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Bulgarian Makarov?

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#1 ·
Would $149 for a used Bulgarian Makarov in pretty decent shape be a decent price? Looks like typical holster wear on the slide near the muzzle.


Most I've seen are running $200+ anymore around here.

Not too interested in them but at that price thought it may be worth getting.
 
#3 ·
Nice find. $250.00 around here is cheap. I bought one from J&G long ago for $189.00 plus S&H, so around $230.00. Good gun. The finish isn't East German, but an accurate, reliable shooter. These gun's will go up and away.
 
#4 ·
That's what I figure that I'd be kicking myself in the butt 6 months to a year from now if I passed on it.

I have a load of other gun projects to work on. Mainly gear for firearms I already have but I coudn't let this slip by.It's wearing some peeble grain black plastic "target":nope: grips right now. When I get the gun I'll then order a set of original grips and a Pearce rubber one.

One thing I'll need to look out for are magazines, they are either dried up or a new batch of surplus ones is slow to hit the US market.
 
#5 ·
Numrich Arm's or Brownell's will have them. They were $19.95, but that was a couple years ago. The 9X18MM cartridge is what the .380 should have been.
 
#7 ·
Your right, I came up dry, too. A dozen places advertising them, but all are out of stock. That should say something to their popularity. I asked on a couple C&R Forums; if I hear anything I'll let you know.
 
#10 ·
You call that wear? Check my .38 Harrington & Richardson (Right). Seriously, my Bulgarian has the same wear as does my E. German one. What's odd is it's only at the muzzle, most holster wear (like on my CZ-82's) show's in a couple of places. Probably the same holster design.
 

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#12 ·
Well I shot it a little bit.

But, that was with some O-L-D old surplus ammo. 18rd per unmarked box with copper washed cases and bullets.

The gun functioned okay but the primers in that old stuff were going bad, had some ftf and what I call 1/2 second hang fires about like a cap lock pistol.

When it did fire right it functioned fine. Groups were stringing probably due to the ammo. Next time out with it I'll get some new ammo. That stuff if I read the headstamps right was made in 1970.
 
#13 ·
They were 18 round boxes, not 16? The reason I ask is years ago I bought five hundred rounds that came in sixteen round boxes. The English printing was 16 9X18 mm. Non-corrosive. Somebody had scratched out the "non" so I treated it as corrosive. I think you should, too. This stuff is Chinese and looks just like you describe. It works fine, and is accurate, but gives off a slightly yellow smoke and stinks. I still have a couple of hundred rounds. I'll take some pictures and post them.
 
#14 · (Edited)
Sorry a typo on my part... they were 16 count.

I was thinking maybe chinese no telling how this stuff was stored before or after import.

And I did treat it like corrosive stuff.

I still gotta get my other gun out of layaway but after that I'll order some 9x18mm in bulk. I swear I thought I had a couple boxes of Brown Bear stashed somewhere along with a box of Hornady XTP's. But maybe I'm mistaken and sold, gave or traded them off.
 
#15 ·
Woops! Not Chinese, Russian. Anyway, here it is. I'm going to start shooting it up; I had no idea I had so much left.
 

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#18 ·
In the last year, I scored a Bulgarian Circle10, an EG and a P64, along with a decent number of spare magazines and Wolff re- spring kits.
I have been shooting and stocking a lot of Brkwn& Silver Bear, as well as brass cased PPU- good stuff! I have yet to try the LVE stamped.stuff in its current incarnation, but back in the day it was good stuff.
 
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