New production Makarov with legal barrel
- Thread starter TeaPot2
- Start date
I already have a Makarov.....but I would be interested in buying ammo and one or two more magazines for it if/when you get them.
Also, try bringing in some restricted length barrels so that guys like me can change our Makarovs from being 12(6) to restricted. That way, when we kick the bucket, our estates will have an easier time selling/auctioning them.
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- Location
- London, Ontario
I'm hoping the bbl's will be threaded, but this is the length we are talking about for reference. This one is threaded with a thread protector on the bbl:
And another:
Those look pretty awesome!!!
ColassalEntry
Regular
- Location
- VANCOUVER!
Oh man I want. 9mm Mak obs and in matte black like that one pic 
Can't wait; any status update or anyhting going on? COME ON PEOPLE LET ME KNOW WHATS HAPPENING
Can't wait; any status update or anyhting going on? COME ON PEOPLE LET ME KNOW WHATS HAPPENING
TeaPot2,
Is there any projected time frame for these? I don't expect to know within a day or two, more like are we looking at 6 months, 12 months, whatever?
This one is the model that I want. Make sure to bring in lots of mags, as well. I always want at least 5-6 mags for every pistol I own. I voted for .380, but 9x18 would be OK if that is how it worked out. I can reload for whatever as long as components are available.
Mark
Dang!
Yep, if I have the money then, I think I might just be interested in one of these! Restricted of course, not sure which caliber I'd want...thinking .380 and just get reloading components...9x18mm might get hard to find after a while, even if surplus comes in for a few years. If the cartridge was more available in Canada I'd consider the original chambering.
OR...is swapping calibers as simple as swapping the barrel? And is the barrel press fit using a 5 ton press, or is it more easily changed out than an armory-level change?
Between these questions and having money available, I am interested in one of these. I hear they are VERY reliable/dependable (Russian guns seem to be that way), and really accurate due to the fixed barrel.
Yep, if I have the money then, I think I might just be interested in one of these! Restricted of course, not sure which caliber I'd want...thinking .380 and just get reloading components...9x18mm might get hard to find after a while, even if surplus comes in for a few years. If the cartridge was more available in Canada I'd consider the original chambering.
OR...is swapping calibers as simple as swapping the barrel? And is the barrel press fit using a 5 ton press, or is it more easily changed out than an armory-level change?
Between these questions and having money available, I am interested in one of these. I hear they are VERY reliable/dependable (Russian guns seem to be that way), and really accurate due to the fixed barrel.
Actually I have heard of this done. I think it involved adding tungsten weights to the slide, and much stronger slide/recoil spring, to slow down slide velocity due to the more powerful cartridge. I don't know if it cost a lot to do, and it might have been too much, giving the frame/gun a short life, I don't know. But it HAS been done, without changing the fixed barrel (well rechambered but anyway).
The downside is...I don't know if it handled all 9mmNATO rounds, because it's longer than the Mak round, the mags would be somewhat tight, so maybe the conversion only let them use 90 grain projectiles or something...I have a hard time imagining a standard Mak magazine/frame accepting 124 grain round nose NATO surplus, but I could be very wrong about available space.
I too would love a genuine Russian Makarov, brand new in 9x19mmNATO/Parabellum/Luger...actually I'd like that more than either 9x18Mak or .380acp! So if a factory made 9mmNATO chambered Mak can be sold here for reasonable coin, that would be a definite buy for me! I think it's probably a long shot though.
- Location
- London, Ontario
Think you could make some kind of cool "package" deal? The gun...a few mags (more then 2), holster and ammo?
Then you won't get one. That would be the price for a surplus example with the surplus barrel. (which is a prohib here)
Typically a bbl change will require professional gunsmithing.
I disagree. There were many blowbacks (even pre C-68) that were $99, $199 (price at Century Arms for a Mak as I recall).
a) Century hasn't sold guns in Canada in what? At least 12 years? And It's been longer since they sold a mak. their last batch was CHIENSE SURPLUS. Not new production Russian.
b) The last time Maks wee imported they used standard milsurb barrels. Teapot's guns will need to have Izmash or Baikal tool up to produce new longer barrels. That comes at a cost. The extended barrels you see around now were produced for the US market by Bar-sto and were $200 US as an aftermarket barrel.
If you think you can arrange cheaper, have at it. I like cheap. I just don't think it wil lever happen. Even if you got surplus maks somewhere, you would have to manufacture new barrels and pay to have them converted (a difficult gunsmithing process to do cheaply) outside Canada and then have them inported already in restricted trim. Good luck with that too.
b) The last time Maks wee imported they used standard milsurb barrels. Teapot's guns will need to have Izmash or Baikal tool up to produce new longer barrels. That comes at a cost. The extended barrels you see around now were produced for the US market by Bar-sto and were $200 US as an aftermarket barrel.
If you think you can arrange cheaper, have at it. I like cheap. I just don't think it wil lever happen. Even if you got surplus maks somewhere, you would have to manufacture new barrels and pay to have them converted (a difficult gunsmithing process to do cheaply) outside Canada and then have them inported already in restricted trim. Good luck with that too.
