"It's got a millennium falcon feel." Everyone else: "What a piece of junk!" Brandon Herrera: "It won the Kessel run competition with only 8+1 bullets!"
I'm from Bulgaria. My first experience with a Makarov was when i was 8.I remember it was very heavy for me and the recoil was massive. Its the most beautiful gun, most respected here.
My favorite bullshit moment from Deadliest Warrior was when they took a big ass club, and mounted a Viking shield to a solid stand. They smashed the shield, decided "yeah that would break your arm, Club wins." Problem is that Viking Shields aren't meant to be held like that with no give. They tilt with the blow to avoid that exact scenario.
"Sir, you're a scoundrel without a valor. Without a valor, I tell you! I give you one last chance to rescind your insult of calling me a common dandy!"
When i took my cc class the instructor spent about 30 minutes going over how important it was to carry the gun that you like the most. the one that was special to you. weight, printing, etc was all worth considering, but in the end of the day, what was most important, was to carry the gun that you shoot, and enjoy shooting the most. And therefore end up training the most. That extra 100 rounds becouse that gun just tickles you. yes a S&W 500 will stop any intruder and the one behind him, but its that extra 100 rounds every range day for the last ten years that lets you neutralize a target when it matters
Agreed. For the longest time, my only viable edc was a makarov. Personally, its slim profile and direct blowback makes it too snappy for me. After shooting/buying a CZ, my P01 encourages me to shoot it a lot more.
@@tattoorocker it's people like that who encourage others to buy the wrong gun for themselves. I'd encourage you to try as many styles and calibers to find what you are comfortable with and buy that.
I think hes talking about the episode where someone kidnaps a lady thinking her BF is rich cuz he lied and his boss had a gun collection on the wall with a mac and mike got it for fee
I know a dude who has one that he EDC's, and has since 1997. you say you love yours, well dude has had his NP3 coated, tritium sights, had a trigger job done to it. not even going to lie, he has spent more in shipping from having to send it off, than it cost him to buy the damn thing in 1997. he also bought it from the fayetteville gunshow, when it was still worth going to for buying guns, and not just catching a cold from attending. I miss Burn Notice. such a comfy show.
Dude. When you pulled out the makarov the first thing that popped into my head was Fiona in burn notice. Honestly one of my favorite shows. I still watch it once in a while.
Nope there have been at least 3 shootings with this gun that I can remember inside of the last 40 years. One by a criminal and 2 by low income folks defending themselves bin their own homes. I think it may have also been used as a last ditch gun by one of the many mass shooters back in the 80's or 90's but I could be wrong on that one.
Well I understand it is a bit late to reply, but you must know the truth. Times of executing political prisoners with PM gone past long before healing with executional medicine gone past. Currently the most fashionable way to execute political opponents is to use battle poisons. Zarin, Zoman, Novichok - numbers of them. No matter of hundreds of collateral victims of course.
I've been carrying a Bulgarian Makarov so long I can't remember when I didn't have it, I believe as soon as they were imported, I paid $85 new in cosmoline. My son liked mine so much he got one. It's smaller then my Glock 19, durable, reliable. I have a paddle holster with 2 extra mags in pouches. Summer it and the mags easily fit into the pockets of cargo shorts. Is it the greatest? No but a hammer in the hands of one man beats the crap out of things, in the hands of the right man it's a tool.
I've had a Russian Makarov, and a tula Tokarov, but it was when I ran across a Romanian version, double stack, I really got happy. Double stack double action first round, and dead accurate, what more could one want? Semper Fi! I always pick up the ammo and weapons of my enemy.
@@cosmolinefiend9853 on today's episode of forgotten weapons, we'll take a look a weird russia-american pistol. Impossible to shoot yet very cool to look at.....
So why exactly do you carry a Makarov? Inside Sir Brandon’s head: “Bulgarian Metal protect the Herrera Bloodline!” I’ve been a fan of The Dirty Mak since I saw Ocelot carry and use one in Metal Gear Solid 3. I’ve always had a soft spot for the lil Mak. Yeah it’s a .380 that’s been partying out in the desert for two weeks straight with no sleep whatsoever. That’s why I love it. Barely adequate becomes usefully rad. Have a nice day y’all. Be safe and help each other if you can.
i remember back in the day, when ''deadliest warriors'' was a thing, my favorite episode was the Spetznaz episode, and MOSTLY the amazing holster for the makarov that also let you have the gun without a round in the chamber BUT when you pushed down the holster it pulled the slide back and loaded a round in the chamber as you got the gun out of the holster safest way to carry a pistol in my mind, still carry a empty chamber , but still getting a loaded pistol as you got it out of the holster
My EDC is a .45 1911A1. There are some REALLY immature kids in the gun community that will call you a fudd for admitting you like the 1911, which makes literally no sense. In every realistic situation, it doesn't matter if you have 7 rounds or 15. I love the weight, the feel, and the fact it was my father's so it has a lot of history behind ig.
F‘ it. You can carry a revolver if you like. Isn’t there a study that says that citizen involved shooting last most of the time only 2-3 rounds. A revolver can do the job also.
As a guy that’s rewatching Burn Notice as we speak and knows the episode he is talking about, and is about to buy a Mak for EDC, I found this video extremely informative and helpful.
I’m so sad. I turned 18 a few months ago and Florida has decided to change the age to own a gun to 21. Also the gun I was really looking forward to owning was the Makarov. The one you’re reviewing. Your video only makes me want one even more.
Most commonly episode 109 hard bargaining. However that being the episode she was given the pistol. Now on many many many other episodes she displays and uses the pistol. So yeah lots of episodes, if you watched the show you'd know. Go watch the show it's on prime, it's a solid show.
It all comes back to that old adage, "The best carry weapon is the one you actually carry." If the unique factor is the element that gets you to strap your holster on every morning, then that's just fine in my book.
I thought I was the only guy who carried a Mak, and I was thrilled to see that you do too. double/single action with a safety de-cocker is the only way to go for safety.
During the summer my carry is a GLOCK 42 with +2 mag extensions, it's really concealable, super light and with FEDERAL HST ammo, I feel secure with this gun and a extra magazine to get me home safely.
I've always considered carrying a Makarov bc of its extreme reliability/durability, and bc lets face it, it's just sick af. Seeing someone else actually carry one makes me feel less stupid
First thing I thought of, and it’s a MAJOR plus for the Makarov... if you have to use the weapon in a self defense scenario, it’s going to likely be seized and held by law enforcement while the case is investigated. A $200 pistol isn’t a huge loss for a time. A $1000 seized handgun would sort of heart the old heart. So it’s a fine choice, Brandon. 👍🏼
I know I was supposed to be looking at the gun but goddamn man that hair is too damn perfect. Not gonna lie Bit gay for Brandon's Hair. #AKGnotificationssquad
Everything you've said about the safety is why I've determined that I want a Beretta 92 series. The decock lever is such a smart feature. Also my screwed up brain also doesn't like the idea of having one in the pipe and a spring loaded device ready to fire one into something that doesn't need to be fired into...
Michal weston was helping a house sitter by saving his kidnapped girlfriend, fiona was keeping the house sitter company, and noticed the pistol in a glass case in the house, she mentiond she liked it and at the end of the episode, mike bought it from the house owner and giftednit to fiona at the end of the episode, i remember it well
30 years ago when I lived way out in the country . I picked up a DDR version with 4 magazines , holster and belt for 250 $ . Took my dog for his morning walk in the woods everyday and it was a perfect companion. And you are right , the ammo was cheap , even hollow points.
@@Fred_the_1996 Here in Russia you can easily buy a shotgun or any non-rifled weapon if you're 18 y.o. and after buying it you'll get a permission to buy anything rifled from V-9 to Maxim 1910 (ofc semi-auto) Just one thing bothers me...it's sooo hard to legally buy a pistol here.
i love the makarov, when i play rimworld with the rimmu-nation mods, i always equip my medics with makarovs, and when it comes down to it ive seen them out shoot my hunters and guards in close quarters fights.
"One of the easiest field strippable pistols out there." Walther: "Hold my controversial past" Glock: "Hold my Tuppeware lid" Bersa: "Hold my claim to the Falklands"
Like you, ive been interested and drawn to this piece since boyhood. In the 007 Goldeneye film, the villan general used one. I used to carry my G26 or G43X religiously... But ever since I got the Makarov (Circle 10 year 1978), I've fallen in love with this pistol. It is admirably and perfectly simple. Now they go for 500, when it used to cost half of that a decade ago.. but it didn't stop me from getting one.
Between you and Hickock 45, I was convinved and I bought a Bulgarian Makarov. They are pretty damned sweet! I also bought a polish P64 (not really a mak), it's pretty rad as well. Edit: yes, my mak made the Kessle run in under 12 parsecs.
My CZ-82 in 9x18 makarov blew out and completely destroyed three extractors. in less than 200 rounds. I wouldn't necessarily say the makarov caliber one is automatically "better"
@@xmm-cf5eg One of the biggest reasons I went with the .380 one over the 9x18 Makarov version is because there's more available, more modern, more reliable ammo in the .380 caliber. There's a lot of myth attributed to Soviet ammo, the truth is that most Soviet ammo isn't working with the best materials available (welcome to Communism) so they need to compensate for that in other ways. For example: The bimetal jacket of 7.62x39mm, that is to compensate for very low amount of tin in the bullets. That bimetal jacket is the reason why a lot, and I mean A LOT of cheap Russian soft points still perform well. But the American manufacturers of ammo are still churning out better bullets like Hornady SST and Corbon DPX.
My EDC is a Bersa Thunder 380, I carry it at 4 o'clock, so I don't worry about my breeder nuggets, but the safeties on it are why I carry it. I know this is very controversial, but I like the Mag-Drop safety. At my age, I hope it never has to come into play.
I've been using my makarov as my edc since I got it 17 years ago. Fun side note. All guns have a "de" cocker mechanism. I just read a news story about a guy the other day that decided to use his waistband as a holster and got "de" cocked. Lol
Thanks for watching guys!
What is your favorite carry gun? Any other Makarov fans out there? Let me know!
AK50 is the best carry gun. So easy to conceal as well!
Brandon Herrera your gun is stupid?
I carry a nerf jolt with me to watch out for racoons
Wait, is burn notice that old or are you that young?
adrian lankford Both Probably?
Have 2 p83's. Go bang everything. Cheap and so dependable. Call it my "Fat Nine".
As “the AK guy” it would basically be blasphemy for you to carry anything else. Except maybe a tokarev.
Cosmoline Fiend I dunno I’d go with a TT personally
AK pistol.
A Stetchkin would be tits, if he could get one.
Luke that’s a Tokarev
Maybe a PSM, that 5.45 mak
The Makarov is the natural sidearm to someone who operates Kalashnikov.
At first I thought it was a joke but nahh, he is totally legit carrying it for his EDC.
Yeah goes well with the AK guy
Tetejac better.
That's a joke; people who operate Kalashnikov do not need sidearms.
Stechkin is the natural AK guy sidearm
"Heavy is good, heavy is reliable, if it doesn't work you can always hit him with it"
-Boris the blade
Keep in mind he got gunned down.
Boris the Bullet Dodger.
@@movessmitt6427 Boris the skeleton
Borris the sneaky fucking Russian
maybe he lived maybe maybe
" Boris, what are you doin here?"
"FUCKK YOUU!"
"It's got a millennium falcon feel."
Everyone else: "What a piece of junk!"
Brandon Herrera: "It won the Kessel run competition with only 8+1 bullets!"
This deserves more likes
Isn't it 7+1?
I'm from Bulgaria. My first experience with a Makarov was when i was 8.I remember it was very heavy for me and the recoil was massive. Its the most beautiful gun, most respected here.
Nocie
Heyyyyy another fellow slav! Zdraste!
@@humoroustumor Здравей
Da Comrades
Lucy i live in serbia were you cant even think about touching a gun unless you are 18
My personal edc is a nerf revolver with thumbtacks where the suction cups go.
Quadmachine0 wait that’s illegal
You must live in California
War criminal
I have actually done that before. Stuck to my wall.
At my school someone put thumbtacks in a stinger you know like paper folded up that you would shoot with a river band, he got expelled
Brandon Herrera:
Online, at home, and on the range: The AK Guy.
Out in public on the street: The Makarov Guy
Maky in the streets, ak in the sheets
"Gimmie your money man!!"
Brandon: "Ah, so you have chosen the Gulag. Josef sends his regards, comrade."
*Auto-balance*
Player “Robber 1” has been put on the “Political Prisoners” team
If you survive you can redeploy.
@@mrmr_zoomie LMAO
"So you shot him in self defense?"
"No, I made him mine coal and nikel for me in retaliation."
I passed my CCW class with a Bulgarian Makarov, and got into the pistols because Deadliest Warrior.
That's way worse than Burn Notice, tbh.
As much as I love Maks. That scene agianst the M9 was complete bullshit.
But so was most everything else on that show.
It was entertaining though
@@vitoscaletta7151 I just liked that EFK quick draw holster they showed. I went out of my way to get one for my Mak just to show it off.
A. Clifton Me too 😂
@@BrandonHerrera Did we just become best friends?
My favorite bullshit moment from Deadliest Warrior was when they took a big ass club, and mounted a Viking shield to a solid stand. They smashed the shield, decided "yeah that would break your arm, Club wins."
Problem is that Viking Shields aren't meant to be held like that with no give. They tilt with the blow to avoid that exact scenario.
Every body : let’s use 9x19mm
Soviets: let’s use 9x18mm just because we can
trey becker the Soviet’s said fuck international standardisation
@@para_magnus2200 Socialism in One Country. No worldwide revolution. No wonder he had to have Trotsky killed.
- No optics mount
- No flashlight/Laser mount
- no aftermarket stuff
Meh no problems, I’ll still carry an inferior pistol.
The soviets did this on purpose so that NATO wouldn't be able to use any captured Russian ammo.
@@TheRambunctiousLion-gv7vq nyet reliability and power is all we need. The rest is unneeded.
A Makarov and “I haven’t eaten today” like a true Russian at the time
this is way funnier then it deserves to be: take my like!
Just turned your comment into ammo.
??? there wasn't a single famine in the Soviet Union after 1947, and the Makarov began production over a decade after.
@@mauer594 Almost every kind of food was rationed in the Soviet Union
@@koalasarecool7823 Not after the war. Rationing began at the end of "perestroyka", thanks to Gorbachev.
Joke's on you. I carry a C96 Broomhandle Mauser appendix style.
I call bullshit
Do you have the stock holster too or nah?
TheDoctorAnarchy it’s called a joke genius
I'd acctually love to do that
Graham Lopez if it were me I’d store the stock up my prison wallet
Bramdons whole family js sitting around the dinner table with him while he films this
Everyone with their Tokarevs and Makarovs next to their plates. Kids have PSMs.
Dude, that just made me bust out laughing so hard it hurt!
@@sinisterthoughts2896 Cheers from Soviet Russia, u welcome!
The Mak doubles as a bottle opener with the slide to the rear position, perfect tool for a dinner table.
@@xmm-cf5eg True
I’m kinda disappointed Brandon doesn’t conceal carry a obrez ak 50 #AKGnotificationsquad
Craposnap because why hit your attacker when you can just deafen them 😂
@@AR_119 and light them on fire.
at least an obrez mosin come on man
Who would obrez an ak?
@@17MrLeon me
My carry is two dueling pistols.
If someone wants to mug me, they better be prepared to do it the honorable way.
hell yes
This guy gets it.
"Hold my toof ima settle this like a gentleman!"
ha!
"Sir, you're a scoundrel without a valor. Without a valor, I tell you! I give you one last chance to rescind your insult of calling me a common dandy!"
When i took my cc class the instructor spent about 30 minutes going over how important it was to carry the gun that you like the most. the one that was special to you. weight, printing, etc was all worth considering, but in the end of the day, what was most important, was to carry the gun that you shoot, and enjoy shooting the most. And therefore end up training the most. That extra 100 rounds becouse that gun just tickles you. yes a S&W 500 will stop any intruder and the one behind him, but its that extra 100 rounds every range day for the last ten years that lets you neutralize a target when it matters
Agreed. For the longest time, my only viable edc was a makarov. Personally, its slim profile and direct blowback makes it too snappy for me. After shooting/buying a CZ, my P01 encourages me to shoot it a lot more.
my cc instructor basically said if you dont get a 9mm and a glock your wrong
@@KBBF3 I want a makarov so bad it may not be my EDC gun but I want one
@@tattoorocker it's people like that who encourage others to buy the wrong gun for themselves.
I'd encourage you to try as many styles and calibers to find what you are comfortable with and buy that.
Respect man
Dude, throwback to burn notice, anyone else remember that show?
Outlaw Breadloaf love that show, still watch it on amazon prime all the time
I think hes talking about the episode where someone kidnaps a lady thinking her BF is rich cuz he lied and his boss had a gun collection on the wall with a mac and mike got it for fee
Most definitely!
Bruce cambell
I loved that show! The girl on it was gorgeous! And it was a cool show!
I know a dude who has one that he EDC's, and has since 1997. you say you love yours, well dude has had his NP3 coated, tritium sights, had a trigger job done to it.
not even going to lie, he has spent more in shipping from having to send it off, than it cost him to buy the damn thing in 1997. he also bought it from the fayetteville gunshow, when it was still worth going to for buying guns, and not just catching a cold from attending.
I miss Burn Notice. such a comfy show.
Are the barrels replaceable?
"Ballsy .380" is probably the best 2-word description of the 9x18mm I've ever heard.
*.380 on steroids tho :eyes:
9mm kurtz
@@regularperson5647 Ehh, not by much. They're pretty comparable as far as power.
I've never laughed so hard when you said I'm not gonna send a round tearing through my nutsack. I really felt that #akgnotifacationsquad
Dude. When you pulled out the makarov the first thing that popped into my head was Fiona in burn notice. Honestly one of my favorite shows. I still watch it once in a while.
I binge watch it all the way through at least every other month. It was such an amazing show!
One of the best shows of all time.
How? It's off the air for like years now.
@@whiteroseproject7207 Amazon Prime my dude. Also you can buy the DVD's if you want the hard copy.
Rick Sanchez amazon prime.
Normal People, Carrys a Glock 19.
Ak Jesus:
OOH, A MAKAROV
Red X it’s soviet Jesus 😂
>carrying a glock
There are other ways to tell us you're gay, ForsenE.
@@theunsophisticatedplatypus4685 It's the truth they do not want us to know.
The second way to tell someone's gay is if they use Twitch Emotes.
@@xmm-cf5eg Ah shit, you got me.
Imagine being the first person to be smoked by a makarov in like 50 years
Not really. In Bulgaria police officers still uses them as their carry gun.
wow😒😑🤦🏻♂️
Maybe in the US but they definitely use them throughout the middle east and Baltic
North Korea uses a Makarov clone called the Type 66. So yeah, someone is getting capped by a Makarov daily.
Nope there have been at least 3 shootings with this gun that I can remember inside of the last 40 years. One by a criminal and 2 by low income folks defending themselves bin their own homes. I think it may have also been used as a last ditch gun by one of the many mass shooters back in the 80's or 90's but I could be wrong on that one.
Wow, the AK guy carries a Makarov. DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING!!! I love this channel.
I'm so glad to know that I'm not the last hammer fire carrier. If I can't decock it I don't want it. I don't want my junk held hostage by my EDC.
😅😅😂 u said it all!....nope, ur not the last! I love hammer fired myself. Just seems to make sense.
I carry a Baretta 92FS
I've only recently converted to striker fired for a carry. I prefer a hammer for a full size for sure.
I carry a hammer fired pistol but fuck if that damn dammed doesnt stick me
Does a striker fire with a decocker count?
*You must always have a Makarov to complement your Kalashnikov, comrade.*
Dinodogdude 209
Or a Tokarev.
Sorry dude I'm sticking with my cz82
Sorry, I prefer czechnology, CZ75 compact.
But most of all it’s a great political prisoner executor.
So old school and wasteful. Political prisoner, just fall down stairs or have short ditch they were digging colapse on them.
Well I understand it is a bit late to reply, but you must know the truth. Times of executing political prisoners with PM gone past long before healing with executional medicine gone past.
Currently the most fashionable way to execute political opponents is to use battle poisons. Zarin, Zoman, Novichok - numbers of them. No matter of hundreds of collateral victims of course.
Actually alot of executions down in the KGB dungeons where done with Colt .45 SA revolvers left over from pre-revolution times.
@@mikhailpridushchenko3668 actually thousands. Wait no, MILLIONS.
Yeah get the Tokarev. It shot Nazis 😁
I've been carrying a Bulgarian Makarov so long I can't remember when I didn't have it, I believe as soon as they were imported, I paid $85 new in cosmoline. My son liked mine so much he got one. It's smaller then my Glock 19, durable, reliable. I have a paddle holster with 2 extra mags in pouches. Summer it and the mags easily fit into the pockets of cargo shorts.
Is it the greatest? No but a hammer in the hands of one man beats the crap out of things, in the hands of the right man it's a tool.
I've had a Russian Makarov, and a tula Tokarov, but it was when I ran across a Romanian version, double stack, I really got happy. Double stack double action first round, and dead accurate, what more could one want? Semper Fi! I always pick up the ammo and weapons of my enemy.
Weakling I always carry my mark 19 40mm grenade on my shoulder at all times
I carry an entire armoured division with me at all times. Get rekt
Weakling my EDC is a chain sword and a heavy bolter pistol
Bi#ch please. I carry a full auto 50 bmg desert eagle.
@@MrVibe-tx4rn 50 cal. Are you some type of unic
I have an M249 SAW in a drop-leg holster...alongside the Retro Lancer :)
#akgnotification
Are we getting a .50 makarov?
Please make a .50 makarov. I'd immigrate to America just to edc it.
RAHUL REDDY LoL. Straight blowback 50 cal makarov. I love it. I don’t want to shoot it, but I love it
@@cosmolinefiend9853 on today's episode of forgotten weapons, we'll take a look a weird russia-american pistol. Impossible to shoot yet very cool to look at.....
Shit that´s actualy a cool idea :D
.50 cal Tokarev, just so you can blow your arms off twice more effective
Long story short, no. Straight blowback rifles don’t really work, especially when you jump straight to .50 BMG 😂
I know he's the AK Guy but having a Makarov as an EDC is reaching dangerous levels of slavaboo.
No lie, I saw the title of this video and I thought to myself, "I bet he carries a Makarov or a Tokarev".
I was guessing Tokarev 😂
At least it ain't a high point or zip 22.
A nagant revolver, possibly the worst revolver ever made
But, did you know you could suppress it?
Did you say Millineum Falcon appeal? I suddenly need to appendix carry a Broom Handle Mauser.
why is this in 4:3 ... should i be watching this on a 70's soviet tv?
Duh, Comrade
No,the Russian people arent supposed to have guns!
@@bloodstone6196 r/wooosh
Soviet TV has a decenters channel just to know who they need to make disappear.
Soviet TV watches you watch it.
@Lord Cognus 😂😂
So why exactly do you carry a Makarov?
Inside Sir Brandon’s head: “Bulgarian Metal protect the Herrera Bloodline!”
I’ve been a fan of The Dirty Mak since I saw Ocelot carry and use one in Metal Gear Solid 3. I’ve always had a soft spot for the lil Mak. Yeah it’s a .380 that’s been partying out in the desert for two weeks straight with no sleep whatsoever. That’s why I love it. Barely adequate becomes usefully rad. Have a nice day y’all. Be safe and help each other if you can.
I carry a CZ 75, own a CZ 82, and carry it on occasions too.
David Ray I got a PCR, P-07 and a P10 C in my rotation. I’m obsessed with CZ’s.
@@cosmolinefiend9853 I fell in love when I found out my CZ 75 will out shoot my Glock.
David Ray oh all day!!
I carry the SP-01 Tactical and love that gun to death
Colton Dillon the SP-01 was gonna be my next cz but I lost it on gb. 😡😡😞😞
i remember back in the day, when ''deadliest warriors'' was a thing, my favorite episode was the Spetznaz episode, and MOSTLY the amazing holster for the makarov that also let you have the gun without a round in the chamber BUT when you pushed down the holster it pulled the slide back and loaded a round in the chamber as you got the gun out of the holster
safest way to carry a pistol in my mind, still carry a empty chamber , but still getting a loaded pistol as you got it out of the holster
WHOA, I remember that from way back in the day too. Idk why I always thought that was so cool
I loved that show. Freaking Faramir was the announcer.
I have that holster. It's pretty fucking garbage.
@@0baddawa0 if its military issue for spetnaz then your ass ain't using it right
Ohh... Nostlgia..
He’s just a scav from tarkov at this point
Blyat!
Heh-heh-heh
I’ve had my east German Makarov for over 30 years! Over 5000 rounds and not one malfunction! Definitely my least expensive but most trusted pistol!
You had me at "dont carry a makarov" that's why I'm going to carry one
My EDC is a .45 1911A1. There are some REALLY immature kids in the gun community that will call you a fudd for admitting you like the 1911, which makes literally no sense. In every realistic situation, it doesn't matter if you have 7 rounds or 15. I love the weight, the feel, and the fact it was my father's so it has a lot of history behind ig.
Good on you,. Forget the nay sayers.
Fudd lol
If you are a good guy and ccw I dont care what weapon
Shut up boomer
F‘ it. You can carry a revolver if you like. Isn’t there a study that says that citizen involved shooting last most of the time only 2-3 rounds. A revolver can do the job also.
Shoutout to Burn Notice....I freaking miss that show!!
As a guy that’s rewatching Burn Notice as we speak and knows the episode he is talking about, and is about to buy a Mak for EDC, I found this video extremely informative and helpful.
escape from tarkov? i rock makarovs since s.t.a.l.k.e.r days :)
Cheeki breeki iv damke
@@anonlost5477 papali papali suki
Ah, S.T.A.L.K.E.R...
SKS + Makarov
@@anonlost5477 Hey, my old account, друг!
Kuddos. Rule #1, of a gun fight, is have a GUN! Up side to yours, is that pistol whipping is a viable option.
As is the Tokarev
*laughs in scimitar*
I’m so sad. I turned 18 a few months ago and Florida has decided to change the age to own a gun to 21. Also the gun I was really looking forward to owning was the Makarov. The one you’re reviewing. Your video only makes me want one even more.
Me: "Makarov, but why Makarov?
Brandon: "Burn Notice."
Me: "Say no more."
What episode?
Most commonly episode 109 hard bargaining. However that being the episode she was given the pistol. Now on many many many other episodes she displays and uses the pistol. So yeah lots of episodes, if you watched the show you'd know. Go watch the show it's on prime, it's a solid show.
Sam Axe approves
@@c3wichman you mean Chuck Finley
It all comes back to that old adage, "The best carry weapon is the one you actually carry." If the unique factor is the element that gets you to strap your holster on every morning, then that's just fine in my book.
Now people are going to go out and buy a Makarov lol
Prepare for price to jump lol
They just tripled in price :)
@@andyprairiedog A model blows up in price after Hickok reviews them.
Guess it's time to sell my ruskie commercial model
Literally been thinking about looking around for a Makarov and this video has sorta pushed me over the edge 😂
"Nah bulgaria ain't having that shit everythings steel"
From Bulgaria wiht love the gun is made in my home country 🇧🇬🇧🇬💙💙
I thought I was the only guy who carried a Mak, and I was thrilled to see that you do too. double/single action with a safety de-cocker is the only way to go for safety.
Wasn't really expecting a mention of Escape from Tarkov in this video lol
CHEEKI BREEKI
Or bubba gun the shit out of an Ak and be dissapointed by the community
DICKY NEEDLES
Same like what the actual F
You should carry an ak slung under your shirt at all times, it's all about stopping power.
#akgnotificationsquad
krink under the sweater like carnik con lol
I too love my "Soviet improved" Walther PP!
Schmerz improved?
Charel Peffer Makarov pm: the Walther pp killer
During the summer my carry is a GLOCK 42 with +2 mag extensions, it's really concealable, super light and with FEDERAL HST ammo, I feel secure with this gun and a extra magazine to get me home safely.
Makarovs are a huge fanboyism of mine too. Glad to know they're reliable!
Next video Brandon's taste when it comes to women... or men.
Also more ATF/Boating memes for next GMR.
My carry is a smith and wesson 2.0 compact 9mm but my home defense gun is my Romanian draco pistol. Can't wait to SBR that baby
I would just throw a brace on it.
@@LegoLikeDaBlocks24 Oh, nice. What makes you wanna SBR it? Just more options?
@@redmenace1570 Just the pure aesthetics honestly. It's getting a triangle folder.
“Like it cause it’s nifty or different or they saw it in Tarkov”
I like it cause it’s Sterling Archers Gun of choice.
Pretty sure Archer carries a ppk.
@@life_of_riley88 only clicked to say this.
@@americanheretic7993 heh you are a good Archer fan then.
Yes Makarov is best handgun there is. * Sips vodka .*
J Wsndjejek
Edit- * tips back bottle of vodka. Kills the bottle in one drink.*
@@infidel5.569 I see a man of culture .
I've always considered carrying a Makarov bc of its extreme reliability/durability, and bc lets face it, it's just sick af. Seeing someone else actually carry one makes me feel less stupid
My EDC is a Luger™️ with an Ar10 barrel, an AK47 stock, and an ACOG scope
travis rigney jr THIS is why we can’t have nice things
Kevin DeLeon wants to know your location.
Drum mag?
Mark C yes
@@travisrigney3786 lol
First thing I thought of, and it’s a MAJOR plus for the Makarov... if you have to use the weapon in a self defense scenario, it’s going to likely be seized and held by law enforcement while the case is investigated. A $200 pistol isn’t a huge loss for a time. A $1000 seized handgun would sort of heart the old heart. So it’s a fine choice, Brandon. 👍🏼
That's why I always have two of each of my carry guns.
Exactly why I leave my beloved match 1911 home and carry the XD45. Well, there's also the 13-rd mags, night sights and light rail...
I carry two yeet cannons "my 92fs and my 380 pocket pistol." Im fixing to open carry a m57 in Alabama in the future.
I'm in bama too I got an m57 to hunt with 90 gr xtp's at 1700 fps is pretty mean
7.62x25 is an excellent round!!!
@@cosmolinefiend9853 agreed
Yeet canons? Are you sure you're old enough to carry?
@@mick_1976 you know there's a gun that's factory name is yeetcannon right
I carry a tokarev m57
7.62×25mm great pistol
"I'm not trying to get you to carry a mak" JOKE'S ON YOU I ALREADY HAVE
I did I kinda lost my carry permit though, anyway anyone notice that recoil spring is wrong, the tight side is supposed to fit on the barrel
Shaine Gustafson beauty is that backwards or not, on this gun it doesn’t matter. Lol
The best gun to carry is the one you have good muscle memory with and trust.
5:29 “Nah, uhh, Bulgaria ain’t havin that shit, everything is steel” Best quote
I know I was supposed to be looking at the gun but goddamn man that hair is too damn perfect.
Not gonna lie
Bit gay for Brandon's Hair.
#AKGnotificationssquad
"Bit"
"Are you tired of carrying your gun around in your hands? Are you tired of accidentally castrating yourself? Then try C&G holsters." -Donut Operator
ahhh everyones favorite bootlicker
Good plug bro
Everything you've said about the safety is why I've determined that I want a Beretta 92 series. The decock lever is such a smart feature. Also my screwed up brain also doesn't like the idea of having one in the pipe and a spring loaded device ready to fire one into something that doesn't need to be fired into...
Michal weston was helping a house sitter by saving his kidnapped girlfriend, fiona was keeping the house sitter company, and noticed the pistol in a glass case in the house, she mentiond she liked it and at the end of the episode, mike bought it from the house owner and giftednit to fiona at the end of the episode, i remember it well
Honestly I could just listen to him talk about the Makorov for a good few hours
That's alittle creepy.
30 years ago when I lived way out in the country . I picked up a DDR version with 4 magazines , holster and belt for 250 $ . Took my dog for his morning walk in the woods everyday and it was a perfect companion. And you are right , the ammo was cheap , even hollow points.
Honestly, listening to your love for this gun makes me want one.
Hear me out. Double shoulder harness.
Falco Leather
@AKGNotificationSquad FINALLY A GUN I CAN OWN! I need to add a Mak to my growing collection.
As a Nano fan, you should already have one! Shame!
Oof, in my country, guns are banned (except for hunting) and there is only 1 shooting range in the entire country! Yes, I live in Portugal
@@Fred_the_1996 On the bright side, Capitao Falcao is a masterpiece of cinema.
@@A.Clifton welp, I guess :/
@@Fred_the_1996
Here in Russia you can easily buy a shotgun or any non-rifled weapon if you're 18 y.o. and after buying it you'll get a permission to buy anything rifled from V-9 to Maxim 1910 (ofc semi-auto)
Just one thing bothers me...it's sooo hard to legally buy a pistol here.
i love the makarov, when i play rimworld with the rimmu-nation mods, i always equip my medics with makarovs, and when it comes down to it ive seen them out shoot my hunters and guards in close quarters fights.
Love this game
Yeeeeessssss!!!
"One of the easiest field strippable pistols out there."
Walther: "Hold my controversial past"
Glock: "Hold my Tuppeware lid"
Bersa: "Hold my claim to the Falklands"
Who tf bersa💀
@@dumbshit-with-alex9184 if you don't know, do some research
I freaking died🤣
@dumbshit-with-alex9184 looked it up. They make Walther-style handguns for carry in calibers like 380. Auto, 9MM, etc.
I was always wanted to EDC a short Colt Single Action Army............. but its not 1885
Not with that attitude it’s not (pats 4 flintlock pistols concealed under my pirate shirt)
Ease of use factor -10, badass factor +1000
My EDC is an 1851 colt navy! Get one, you will love it. I recommend the sheriff model since you want a shorter barrel.
I carry a Colt 1877 Lightning Shopkeeper model, do that shit bro
I've seen people seriously carry desert eagles and snubbie 500's do you man
"This is not me trying to get you to carry a makarov"
ah, too late
First comment, btw will you make an AK-50 SBR?
Khanh Giang Le No, the gas system is too long for that 😂
Khanh Giang Le the fireball from that would be LEGENDARY
Brandon Herrera I will use the gas system as a makeshift bayonet
29" barrel please 😁
I'd carry a pistol version
Like you, ive been interested and drawn to this piece since boyhood. In the 007 Goldeneye film, the villan general used one. I used to carry my G26 or G43X religiously... But ever since I got the Makarov (Circle 10 year 1978), I've fallen in love with this pistol. It is admirably and perfectly simple. Now they go for 500, when it used to cost half of that a decade ago.. but it didn't stop me from getting one.
Check out the Bersa Thunder Plus .380 PPK knock off yet with 15+1 and half the price. I love mine
Brandon you actually plan on playing Escape from Tarkov? That would be pretty sweet.
You love the gun because its safe and reliable how can you hate that?
I also love this handgun! BTW you should check out that game (escape from tarkov).
A lot of the reasons you have a Mac as a carry gun is why I have a Bersa Thunder as a carry gun, I like the Mag Disconnect
lock the slide back, use the barrel and the frame as a bottle opener.
You can also use the ejection slot for a bottle opener. 😗
You can do the same thing with an AK magazine slot or an AK magazine. I believe one of the versions of the Galil has a bottle opener
Who needs a bottle opener to open vodka?
I bought one of those cheap south Korean ak mags and instead of throwing it away I now use it exclusively as a bottle opener
Yes the Galils do have a bottle opener
I carry the same exact gun but mines all black, literally never had one bullet ever jam in that gun... EVER
It doesn’t matter man, to me what I value is the fact it won’t fail on me in a bad situation.And the gun looks beautiful
Between you and Hickock 45, I was convinved and I bought a Bulgarian Makarov. They are pretty damned sweet! I also bought a polish P64 (not really a mak), it's pretty rad as well.
Edit: yes, my mak made the Kessle run in under 12 parsecs.
"Heavy is good. Heavy is sign of reliability. If it does not work, you can always hit him with it."
Boris the Blade
Forgets to put the safety on gun after video. R.I.P. nutsack!
It's on, with the mak its backwards from the Beretta style. Up is safe and down is fire
No worries. The trigger pull on the initial double action is like a horrible seventy pounds so it won't go off easy. lol
R Sjr that’s on the Polish ones. The Bulgarian ones aren’t 20 lb double action lol
@@cosmolinefiend9853 it's pretty heavy about twelve maybe.
R Sjr yes.
I carry a CZ 83 as my EDC pistol. Straight blowback team represent
In 7.65 or 9x17 ? You can look around for CZ82 same gun better barrel and in 9Makarov.
@@LoBoFuror .380 ACP, I found this model is have for $250
My CZ-82 in 9x18 makarov blew out and completely destroyed three extractors. in less than 200 rounds.
I wouldn't necessarily say the makarov caliber one is automatically "better"
@@xmm-cf5eg One of the biggest reasons I went with the .380 one over the 9x18 Makarov version is because there's more available, more modern, more reliable ammo in the .380 caliber.
There's a lot of myth attributed to Soviet ammo, the truth is that most Soviet ammo isn't working with the best materials available (welcome to Communism) so they need to compensate for that in other ways. For example: The bimetal jacket of 7.62x39mm, that is to compensate for very low amount of tin in the bullets. That bimetal jacket is the reason why a lot, and I mean A LOT of cheap Russian soft points still perform well. But the American manufacturers of ammo are still churning out better bullets like Hornady SST and Corbon DPX.
I have a CZ 83 in .32 acp. Super reliable gun a bit heavy, but just a bit.
My EDC is a Bersa Thunder 380, I carry it at 4 o'clock, so I don't worry about my breeder nuggets, but the safeties on it are why I carry it. I know this is very controversial, but I like the Mag-Drop safety. At my age, I hope it never has to come into play.
Soviet guns are like Soviet citizens, they are hungry and will eat anything you give them.
You’re a man of culture with impeccable taste
You watched Burn Notice as a teenager? Damn you're young Brandon. Making me feel old.......
Same
I've been using my makarov as my edc since I got it 17 years ago. Fun side note. All guns have a "de" cocker mechanism. I just read a news story about a guy the other day that decided to use his waistband as a holster and got "de" cocked. Lol