Some Observations
Posted: June 7th, 2006, 9:32 am
Hey gang,
Just picked up p-64 #2 yesterday; a beautiful, new, twin of the 1975 that I already owned. (Congratulations--you made me do it!)
I took the time to read through the little manual that came with it and found that, having a little experience this time, I noticed a few things that I had missed the first time through.
First, as I looked at the "specs" of the pistol, I saw that it was designed to shoot a 71 grain jacketed bullet at just over 1000 fps. That is nearly 20 grains lighter than the lightest Mak bullets on the market today! I felt pretty good in my earlier conclusion that typical Mak loads are more than this pistol were designed for. It is chambered for the Mak dimensions, and is able to handle Mak loads (as per USSR specifications), but it was DESIGNED for a different load.
As a hand loader, this makes me think that I am on the right track to be loading down for this pistol. What I would really like to know is where I can get some of those smaller bullets. If this pistol performs this well with factory Mak loads, what will it do if you shoot the loads it was designed for?
For what is is worth . . .
Also, I noticed that in the "demo" pictures, the trigger of the demo model--which looked very "factory--had grip lines on it. My p-64s have smooth triggers. Were the triggers different in different issue years? Just curious.
God bless and Straight shooting,
-Kempin
Just picked up p-64 #2 yesterday; a beautiful, new, twin of the 1975 that I already owned. (Congratulations--you made me do it!)
I took the time to read through the little manual that came with it and found that, having a little experience this time, I noticed a few things that I had missed the first time through.
First, as I looked at the "specs" of the pistol, I saw that it was designed to shoot a 71 grain jacketed bullet at just over 1000 fps. That is nearly 20 grains lighter than the lightest Mak bullets on the market today! I felt pretty good in my earlier conclusion that typical Mak loads are more than this pistol were designed for. It is chambered for the Mak dimensions, and is able to handle Mak loads (as per USSR specifications), but it was DESIGNED for a different load.
As a hand loader, this makes me think that I am on the right track to be loading down for this pistol. What I would really like to know is where I can get some of those smaller bullets. If this pistol performs this well with factory Mak loads, what will it do if you shoot the loads it was designed for?
For what is is worth . . .
Also, I noticed that in the "demo" pictures, the trigger of the demo model--which looked very "factory--had grip lines on it. My p-64s have smooth triggers. Were the triggers different in different issue years? Just curious.
God bless and Straight shooting,
-Kempin