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I'm selling one now that is pretty close to mint for $225.00 is that high enough?

If the hammer spring is too light the magazine will drop out, usually on the last round, because the spring also provides tension for the magazine release. I suggest you buy the 3 spring calibration pack and see what works best for your gun. I use the lightest spring that still holds the magazine in...

Guess I should have mentioned that I moved up to a 19 lbs spring and it works great.

Mine ejects the magazine on the last round consistently with an 18 lbs hammer spring.

Main difference on mine is the trigger. The bulgy took a lot of shooting and some stone work to get the trigger close to the D.D.R's

Fit and finish is nicer on the D.D.R. and they obviously have more collector value. For a shooter / CCW piece the Bulgarian is every bit as good -- They just take a little breaking in. I find that I carry my Bulgarian or one of my Polish guns (p64/p83) daily while the D.D.R. Makarov pulls home defen...

First trip to the range -- P-83 is a blast to shoot, I wish I'd have brought more rounds of 9x18 to the range. Trigger is decent in both single and double action and the recoil is very mild. It is smoother (although a bit spongy) and breaks cleaner than both my Bulgy and DDR Makarovs. The P-64's tri...

do they look like these: http://www.buymilsurp.com/grip-east-german-makarov-pistol-used-original-military-p-7534.html?zenid=ad0526b9c4a706ac2040e83b33b15f75 If so they are original issue East German grips. If not post a picture and someone will be able to identify them. BTW: East German grips are my...

Hangfire, awesome thanks!

Seems a little odd but happy to know my pistol is functioning as designed.

Question for P-83 owners. When you Decock your pistol does the trigger reset only after taking the gun back off of Safe? Or, does it work similar to a Makarov and reset the trigger at the same time as dropping the hammer?

Doc, Thanks for the reply. Thought it was odd that the source of the P-64's name is well known, but couldn't find anything on where Wanad came from. I also used Google to translate the word and looked up what Vanadium is online. Code name makes sense. Any chance of getting a copy of the translated m...

I've been searching the net but can't find an answer:

Anyone know why these are called "Wanad/Vanad" or what the name means?

Haven't shot a 9x18 pistol yet that wasn't

Was in a gun store in Loveland CO this weekend looking for 9x18 pistols. They had 5 P-83 pistols marked $289.99 or $254.99. I asked the salesman about the price difference when the owner happened to walk by and said, "we are moving those at cost." I figured 254.99 was what they considered ...

Last week I lost control of the floor plate of a Tokarev Magazine. The spring hit behind the top of my peg board and was easy enough to find laying under my work bench. I spent 2 hours searching for the inner floor plate. Finally gave up and asked the wife for help. Took her 2 seconds to spot it. St...