The oft-stated opinion that the Markarov is a modified Walther PP isn’t completely accurate. The magazine follower butts into the slide of the Walther, locking it back, far from ideal. The Makarov is a service pistol with a slide lock-the Walther PP is a pocket pistol with no slide lock. The Makarov has less than 30 parts, the Walther, over 40.
The truth be told, the Makarov was far more robust than the Walther, Mauser, Sauer or other wartime pistols of a similar size and boasted a smoother trigger action and greater accuracy to boot. As a badge of office, to direct troops and for the police, the lighter Makarov design was deemed superior.
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There was no manual safety and the TT 33 was larger than desirable in the modernized Soviet Army. While a rugged and reliable pistol by any standard the TT 33 was dated by 1945. Like many nations, the Soviets managed to accumulate several different ‘general issue’ pistols including the Tokarev TT 33 and the even older Nagant revolver. Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov primarily designed the PM (Makarov’s pistol) with the intention the Makarov would replace the Tokarev TT 33 pistol and various other handguns in Soviet use. Frankly, the only time you see any type of problem is when someone fiddled with the pistol or a gun butcher got a hold of it. It will out-shoot more expensive handguns and never seems to break or malfunction. Those in the know regard the Makarov as one of the finest small-caliber self-loaders ever made.
While inexpensive by modern standards, the pistol isn’t cheaply made, far from it. Among the best buys and most effective compact pistols on the market is the Russian designed Makarov pistol.
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