Used to have a Hungarian PA-63 pistol in 9X18 Mak. Looked like a PPK with an light alloy frame. At the time, 9X18 Makarov was not comon in the US. Surplus hardball ammo was about it. I worked up some handloads and discovered that bore diameter could range from .363 to .367, making a difference in accuracy. The bore on my gun was toward the higher side so I got best results with a Hornaday hollow-point with a .366 diameter. Accuracy was good for a gun of this type and the ballistics were between a .380 and a 9X19. The PA-63 served as a “house gun” for some time, including an incident when the little PA-63 was stuck in my belt when the police arrived. Later, Hornaday marketed a load similar to the one I had worked up. While I’d be partial to a handgun with a bit more “oomph,” you could do a lot worse than one of these Eastern Bloc handguns for home defense.
As you can see from the images I posted this particular gun seems to be 'combat accurate'.
The PA 63 trigger sucks in double action and the thing kicks like mule.
Its a direct copy f the walther design, but lightened up, you can drop in an after market walther trigger spring to fix that double action pull but you cant fix the sting on that thing
The Polish P64 is much better and smaller. It also uses the walther trigger spring