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Journal UseTheSource's Journal: Birthday!! (Part Deux) 12

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Got myself a Bulgarian Makarov for me birthday today. It turns out that the one I had my eye on at the store down the road was bought last night. The guy told me the person who bought it had a hold put on their NCIS check, so there was a chance it wouldn't go through and I could have it. Unfortunately, that meant a 15-day wait, and I didn't wanna, since it's my B-Day! ;)

I called around and found a better deal from a shop in Philly. I got the pistol, 3 magazines, a case, a holster and a box of ammo, for probably what I would have spent for just the gun and two mags at the other place. Here they are all lined up for your viewing enjoyment. The one I got already had the rubber grips on it, like I wanted, too.

Now I need to buy some ammo for it. I was gonna buy bulk surplus ammo online, dirt cheap.

The idea behind getting this one, besides having fun shooting it, was for summer carry in an IWB holster. The one it's in in that shot is just an Uncle Mike's, but I might end up getting something better (like in leather) down the road.

I haven't fired it yet, but I'll be sure to share my experience when I do!
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  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Eagle [wikipedia.org]
    BOOOOM
    Such a sweet pistol , add a pistol scope and you are a target machine
    • That's cool. Those are mostly for show, though... Kind of an ego thing, as in, "mine's bigger than yours." ;)

      Practicality

      Because of its extreme popularity in both the music and movie world, the Desert Eagle is often viewed as something of an ultimate weapon. However, its large size, harsh recoil, tendency to stovepipe when the shooter "limp wrists", and expensive unit and ammunition price makes it seem something of a novelty to many shooters.

      Try sticking that down your pants, too. :P

      Nah... I g

      • Hunting riffles are easy enough to get , they don't like you owning hand guns .. perfectly reasonable i think .
        The thing about the Desert Eagle is that it hits like a shotgun and is fairly accurate , it got its popularity for good reasons .
        The thing could stop an elephant .
        Tell you the truth though , a weapon for me would be reasonably heavy , great accuracy , large clip.. http://www.carl-walther.de/englisch/defense/defens e-36.html [carl-walther.de]
        There we go , a PP99
        16 in the clip , great accuracy and well weighted
        • Yeah, those are nice... Very "James Bond," I might add. DA/SA functionality in a striker-fired pistol. The ambidextrous magazine release lever is a nice touch, too.

          My SW99 [comcast.net] is Smith & Wesson's version of this. Mine's in .40 S&W, so the "hi-cap" magazines only hold 12 rounds. There are some stylistic differences between this and the P99, but they are functionally identical. In fact, you can actually interchange the upper and lower [comcast.net] halves of the Walther and Smith, from what I've heard. Take a
          • heh , These must be costing you a fortune , The Mak is about 250 itself and that Smith and Wesson must be at least 500 .
            Nice machine though ..
            oh that P99 is the new James Bond gun ;)
            • Well, the Mak was only $200. I got a really good deal, seeing as it's the "special edition" with the rubber grips. Of course, once you add the holster, ammo and tax, yeah it was $250-something.

              I think the SW99 was in the mid to high $400-something range when I bought it (barely) used 4-5 years ago.
              • How many people do you need to kill to pay those off ;)
                I want a kited out hand gun , with a laser sight , a scope , a silencer and a rest .. that would rock and you would look really professional .
                if someone pulls a gun on you , then you whip out that they would run for it
  • Cool. I may have to start looking for one of these again. Be glad that yours came with the rubber grips. When I got mine it had the original Bulgarian hard plastic grips and after a few rounds the web of my hand was bruised and bleeding. Those Soviet arms designers could make a weapon as reliable as gravity but decent ergonomics always eluded them.
    • Yeah, I love mine so far, and I haven't even had a chance to fire it yet. The "Arsenal" logo rubber grips it came with are very ergonomic; the thumb-shelf is just in the right spot. The only thing with that is, the shelf sticks out a bit more than on the standard grips, so I'm not sure how that will affect concealability.

      I kinda did like the look of the commie star grips on the other one I was looking at, but I was planning to take them off and replace them with Pierce grips, anyway.

      Fit and finish i
      • Those east bloc guns can be habit forming. Fortunately they're usually inexpensive too. I really enjoy my romanian AK and my russian Mosin M44. I had a bulgarian Arcus 94 (beefed up Browning Hi Power clone) until my wife fawned over it so much that I had to give it to her.

        I think I still have the original grips for my makarov somewhere. If you'd like to have an original set, they're yours. Just email me if you want them.
        • I was looking at a Hungarian (or was it Romanian?) AK once, but didn't get it, because I was really short on funds at the time. Ended up getting a pre-ban Colt AR-15 a couple of years later. For what I paid for that, I could have gotten three AKs. ;)

          The Mak's my first Eastern Blok gun, but probably not the last.

          If you really don't mind parting with the grips, I'll take them. They're for the 8-round version, not the Russian 10-round version, right? I'll email you my address.

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