Servicing a Russian Mak 9x18

inmysights

January 01, 2005 19:48

Anyone have any info on servicing a Russian Mak 9x18. It just needs a through cleaning I have not broke it down since I've owned it.[?]

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  3_47Inf

  January 01, 2005 20:06

  Immy,
  
  http://makarov.com is your answer. The Maks are exceptionally easy to field strip and clean.
  
  Good shooting.

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  chunkstyle

  January 02, 2005 05:37

  Gotta be the easiest self-loader in the world to service. A total strip can be done almost without tools. Complete disassembly is almost never done, as the barrel is fixed to the frame. And the trigger guard spring assembly needs to be drifted out ONCE, to get the cosmo out, after that, the oil you leave in it stays in it, and does not need replacement. For normal detail cleaning, leave the extractor in, too. As for the rest, once you have the grip off, and the sear spring loose, you can do the rest with your bare hands. When doing a more routine clean, the only places that really need to be cleaned are the firing pin channel, the bore, and the areas exposed when you remove the slide. You can probably do it in 5 minutes.
  
  "Every child had a pretty good shot,
  To get at least as far as their old man got,
  But something happened on the way to that place,
  They threw an American flag in our face."
  -Billy Joel, "Allentown"

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