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The Baikal IZH-79-8 is a modified version of the standard Makarov pistol, with an 8 mm barrel, modified to allow it to fire gas cartridges. These guns proved popular after the fall of the USSR, and were used in Eastern Europe for personal protection. However, unlike most gas firing guns, the body is made of standard Makarov-specification steel.
Barrel/slide locking is a simplified Colt–Browning design, similar to that found in many modern pistols (for example the SIG Sauer and Glock families of pistols); the breech end of the barrel is rectangular in shape, rather than rounded, and fits into matching locking grooves within the slide, near the ejection port.
9×18mm Makarov, .380 ACP; PB (pistol) (9×18mm Makarov) silent pistol with integral suppressor; PMM (9×18mm Makarov) modernized version; OTs-35 (9×18mm Makarov) attaching compensator (upgrade for regular PMs) TKB-023 (9×18mm Makarov) experimental variant with polymer frame, early 1960s; Baikal-442 (9×18mm Makarov) export sporting version ...
Makarov PM: 9×18mm Makarov Soviet Union: Semi-automatic pistol: Still used in substantial numbers by the Russian Armed Forces. [1] PB: 9×18mm Makarov Soviet Union: Suppressed semi-automatic pistol: Used by special forces. [2] Stechkin APS: 9×18mm Makarov Soviet Union: Machine pistol: Issued to vehicle crews and pilots in Chechnya. [3] PSS ...
The 9×18mm Makarov (designated 9mm Makarov by the C.I.P. and often called 9×18mm PM) is a pistol and submachine gun cartridge developed in the former USSR. During the latter half of the 20th century, it was a standard military pistol cartridge of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc, analogous to the 9×19mm Parabellum in NATO and Western Bloc military use.
Since 1960, Izhmekh supplied hunting shotguns for export under the trademark "Baikal". The first model that began to sell for export was IZh-54 [2] In 1973 plant began production of PSM pistol, in 1978 - IZh-35 pistols. In 1982, the plant produced a small number of double barreled shotguns IZh-41. [3]
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Like the Makarov, it is chambered for the 9×18mm Makarov cartridge which is similar in performance to the .380 ACP, and uses a double-stacked 12-round magazine like the PMM variant. Because of the 9×18mm's lower pressure (20,000 psi vs the 9×19mm Luger 's 35,000 psi), the MP-448 works by blowback operation .