[Yorlik803]

Dont Makarovs take a 9x18 caliber? I have read it is a very meager round. Russian troops in Afghanistan said the only use it was was shooting yourself so you didnt get captured.

[trebb]

Dont Makarovs take a 9x18 caliber? I have read it is a very meager round. Russian troops in Afghanistan said the only use it was was shooting yourself so you didnt get captured.

Sidearms merely fill a close-range niche and while some are very potent, the niche remains small in any combat situation.

[cunning_fish]

>>>>Dont Makarovs take a 9x18 caliber? I have read it is a very meager round. Russian troops in Afghanistan said the only use it was was shooting yourself so you didnt get captured.>>>>

AFAIK, Russians rarely took sidearms to battle, let alone Afghanis didn’t took them prisoners after Badaber uprising in spring 1985 there a few dozen Soviet and ANA POWs captured Pakistani ISI base, killing some 200 officers including CIA operatives.

[2111USMC]

The 9x18 Mak is in between the 9mm and .380

Ballistically, it is very similar to .38 Special.

I've got a CZ82 that I CC regularly. It's plenty powerful enough for self defense (it's been the standard caliber for police and military in com-block countries for decades).

[Clay Moore]

The Mak round is basically a glorified .380 round.

I really like the Mak for a reasonably priced glovebox/console pistol.