Adventurer_96
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I went to the range today with a friend who also has a Makarov, although his is unlike any I've ever seen and I'm in love.
He bought a Russian commercial (as did I) although his is in .380, not 9mmMak. Here's the thing: His is nickel plated! I have never seen that on a Mak. I would seriously consider that gun as a carry piece because of the finish. Have I just been uninformed? Is this a common finish on the gun?
A guy was there shooting his Springfield Armory .45. He knew my friend, and apparently he bought it a few months ago and couldn't hit the paper with it and sent it to the factory. Today, he was shooting S&B ball ammo and he was having no luck. He had the target at 25 yards and didn't even hit the target paper from benchrest. My friend moved the target to 15 yards and suggested he try again. The first shot, he had the safety engaged and I noticed a significant flinch. He aimed high and hit low on the paper, then left, then right. He had my friend shoot it, and he fared better, with about a 2" group. At this point, I was just watching but my friend insisted I shoot to see what it did.
I kneeled down and with the bench as my support, I shot three rounds. We walked out and they were 1 or 2" left of the X ring, all touching. Well, I about fell over because I couldn't do it again if the devil himself were behind me. That's the kind of BS story that makes me laugh when I hear them at the range and I just pulled it off!
This is the nice part: The owner was very thankful! He said over and over it just proves it was the shooter and not the gun. On the way home I laughed and though I should have offered to take it off his hands! It did have rosewood grips...
An interesting day, and one I won't soon forget! I was leaning more towards the Auto-Ordnance Parkerized GI model, but maybe a Springfield wouldn't be too bad! I'd just have to find one without "BRAZIL" stamped on it.
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He bought a Russian commercial (as did I) although his is in .380, not 9mmMak. Here's the thing: His is nickel plated! I have never seen that on a Mak. I would seriously consider that gun as a carry piece because of the finish. Have I just been uninformed? Is this a common finish on the gun?
A guy was there shooting his Springfield Armory .45. He knew my friend, and apparently he bought it a few months ago and couldn't hit the paper with it and sent it to the factory. Today, he was shooting S&B ball ammo and he was having no luck. He had the target at 25 yards and didn't even hit the target paper from benchrest. My friend moved the target to 15 yards and suggested he try again. The first shot, he had the safety engaged and I noticed a significant flinch. He aimed high and hit low on the paper, then left, then right. He had my friend shoot it, and he fared better, with about a 2" group. At this point, I was just watching but my friend insisted I shoot to see what it did.
I kneeled down and with the bench as my support, I shot three rounds. We walked out and they were 1 or 2" left of the X ring, all touching. Well, I about fell over because I couldn't do it again if the devil himself were behind me. That's the kind of BS story that makes me laugh when I hear them at the range and I just pulled it off!
This is the nice part: The owner was very thankful! He said over and over it just proves it was the shooter and not the gun. On the way home I laughed and though I should have offered to take it off his hands! It did have rosewood grips...
An interesting day, and one I won't soon forget! I was leaning more towards the Auto-Ordnance Parkerized GI model, but maybe a Springfield wouldn't be too bad! I'd just have to find one without "BRAZIL" stamped on it.
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