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I've been trying to find some real makarovs for sale but have been unsuccessful. Anybody know where to find some?
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They pop up on GB from time to time. The East German pistols seem more common than the Russkie ones, but it varies depending on when you look. The trick is distinguishing them from the piles of Baikals, Norincos, Bulgarians, and the not-a-proper-Makarov 9x18 guns such as CZ-82s, FEG PA-63s, and Radom P-64s.
Genuine Russian C&R Maks can be identified by the fixed sights, reddish brown Bakelite grips, blued finish, single-stack magazine, and the
absence of non-Cyrillic markings other than import marks. "MADE IN RUSSIA" lettering is a dead giveaway that it's a commercial Baikal/IMEZ gun, as the old military guns were not built for export to imperialistic capitalist states.
AFAIK no company is actively importing C&R Maks, nor has any company done it for several years now.