Second outing with the Russian Mak

[Tom B]

After being scolded here I gave the Mak a good cleaning and lube before shooting it this time. Took it plinking at empty beer cans. Shooting GA Arms 9x18 95gr JHP (100 rds). Started at 17 yds but that was boring because of accuracy so I quickly moved to 25 yds. I pretty much rolled the cans at will. I would rate accuracy as VG. Had to adjust sight elevation up one screw click and ok. Reliabilty was 100%. I like the Russian Mak because of the adj sights but the front sight is too small on all Maks for my eyes.

 

[railroader]

Tom,I have a russian mak too. I had a new front sight that was wider and taller dovetailed into the slide.Then I took a small file and opened up the rear sight a tad. Also had to file down the new front sight because it was too tall. Cold blued where I filed. Now it has a good sight picture.

 

[Tecolote]

Tom,

Glad to hear your Mak is up to standard. Remember you can get new manufactured non-crrosive ammo at great prices from Dan's. Dan Tobin is a reliable guy who won't fleece you.

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So many pistols, so little money.

 

[jetrecbn1]

Hey Tom, where did you get the front sight? How much did you spend to modify your Mak?

 

[Tom B]

Mine came with adj rear and small front sight. It appears to be the same front sight that comes on fixed sight models.

 

[railroader]

Jetrecbn1, I had the front sight dovetailed in at beast enterprises out of Arizona. The guy there charged $50 plus shipping. He also refinished the slide with a bake on matte black finish. The web site is www.beast-enterprises.com.

 

[bullet44]

railroader;
were you happy with the work of Beast ent.?
I was planning on sending my Makarov for
sights and the matte finish.

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[railroader]

bullet44, The front sight came out real good, had to file off about half of it though. The slide being refinished caught me off guard because the slide had a nice bluing and it came back matte black. I didn't relize he was going to refinish it. The finish is kind of a dull black. I wound up bead blasting the whole gun,the bluing on the frame was crummy from the factory. I then used Brownell's bake on teflon moly finish. That stuff works good. It has more gloss. Putting on a different front sight was definately an improvement. It works with the adjustable russian sights, don't know about the fixed sights on the eg and bulgarian macs.