Man, this thing is a hoot! Went to the range last night and put over 100 rounds through it - Red Army Standard, Tula, Brown Bear, Silver Bear, and not a single hiccup. I didn't even completely disassemble it to get all the old Cosmoline out of the mechanism - just squirted some Ballistol in around the trigger mech and hammer mech to hopefully seep in and soften the Cosmo up until I can do a detail strip.
Anyway, shot about 12 9-round groups, and the only handgun I've got that might out-shoot it is my $1000+ Dan Wesson 1911, which has a match trigger, match barrel, match bushing, etc.
Trigger was already very good, and actually improved after shooting the 100 rounds and doing some dry-firing. Got smoother and the pull got lighter.
Heck, I don't think this thing has been shot much, if at all. ZERO carbon came out when I cleaned it.
I'm extremely pleased!
I can't stress enough how much I like the trigger! Makes it VERY easy to accurately shoot.
Here are a couple of photos of my targets. On the second target, I shot a couple of groups with my Sig P938, which just came back from Sig from being worked on. Those groups were shot with hot defensive loads - Underwood Gold Dot 124 +P and HST 147 +P.
Anyway, as you can see from the targets, the sights are right on as far as windage, but POI is about 2.5" high at the distance I was shooting - about 25' (max for the indoor range I was at).
All groups shot from 25'.
The Red Army Standard seemed to be the most consistent. Not a surprise, as it was the only brass case stuff out of the 4 different kinds I had, and it was the most expensive at about $15/box. The Tula was the least consistent, and also the cheapest ($10/box). The Tula was also loaded noticeably cooler than the other 3.
All the Mak groups are 9 rounds (its max capacity).
Whoops, looks like I missed a flyer on that middle Brown Bear group on the first target. That opens it up to >3".
Later today, after my run, I'm going to take it to a different range that has up to 25-yard length. It will be interesting to see at what distance the sights are zeroed at. Y'all think POI will drop the farther out I shoot from?
I'm also going to shoot some groups with a couple of other handguns, to see how the Mak stacks up. Will report.
Anyway, shot about 12 9-round groups, and the only handgun I've got that might out-shoot it is my $1000+ Dan Wesson 1911, which has a match trigger, match barrel, match bushing, etc.
Trigger was already very good, and actually improved after shooting the 100 rounds and doing some dry-firing. Got smoother and the pull got lighter.
Heck, I don't think this thing has been shot much, if at all. ZERO carbon came out when I cleaned it.
I'm extremely pleased!
I can't stress enough how much I like the trigger! Makes it VERY easy to accurately shoot.
Here are a couple of photos of my targets. On the second target, I shot a couple of groups with my Sig P938, which just came back from Sig from being worked on. Those groups were shot with hot defensive loads - Underwood Gold Dot 124 +P and HST 147 +P.
Anyway, as you can see from the targets, the sights are right on as far as windage, but POI is about 2.5" high at the distance I was shooting - about 25' (max for the indoor range I was at).
All groups shot from 25'.
The Red Army Standard seemed to be the most consistent. Not a surprise, as it was the only brass case stuff out of the 4 different kinds I had, and it was the most expensive at about $15/box. The Tula was the least consistent, and also the cheapest ($10/box). The Tula was also loaded noticeably cooler than the other 3.
All the Mak groups are 9 rounds (its max capacity).
Whoops, looks like I missed a flyer on that middle Brown Bear group on the first target. That opens it up to >3".
Later today, after my run, I'm going to take it to a different range that has up to 25-yard length. It will be interesting to see at what distance the sights are zeroed at. Y'all think POI will drop the farther out I shoot from?
I'm also going to shoot some groups with a couple of other handguns, to see how the Mak stacks up. Will report.
