I found this '84 production Bulgarian Mak listed by a shop in Eastern Michigan. While speaking with the shop owner and agreeing upon a price, he provided some back story on the pistol. Evidently the previous owner had Carniak's Custom Troy, MI install Novak sights and send it off for a matte hard chrome refinish. Marianne Carniak couldn't locate an invoice without the previous owners name but, she recognized the pistol, verified the sight installation, and that they had it sent to Ford's Custom for chrome.
I changed out what looked like Russian red bakelite grips with the thick border around the star for a clean set of East German Black bakelite grips. The sights are a huge improvement and it proved to be a great shooter.