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Popularity of various soviet firearms stems from simple economics - they are cheap - not extreme reliability
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The M-16 I we used for qualification in ROTC jammed constantly, and yes we cleaned and lubed them.
I have fired many civilian AK and SKS, chinese, yugo, romania, russian, bulgarian, hungarian, etc and never had a failure.
My makarov is extremely reliable, every bit as reliable as other more modern guns I have owned.
My experiance with Russian firearms are that they are durable, reliable, accurate enough for intended purposes, yet crude and lacking refinement, such as the AK's poor sights, clunky selector/safety and the makarov's poor sights and heel clip magazine release.