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Posted on 06/24/2012 5:52:22 AM PDT by kronos77
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The Russian Armed Forces will take delivery of a new 9-mm handgun to replace the Makarov pistol, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said. This is part of the military’s effort to upgrade its military forces.
The Strizh handgun has said to be better performance than the Austrian-made Glock 17, a favorite of special forces worldwide, Rogozin said.
According to the article, the weapon is a 9 mm, has a slim-profile polymer frame, an easy-to-rack slide with rear and front serrations, an ambidextrous magazine release and a Picatinny rail for mounting special sights.
The pistol also features three safety mechanisms to prevent accidental firing.
The Strizh (which means “Swift”) holds 18-round or 30-round ammunition clips, and can be equipped with a flashlight and a laser sight.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
Don't the special forces like the .45 Auto better than the 9mm? Or is tht just the US Special Forces?
They actually look to have gone 21st century for a change.
I have learned to discount the opinion of those who find what they read in a press release “very impressive.”
TT-33 is rumored to penetrate class IIB body armour. Is it true?
I just adore TT.
Yugoslav version have a longer magazine and holds 1 extra round. Mani people even nowdays prefer 7,62 caliber.
Makarov is great as “Household” gun. Self-defence only, and it is cheap and usable.
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So it is said. Don’t know if it’s true. Selco, in his blog speaks from experience when he says that two shots from a TT33 would put someone down.
It is a fast round.
Wise choice.
Some interesting info here:
Sidearms merely fill a close-range niche and while some are very potent, the niche remains small in any combat situation.
I owned a Russian made Makarov for a few years before having to sell it. I liked it overall, reliable and decent trigger but the one thing which stood out was it’s accuracy.
Literally off the scale for this type gun. If I was very careful, it would consistently put all shots into a single hole at around 30 feet.
Oddly enough, I had another gun which would do the same and it too was an oddball in a very similar caliber. It was an Argentine made .380, a very early model with an odd take down in which you squeezed the front dust cover to field strip. For some reason I have a mental block and can’t remember the name right now.
I owned a Russian made Makarov for a few years before having to sell it. I liked it overall, reliable and decent trigger but the one thing which stood out was it’s accuracy.
Literally off the scale for this type gun. If I was very careful, it would consistently put all shots into a single hole at around 30 feet.
Oddly enough, I had another gun which would do the same and it too was an oddball in a very similar caliber. It was an Argentine made .380, a very early model with an odd take down in which you squeezed the front dust cover to field strip. For some reason I have a mental block and can’t remember the name right now.
I owned a Russian made Makarov for a few years before having to sell it. I liked it overall, reliable and decent trigger but the one thing which stood out was it’s accuracy.
Literally off the scale for this type gun. If I was very careful, it would consistently put all shots into a single hole at around 30 feet.
Oddly enough, I had another gun which would do the same and it too was an oddball in a very similar caliber. It was an Argentine made .380, a very early model with an odd take down in which you squeezed the front dust cover to field strip. For some reason I have a mental block and can’t remember the name right now.
Sorry for the triple post. I kept getting a “Service temporarily unavailable” message and thought this time it really wasn’t posting.
How it works:
The Browning tilted barrel design, in which the barrel and slide recoil together is very inexpensive to manufacture.
In this new design, there is a locking shoulder over the tube that drops down to unlock the reciprocating parts of the action when fired. Sort of a Lahti type dropping block.
So, the barrel is fixed and delivers more accuracy and manufacturing costs are nearly as low as the Browning design.
With a fixed barrel you have the design opportunity for automatic fire. You better have a good grip.... That’s why it is intended for special forces use.
The round is a 9×19 instead of the 9×18 and, to correct the article, the standard magazine is only 17 rounds, not 18.
Glock 17, look over your shoulder...
BTW, the frame cannot stabilize the .45 so don’t look for up-chambered versions, although the action may get copied. No patent apps in the US yet, hmmm, where is my drafting table?
A couple of added points:
The magazine release is right and left hand and the magazines have a magwell for fast reloads.
I am told that the trigger action is slightly uncomfortable, and the pull currently not able to be adjusted and is being reworked.
See the thick hump in front of ejection port?
That’s where the vertically acting lock bridge is located.
The one-way pin below is the retainer rod that passes through kidney shaped cam in the inverted u-shaped lock piece.
The one-way pin is also the breakdown pin.
This side arm has no safety switch. It fires when the compression on the back of the grip equals the trigger pull.
Yes, they copied Browning here except that the Browning design doesn’t require both compressions to be the same. Browning is a simple release, allowing an independent trigger pull adjustment.
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