The Makarov: How it REALLY Works
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- Return of the Mak! Also, the return of the White Board of Knowledge, as I do my best to break down one of my favorite soviet firearms of all time: The Makarov PM.
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About Me
My name is Brandon Herrera. I'm the owner and operator of The AK Guy Inc, a 07 Firearm Manufacturer based out of Fayetteville, NC. I also co-own Stark Media Group, and designed the rifle known as the AK-50.
I've started to dedicate this TH-cam channel above all to have fun, but also as a way to document my entrepreneurial journey for the next few years as I try to grow my companies. Hopefully, people can learn from my example, successes, and failures.
Either way, I'm having a lot of fun with it so far, and I hope it's just as fun to follow along!
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Thanks for watching guys! Hopefully this was somewhat educational/entertaining, and help pass a little quarantime! I’ll see you guys later this week for another Gun Meme Review!
Quarantime -love it-
Your welcome brah!
make ak jenga
it will be funny
So it works like a high point 🤔. I knew they were cheap commie guns 😂
how r u doing with the virus? What is your favorite gun?
This is only slightly more complex than hitting the round with a rock
I love soviet firearm design
@@DuckcuD forget to switch accounts there bud?
@@mx_nana_banana no? I was adding to my comment without editing so it didnt lose the heart
@@DuckcuD I love the Soviet designs too, Soviets went full barbaric in terms of features, which gave them their incredible durability and lower cost.
Technically, using a gun means your just beating someone to death with a piece of metal from a distance.
“Art school rejects lost to history”. If you’re headed in the direction I think you are, you’ll need a smaller mustache
Maybe work on pounding fists on the podium or yelling idk
Maybe turn a symbols of peace into...
Thankfully I was not the only one who caught on
... Are gas masks gonna make a comeback then?
@@chemusvandergeek1209 Gas Masks, no... Chambers... maybe.
Brandon: “The safety is also a de-cocker!”
Guys who appendix carry: “I Fuckin hope not!”
Nah I'n that case it'd be the trigger
Thats never gonna happen to me because i don't have an appendix
Brandon: As someone ho does appendix carry, I didn't mean that kind of decocker.
Gotta love how he said, “another art school reject lost in history.” ... Awkward pause of hidden demonization!
German third... you know, intensifies
*Small mustache intensifies*
Erika intensifies
If that man survived he has a story that’s for sure
😳
Simply:
press the boom switch with your booger hook to make the boom stick go pew pew
I shall henceforth refer to my index finger as a booger hook
Moritami Kamikara yes
It's called a bang switch
I mean, it's more of a bang switch, than a boom button... The 1911 has a boom button, as it's linearly actuated, whereas this type of trigger is rotationally actuated, and, thus, a switch.
MTG Skunkworx ah I see you have a degree in the boom science
10:16 if you’re appendix carrying, the trigger will also act as a decocker.
"There are no brakes on this Commi f*** train"
"Art school reject"
I thought we were talking about the Makarov, not a Luger
I did na zi that one coming?
Well, it's based on the PPK. Walther PPK.
ouch
Nein
@@nazarderkach9320 a ppk is at least 10x as complicated
Update: Brandon Herrera is single-handedly responsible for raising the price of Makarovs.....carry on.
Alvino El Papa
“Single handedly”
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
It makes me kind of sad. I wanted one cause it’s like a Walther with Soviet aesthetics and cheap as a heck, but, now, I’ll have to probably just settle for a Tokarev if I want to get my USSR handgun fix for a simple price...
That pun make you a political prisoner worthy
@@seirbhiseach I saw one for 250 local with target grip bulgarian
No problem, I already have one lol
I appreciate his commitment to the one handed Brandon theme here lol
AAAAH OM MY GOD! FANBOY MOMENT! HI BRANDON LOL
@@kighr3 Sempai notices you.
It’s not a theme he lost he’s hand can we get an F in chat
@@silasisaspicyboi7458 It was eaten by a "wild" AK 50.
Schrodinger's GAT *CRONCH*
German quality: holds forever
Russian quality: is easy to fix
Thats how the lada niva works
@@miscosas from my experience as a german: the quality of german cars goes up but their expected lifespan (is that the right word?) goes down.
A lada nive is still nearly the same as in the 70s. I had one some years ago and i drive one at work (in Germany, ironicly) an they are way less reliable and comftable but the are super easy and cheap to repair.
It definitely does not hold forever
Hold up as a german engineer i have to say it depends on what product your looking at cars or washing machines have pre programed breaking points so i have to slightly aggree some of the answers but looking at weapons or industry machinery there isnt😌
Just think about the MG42 worked back then to mow down soldiers works today as well😈
Combine those two together, and you get Toyota.
btw in Ukrainian school we literally have army lessons where we learn about the mechanism and how to disassemble and reassemble makarov, ak and nagant. we literally have a range in the school basement,also it doubles as a bunker.
Sounds American
Can confirm. Though it's mostly an useless holdover from the Soviet past, since it's hard to buy those guns for own use and the Army should teach firearms anyway.
Based
Poland had some too, but those classes was deleted. Ranges are still here tho
@Etcetera yeah. the problem is usually there would be maybe a couple classes at the beginning of the semester and then it would just stop. most school don't even have the classes but keep the ranges as storage rooms.
🤣🤣🤣 the still missing hand had me cracking up! Well played brandon🤣
Do you know what movie that happened in?... It's my fav movie of all time...
Evil Dead 2...
?
Ooooooh at first I thought you were talking about me which made me confused because I have no videos.
At least he’s changed the dressings on his hand
Hunter Jacob did he actually hurt his hand ?
Yea wouldn't want an infection. Go to hospital and next thing he knows hes a coronavirus statistic.
@@joeldurand7742 yes.....he cut it off with a chainsaw.
Tommie Fisher oh shit I thought it was a joke
@@joeldurand7742 r/woosh
1. Simplicity-that was one of the conditions Red Army imposed on all guns for the army. In this sense, PM is a 100% of this goal achieved: 28 parts.
2. If you truly love makarovs, show how they can be easily disassembled completely with only a cleaning rod. This is taught in Russian police schools.
3. PM was indeed the first gun in space, since Gagarin in 1961 had it hidden somewhere among the rest of the luggage, with the only exception: they put this gun not to fight aliens, but to fight wild animals after landing. How would it be practical-perhaps not much, at least shooting could be heard from some distance.
4. When Soviet army adopted ПМ as a standard sidearm, Makarov himself was testing something on the range. When the news reached him, he found the biggest paddle on the shooting range, and jumped into it-that’s how happy he was.
5. Heavy trigger is another safety, just in case.
6. Makarov wasn’t only a firearm designer. His wife came to him one day, and said “Kolya, I want to pickle some cucumbers, but the lid doesn’t seal well. Can you do something to it?” Makarov designed a tool that goes over the metal lid of the jar and equally bends the edges, sealing it.
The Russians perfected simplicity, the gsh 18 has an absurdly low number of parts for a full power 9mm.
Marcus Borderlands Gryazev was an aircraft weaponry engineer for years, he was known for ability to “fit an unfittable”. It’s so compact yet reliable, one can conclude that ГШ-18 is a pocket-sized aircraft cannon by design.
I'd say Gagarin had the pistol to off himself if something went wrong, knowing how well soviet space program went.
no. 6. Now that IS something usefull :-)
@@akkudakkupl hot take. Sounds realistic!
The last part was kinda wholesome
Without a reload you can kill 9 penguins had me dying
9:44
Brandon- "Direct blowback is kind of a special beast"- Herrera
Shows the STEN, aka The British Bullet Bong, Why do you think we call them Bongers....
PPG ...
oops I meant PPSH ... typed too soon :-(
You forgot to mention the most important feature on the Makarov, it makes a damn good bottle opener.
Very much Soviet.
Even better than the galil
🇮🇱
M1911 is really good for it too
Brandon : "I'm just going to be one of those art school rejects nobody hears about in history"
*sudden realisation*
the first handgun to go to space was actually a TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol so that the cosmonauts could defend themselves whilst in the Siberian wilderness after landing. the TP-82 Cosmonaut survival pistol actually had 3 barrels
Pistol doesn't do it justice
It's a double barrel shotgun with a rifle barrel snd machete stock. The fact the only game its been adequately portrayed in is Black Ops Cold War and not some over the top boomer shooter is insane.
"I'm gonna be one of those art school rejects that history never remembers...."
The Viennan School of Art can help with that....
Food_ Toobs *looks at hitlers history* 👀
But this guy's has beautiful hair.
Viennan. Venice and Vienna are two different cities
Beat me to it.
@@GermanFreakvb21 thanks for the correct spelling, completely flubbed that.
"Art school reject."
Me: Wait one second that sounds familiar.
“No one hears about in history”
God damn it, someone ruined 88 likes
Austria: hey, ive seen this before
Literally made me lol in the video with that
Maybe watercolors are Brandon's medium.
"Was exemplary for executing political prisoners."
TT-30 Tokarev: AMATEUR!!!
😂
Tokarev too much over-penetration, risk of ricochet in basement of Lubyanka.
-political- -prisoners- , counter revolutionists! Or in new new speak, conspiracy theorists and science deniers (especially scientific communism).
11:15 ..."single handedly"... lol I see what you've done there...
Haha
One of best things about this gun - you can take apart entire mechanism and stuff just by a parts of gun. Self-disassemble as it is, you just need a ramrod, which is always part of service holster. Loved this gun, then I was in russian Marines
Do they make them in 9x19? Or do they only make them in 380 and 9x18
@@gwydionrusso3206 it is possible, but only by commercial or non-government companies. In fact, the original PM are no longer produced, it changed by PMM (modernized) and PYa (Pistolet Yarygina), which is basically use parabellum 9x19
@@user-nn7ni3et5j ok thanks
ماهي افضل الموديلات من ماكاروف
What I find fascinating about the Makarov aside from what was mentioned is that the Mak only has 27 parts, which is even fewer than a Glock. A lot of its internal parts serves dual purpose such as: Mainspring is magazine release spring, safety/decocker also retains the firing pin, slide stop is also the ejector, sear spring is also slide stop spring.
i want a good Makarov but all of them i can find are at least 400 USD and above currently... my dad had one that looked like a Soviet model but it had a black grip instead of a brown one and im having trouble finding one like it...
Decocked 😝🤪😂😂😂😁
"Who am I kidding? I'll just be, one of those art school rejects no one hears about in history." *Chill music stops.*
Great fun informative video Brandon! It made me appreciate my own Makarov even more than I already did. Thanks for making and posting.
"Mom can we get garand thumb?"
Mom: we have garand thumb at home
Garand thumb at home: 8:34
Eli Watson ahaha
Absolutely underrated comment.
What is this a quote from I see this on nearly every gun video
@Yeetus_Deletus_Mission_Completus do you not know the glory of flannel daddy?
Why would you want it
Gulags: we're full
Makarov: improvise, adapt, overcome
War zone headass
Both of these comments a so underrated it’s great!🤣🤣🤣
Makin Waves 😂
Down to just text in the comments
Because of this video and brandon's earlier video about why he edc's a makarov, I was talking with my buddy a lot about makarovs right around the time he turned 21. He ended up getting a really cool example of one for his first personally bought gun, and from the moment I shot my first round out of it I knew that I wanted one for myself. They're such cool little guns
Love your delivery. Fun facts to share and tell.
“If it doesn’t work, hit it again” just like the prisoners in the gulag
Underrated
ROOSIA
Im russian an it really works here.
Every time my fan in pc starts being louder i just hit it with my foot
One time i dropped my phone and its speakers stopped working. I accidentally dropped it again and they started to work.
@@yegorgribenuke6853 Russian engineering: It only works under terrible conditions.
@@savagetuner2404 that's how we programm it to work
Seeing him holding things with his left “hand” makes me think of Patrick saying “firmly grasp it” to Squidward before stabbing a jellyfishing net into his bandaged hand.
Same haha
i love your informative videos. thank you for all the knowledge/inspiration over the years
Love the Makarov! I bought one in the early 90's, a Baikal, later sold it against my better judgement. Bought a second one in the late 90's. Both were Russian models with the adjustable rear sights and both in .380 acp with single stack mags. Replaced the stock grip with a Pearce grip. Accuracy is unbelievable. Always felt safe when carrying these because of their reliability and accuracy. Shot the standard PPC and Q qualification courses with it and never had a problem qualifying. Yes, the .380 round is not as good or powerful, but accurate shot placement can make up for this.
The simplicity of this firearm is the real star. The "KISS" principle is embodied by the Makarov.
Great video!
"Sergie, what if we added this fancy capitalist blowba-"
"Shush shush shush, ivan, does gun work?"
"Yes?"
"Good, you retire now; gib gun"
Sergie: pistol is fine!
You pool triger, boolet flies, what more you want?
Lol it is a blowback pistol though
@@theangrycheeto he probably was going to say blowback delaying system
"because sometimes the gulags are full" -quote of the year
Astronaut: Wait, it's all Markarov!?
Cosmonaut: It always has been.
*Fires Markarov behind Astronaut*
Makarov: fucks up and kills the cosmonaut
Love this gun I bought a Makarov when I was 21. It was my first firearm. Loved it . Also bought a Tokarov as well. Loved that one so much I bought 2. And the last piece of my loves was my 38 special Burgo. With This thing I could shoot clay pigeons after they were launched. And the Tokorav split a bowling ball. And the piece that blew of you could see the waves in the material and you could put the broken piece right back on it snugly. Crazy.
Petition to change "freedom seed" to "The peoples pew" for Makarov rounds
I'm unimpressed that your new "hand" is not a Mobrez.
Ikr why didnt he weld the mobrez to his arm already. Smh
@@Mario-gp5xx he needs a chainsaw to pair with that
A chainsaw duck taped to an AK
Just picked up a Makarov and I'm in love with this flawless little beauty!
This was the best one for me so far, thanks! :)
Imagine if Brandon pretends his hand is gone for the rest of his TH-cam career
It might happen
What do you mean. It is obviously gone.
Hooked On Chronics saw 1 and 2 were great
@@BrandonHerrera well with the power of mikhail we can work against that
@@essewaxegard9423 hell make a new one out of cosmoline
Makarov moto: "if it doesn't work after being hit the first time, hit it again and hit it harder"
Tillet _ Makarov motto: *Remember, no Russian*
"If at first it dosent work, GET A BIGGER HAMMER"
Tillet _ Heh.
@daAnder71 sorry, in dick flex it :(
Great video. Love your humor
Can you do a How it REALLY Works on the Gyrojet? I love how they just threw everything out the window and said "F*ck it, rocket gun!"
3:40 That is by far one of the best sentences I've heard in awhile
Thank you sir/madam
The virgin everybody else: nooo you can't Just Hammer some pieces of metal together then put a big spring into it And shoot it.
The chad soviet union: ha slide go Back with no delay
Diley
Haha slide go brrrrrrr
Im happy to see this video. The Makarov was my first ever gun. Didn’t know they made a double stack variant. Gonna have to get my hands on one of those.
By far one of my favorite videos. Thanks for making us laugh during these lonely times of quarantine. I think I can hear my Makarov giggling in the drawer next to me 😛
Germany: Makes the PP line of handguns.
Russia: I like that, that’s a good idea, this is mine now
Russia: ...but inside is too complicated. We don't like little, fiddly German parts. Replace all of it with 3 parts cut off of glorious Workers' shovel and hammered into shape. Now is good!
The wacky thing is that they actually made some minor improvements with the takedown system in the trigger guard.
Then the Czechs said "hey, guys...what if-HERE ME OUT!...what if...double-stack magazines?"
Post 1890 Germany firearms: *exists*
Russia: "Write that down! Write that down!"
*Our idea, comrade*
"Dad, why does it hurt when I shoot this gun?"
"Stop whining Ivan. It hurts more for the prisoner."
I mean the prisoner does have a painless death!
The executioner cries as he shoots you
I found this more pleasant to shoot than a 9mm glock. That weight eats recoil.
I couldn't agree more man. I inherited a Hungarian FEG PA63, I'm still learning about it but it is my favorite owned pistol, I love shooting it!! Thank you for the informative videos. I have a slightly difficult time finding ammo is my only complaint.
Thank you Brandon for the awesome knowledge your the man brother
"Mom can we have CarniK Con?"
"No we have CarniK Con at home."
*CarniK Con at home*
I miss CarniK Con
I love how the entire intro is explaining relatively advanced and modern firearm design principles and then saying "The makarov is special! Because it incorporates NONE of that.
Like most com bloc guns, it will give itself a trigger job with use. I discovered a couple cool things from long dead websites back when I owned my Makarov. If your trigger pull is gritty, shooting it will help but you can get some valve grinding paste (which is really just fine lapping compound) and smear some on the sear engagement surfaces. Wherever trigger parts rub, smear a little on and go shooting or dry fire (use a snap cap with a Makarov) to work the parts together. When you're done, clean the gun and get the lapping compound off. You can apply some anti-seize compound to the parts you lapped to get long term lubrication between the metal surfaces (cheap copper grade is fine) or you can have another go with more lapping compound if you like.
Point is you can clean up the trigger quite a bit for about $10 at your local auto part store. You may need to sell a kidney for ammo though.
I don't see any reason why the Makarov is a bad choice other than the weight. Sure they are chonks compared to a Glock 26, but I'm a big boy and I can conceal it just fine. Buy a good belt. 9x18 is more than adequate for most scenarios a civilian would find themselves in. If you're undergunned with a Makarov, you should have brought your rifle.
The Makarov: Hi-Point 1.0.
PS: make a new arm out of PVC, duct tape, and 9-volts attached with caulk. #akgnotificationsquad
Germany: is that our gun?
Russia: nyet
Germany: *squints*
Russia: *PPKs in russian*
No no, make a new hand outta duck tape a paper clip and a rubber band.
yes,but actually no
Nope - really good firearm for its day. Accurate and reliable.
@@edmunddantes5351 No one:
Tokarev Model 1933: _"You see, son, when a Browning Hi-Power and a Mauser C96 love each other very much..."_
Darn I hate it when a slide enters my eyeholes
I was both somewhat entertained and informed by this video. Good work. Sorry about the hand issue.
I love how commited you were to the *hand*
Nobody:
Brandon: (*using m9 bayonet as a classroom pointer*)
Cadman 07 I don’t see anyone else mentioning this😂
It is not m9. Its bayonet from AK-74
AK bayonet but ok
AK Bayonet crappily taped to a stump**
art school rejects that nobody hears about in history is actually not the worst case scenario for art school rejects
I had no intention or need to buy a makarov but now I really really want on. That is such a cool design.
I laughed pretty much all through this video ... Love the humor man ! And love the guns !
News flash Crazy one handed man kills every single penguin with a Makarov
Keep searching
Brandon lookin like a Bollywood star in one of those over the top action movies.
"Bulg-garian, this is a bulgarian service gun" damn how does Brandon has a makarov while I am a bulgarian and still dont
ikr
Entertaining and educational, absolutely! Laughed my ass off! Love your video Brandon.
Whiteboard of Knowledge >>>>> College online classes that go towards my Bachelors’ Degree
#AKGNotificationSquad
Deadite: “Who the hell are you?”
Brandon: “Name’s Ash, Housewares”
Im not really a pistol guy, but my friend is a gun collector and we put around 1500 rounds down range one day , with about 18 different pistols. And with my almost zero knowledge of pistols i enjoyed shooting the makarov the most, and for me i was the most accurate with it. And that was comparing it to pistols that literally cost 10+ times more money.
So this was interesting to watch, thanks.
"Sometimes they get lippy sometimes the gulags are full, you just gotta improvise sometimes"
The most Russian solution to a very Russia problem
"No people. No problem" J. Stalin.
Fun Fact: Putin hated this pistol, saying that the cartridge had less penetration and power than a 7.62x25,
that the gun felt less natural in his hand than a tokarev, and that it was hard to get out of the pocket. :D
Many Soviets said that too
*Russian Bot Confirmed*
I would agree. It's a pee-shooter. The Makarov, Walther PPK...... anything that looks like something a woman would fumble around in her purse for to try to stop a date-rape..... Ew. Now, if I was to own a Russian semi-auto pistol, I'd want a Gsh-18. That thing is sweet, and it can shoot high-pressure rounds, like the special armor piercing 9x19 them Russians offer!
So he was surprised that the 9 mm didn't penetrate as much as a 7.62... was he also surprised that fire is hot and snow is cold?
@@benjaminraskin8509 he wasn't surprised, just hated the fact that it's chambered in ammunition which isnt highly penetrative
Last time i was this early "No Russian" was a huge fuss
Love this. Makes me want one now
Love the knife as a pointer and using the hand he supposedly cut off the entire video
I'm starting to think Brandon actually stabbed himself for the mosin video, the madlad
"If it doesn't work, hit it again."
I'd laugh if it wasn't how you fix a lot of Russian stuff. My uncle has an UAZ 452 and the best way to fix a starter in it is to smack it a few times with a hammer. You give it a few taps and it'll work for another two days.
Ad. Mechanicus from Wh 40k and my own folk have more in common than i thought, lol.
@@PyromaN93 Mysterious are the ways of The Omnissiah.
@Иван Иванов or radio. Or people.
Percussive maintenance.
Well don't want to kill your nice story but actually.... you could fix every older starter in a car with a good hit. Has nothing to do with superior russin tech ^^
I have a makarov and I absolutely love it. It's easy to care for, fits my hand well too, and I shot with it a lot better than some of my other pistols. Couple of problems with it though. Practice ammo is a pain to find, replacement parts can are not usually something you can just go to your local store and get. It's a sweet shooting pistol that I used to carry too.
I really like the whiteboard videos. Good learning
Russian Space Federation circa 1950's
"Sir, this is our first manned flight in to space"
"Yis Comrade, give pilot gun."
"But sir, we could use the weight for supplies like food or water."
"Nyet. Pilot fine, bring gun."
"But sir, why?"
"Americans land on moon. Send Russian Peace Offering."
"Sir these are loaded magazines."
"Exactly, send gun."
Use to work with a couple of engineers from So Block They told me There’s a right a wrong way and the Russian way
Nyet! It's Russian Space *UNION*
Nyet! It's Russian Space *UNION*
Nyet! it's Russian space *UNION*
Nyet! it's Russian space *UNION*
Brandon: "Just gonna be one of those art school rejects that won't go down in history" *pauses* *Thinks about hitl--*
I knew someone else would have noticed lol.
Nice
I laughed so hard when he thought about it
@Adolf hitler yes
One of your best videos
Great video about a superb little pistol. Very similar mechanically to the Walther PP and the Bursa Thunder....I can never decide if I prefer the Makarov or the Tokarev TT-30...both are such iconic Soviet handguns, and both are excellent shooters. Thanks for your hard work, I love the videos!
It is Walther PP. They steal even the machine from Germany.
In Russia, we kill political prisoners by hands, and Makarov is only for aliens
А ведь это правда, да🌚
Romansund X флагов валов Фазыл стаи хлоп
@@johnfitzgeraldkennedy3928
Wise words, my Американский друг)
The NKVD didn’t waste valuable people’s ammunition. They hammered an empty cartridge case through the top of prisoner’s skulls.
@@SvenTviking my grand dad was an NKVD officer. He killed ~1 488 420 innocent newborn kids just with his finger. You know why? Because Stalin said so.
Glory to Stalin {-_-}7
Beria might disagree
“ If the lago is a scalpel, the makarov is a f***ing machete” XD
It's more of a wood ax. The machete is a sabre used by marshal artists. Much more finese than myself with scalpal.
Wut
Never seen your channel. Pretty cool. Subscribed
My very first handgun was a double stack Russian Makarov (IJ70-18AH). I still own and shoot it today. I even found an extra mag for it in a box of random $5 stuff at a local gun store.
Brandon: *jokes about executing political prisoners and then compares himself to hitler*
TH-cam and the government: 🤔🤔🤔
Lmfao
@@majormojo9830 that username raises alot of really important questions.
Some guy with a bad history teacher low key
@@somenbwithabadhistoryteach5872 what questions ill try to answer
Hk: we need a way to tame/delay the 9mm
Makarov: niet blowback is fine.
...HK, overprice for something you can get from other with cheaper of the same quality!
Simple, reliable, and accurate for its size! Have had one for years now. And the decocker is a great addition.
"I personally like using a safety when I'm pointing a gun at my 'nads." 💯
I’ve carried one for a few years. It’s my favorite handgun and I bought a russian grip that adds a thumb release on the magazine. It’s accurate, safe, and so much fun to shoot.
Is the “previously on Brandon Herrera” going to be a reoccurring theme? If so, I’m not complaining
I 2nd this you got me laughing with the skit
Nice dude alot of things i didnt know was the first gun i ever bought i love it its really good i rolled a spray paint can across my yard with it and wasnt really aiming at it has great grouping pretty cool piece of history too
My first pistol was a Bulgarian Makarov. The stiffness of the recoil spring makes it harder to take down, but you're glad it's there when you're shooting!