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Posted: 9/17/2023 2:50:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Joescuba]
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Playing with the camera today.  Thought I would share a picture of my Bulgarian 1982.

Regards
Link Posted: 9/17/2023 3:27:46 PM EDT
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Those really are great pistols.
Link Posted: 9/17/2023 3:48:55 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 9/24/2023 5:39:41 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By akethan:
I'm looking for an East German
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Great reliable pistols.  We put over 3000 rds thru a Bulgie is Astan was we were shutting down.

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Link Posted: 9/26/2023 7:02:50 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Joescuba:
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Playing with the camera today.  Thought I would share a picture of my Bulgarian 1982.

Regards
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DeSantis pancake holster?  It looks a LOT like a 20-some year old Desantis I've had since I got mine right from the Bulgie importer back in the early '00s!
Link Posted: 9/27/2023 10:33:14 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver:

Great reliable pistols.  We put over 3000 rds thru a Bulgie is Astan was we were shutting down.

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Originally Posted By Combat_Diver:
Originally Posted By akethan:
I'm looking for an East German

Great reliable pistols.  We put over 3000 rds thru a Bulgie is Astan was we were shutting down.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/32677/C43C1869-128F-4851-A4B8-E27FCF03C2FF_jpe-2964449.JPG


Sounds like fun. Was that Mak just a shop gun or some carry gun that was "aquired"
Link Posted: 9/27/2023 10:37:31 PM EDT
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Russian double stack is best Mak…

Especially threaded for suppressor.

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Link Posted: 9/28/2023 2:21:56 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By cwm1150:


Sounds like fun. Was that Mak just a shop gun or some carry gun that was "aquired"
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Shop gun, I did make a IWB holster for it however.  Had G17/19s for carry guns.
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Link Posted: 9/28/2023 8:51:38 PM EDT
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Mmm, Makarovs.  They're great in their original form, or with a little bit of personalization.

Here's my Bulgarian with a refinished commercial Russian slide with upgraded fixed sight, a retention holster, and a beaver tail grip that allows for drop-free mags:


I still have the unmolested surplus Bulgarian slide, to boot.
Link Posted: 9/30/2023 5:58:00 PM EDT
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My favorite Makarov when it comes to range time. Bulgarian mil pistol that was customized by Marianne Carniak of Carniak Custom in Michigan. I stumbled upon it a few years ago on GB. Some internal polishing, matte hard chrome, and Novak 3 dot sights. I ditched the red Bulgarian/Russian grips for East German black bakelite ones.

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2nd place is my East German Makarov found at a Virginia Gun Collectors Show that was also hard chromed but, with brushed flats and matte rounds. Both pistols are easy to clean but, the Novak sights are a drastic improvement on the Bulgarian pistol.

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Link Posted: 10/2/2023 10:59:48 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By Blitzkreig:
My favorite Makarov when it comes to range time. Bulgarian mil pistol that was customized by Marianne Carniak of Carniak Custom in Michigan. I stumbled upon it a few years ago on GB. Some internal polishing, matte hard chrome, and Novak 3 dot sights. I ditched the red Bulgarian/Russian grips for East German black bakelite ones.

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2nd place is my East German Makarov found at a Virginia Gun Collectors Show that was also hard chromed but, with brushed flats and matte rounds. Both pistols are easy to clean but, the Novak sights are a drastic improvement on the Bulgarian pistol.

https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/44118/20230930_175414_jpg-2971520.JPG
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That Bulgy is seriously well done...
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