of stuck firing pins causing the same kind of problems on SKS's.
In the meantime, my Mak gets a complete stripping and cleaning. And I stll don't know whether I'll ever fully trust it again.
Has anybody else had similar experiences?