I got a nice Baikal 9x18 single stack on the EE just over a week ago. Had 7 boxes of ammo shipped out from the seller too. Then found 5 boxes of REALLY expensive blazer ammo, bought it anyway since I was worried I'd never find ammo. Then I found a local shop that had a bunch of 9x18 Norc ammo for $10 bucks a box, go figure.
Any Makarov owners out there?
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It's too bad we won't see anymore of these imported for a while. I love mine. Runs like a top.
Ridiculously easy to fieldstrip and clean and the Norinco 9x18 is surprisingly clean ammo.
I was advised by the importer at the time that it's easier to get parts up from the USA if you need spares or replacements. Think Numrich.
Ridiculously easy to fieldstrip and clean and the Norinco 9x18 is surprisingly clean ammo.
I was advised by the importer at the time that it's easier to get parts up from the USA if you need spares or replacements. Think Numrich.
Travis Bickle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
I had a Baikal Makarov in 9mm Mak
I sold it a ways back but I will say that I put almost 1000 rounds through it and the thing literally never had a single issue during all those range trips.
The design is perfect. Simple, rugged, extremely reliable, very accurate (I was blown away by the accuracy of it actually as I was expecting TT33 results, was using bulk Norc ammo so with good handloads it would be a tack driver for a pistol)
Easy to handle, small and compact, has modern safeties (even a hammer decock ala Sig226 which is also the trigger locking/hammer blocking safety lever).
Very easy to strip and clean (there's a crazy video on the net of a dude fully stripping it with one hand!)
It's an ingenious design.
The only flaws are the following:
The mag release is a bit of a pain but with practice it's not that bad to change mags fast.
The cartridge is limited in power (essentially a .380 Auto cartridge. But it's a military pistol. If you switched to a pistol in that aspect it's because you were at very close range anyhow.
The ultra ### Canadian extended length barrels look goofy.
And it's getting harder to find 9x18 Mak in Canada these days for some reason.
If you really want to get the most out of the gun, get the $20 Hogue rubber wrap around grip. Makes it way more comfortable to shoot and thus easier to shoot it more accurately! Best bang for buck improvement you can do to it. Oh and get the self cocking Spetznas holster as well from Interammo for $40, it's beyond awesome!
I sold it a ways back but I will say that I put almost 1000 rounds through it and the thing literally never had a single issue during all those range trips.
The design is perfect. Simple, rugged, extremely reliable, very accurate (I was blown away by the accuracy of it actually as I was expecting TT33 results, was using bulk Norc ammo so with good handloads it would be a tack driver for a pistol)
Easy to handle, small and compact, has modern safeties (even a hammer decock ala Sig226 which is also the trigger locking/hammer blocking safety lever).
Very easy to strip and clean (there's a crazy video on the net of a dude fully stripping it with one hand!)
It's an ingenious design.
The only flaws are the following:
The mag release is a bit of a pain but with practice it's not that bad to change mags fast.
The cartridge is limited in power (essentially a .380 Auto cartridge. But it's a military pistol. If you switched to a pistol in that aspect it's because you were at very close range anyhow.
The ultra ### Canadian extended length barrels look goofy.
And it's getting harder to find 9x18 Mak in Canada these days for some reason.
If you really want to get the most out of the gun, get the $20 Hogue rubber wrap around grip. Makes it way more comfortable to shoot and thus easier to shoot it more accurately! Best bang for buck improvement you can do to it. Oh and get the self cocking Spetznas holster as well from Interammo for $40, it's beyond awesome!
Still alive
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- Rainy mosquito infested part of BC
^^^ Exactly what Travis said!
Shot my first Mak 2 weeks ago. Lucky me got to shoot the 12(6) version. Accuracy is amazing, no malfunctions. The little European mag heel release is a pain. It's too tiny and almost recessed.
And you will be amazed by that Spetznaz holster! You can carry the Mak empty chamber and safety on and in one downward thrusting type motion, chamber a round and click off the safety ready to go! Very cool design!
Shot my first Mak 2 weeks ago. Lucky me got to shoot the 12(6) version. Accuracy is amazing, no malfunctions. The little European mag heel release is a pain. It's too tiny and almost recessed.
And you will be amazed by that Spetznaz holster! You can carry the Mak empty chamber and safety on and in one downward thrusting type motion, chamber a round and click off the safety ready to go! Very cool design!
SquidMeister
CGN Regular
- Location
- New Soviet Albertistan
This thread severely lacks pictures...
I have a 1973 vintage Izhevsk PM which I purchased off the EE few years ago. It shoots like a dream with Hungarian surplus ammo which I purchased for $5.00 a box of 16 from local dealer a while ago. If I could find any more of this stuff anywhere...
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Phat Eagle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Fraser Valley, BC
Got one a few years back. Picked up a boatload of cheap Norc 9x18 from CanAm. A very accurate little package. The heel mag release is the only thing stopping me from using it for IDPA.
What was the price?
.30/06 FTW
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- Thunder Bay, Ontario
4 necro thread bumps asking the same thing. Why didn’t you just start a new thread?
