I own a Bulgarian PM Makarov, a Polish P64, and a pair of CZ82s.
They are neat pieces of Cold War history, but to be honest, none of these 9x18mm Makarov-chambered pistols are as pleasant to shoot or as useful to me as a small modern 9x19mm pistol. Being blowback operated, they all exhibit more felt recoil than a locked-breech 9x19mm design, despite the weaker cartridge and heavy all-steel construction. And they all have their peculiarities that keep me from really falling in love with them for anything more than historical value.
The CZ82 is certainly the most modern, and it's neat that they are all C&R pistols, but despite their svelte look, the overall dimensions (length, width, and height) are almost identical to a Glock 19, which holds more rounds (that are more powerful), is lighter, and has less felt recoil. The ambi mag release is cool, but the shape of the stock military grips makes it hard to actuate, even with my long fingers. Also, the lack of a decocker is a minus for me, and somewhat inexplicable on such a recent DA/SA design. They are very reliable though, despite being the single most complicated modern pistol design I've ever encountered. Seriously - don't ever try to detail strip one unless you really know what you are getting into, and are willing to build a few tiny specialized tools in order to reassemble it.
The Makarov PM is a simple little tank, but I've never warmed up to the ergonomics for some reason, and the slide-mounted safety/decocker has always felt awkward to me.
The P64s are surprisingly beautifully-built. That is literally the only good thing I can say about them. A six-round magazine is laughable for what was designed to be a service pistol, those magazines are horrendously expensive today, and the less that can be said about the trigger, the better. But I'll discuss it anyway. The single-action trigger is just OK, but the double-action trigger is hands-down the worst I have ever encountered. I'm a pretty strong guy, with a very good hand strength, and I can honestly say that, with stock springs on my excellent-to-possibly unissued example, it took two fingers to pull the trigger on double action. This is not unique to my example. Even with the much-touted Wolff replacement trigger springs, the trigger went from completely non-usable to just horrible. From a practical standpoint, I can only see these as having been useful as a badge of rank, to wave in the face of conscripts, or to execute bound prisoners. But they do look nice!
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