Recommendations
- Assembly/disassembly of the PM is carried out on a flat surface. This could be a table or bench, the surface of which must be covered with clean oilcloth.
- When disassembling the PM, it is very important to ensure that the mechanism being removed and its spare parts are placed on the table surface in a certain order. It is recommended to place them in the same order as they were removed, excluding their impacts against each other. The work should be carried out very carefully and carefully, without excessive effort.
- If not one firearm, but several PM pistols are assembled/disassembled, then in this case the spare parts and mechanisms must be numbered. This will make assembly work easier, since the parts being assembled cannot be mixed up.
Application
The PM is considered a classic pistol intended for civilian and police use. Despite the fact that the Makarov pistol is not capable of 100% high-speed and targeted shooting, it is widely used both in shooting ranges and in combat situations. The Makarov pistol is still in service with the army of the Russian Federation, with its gradual displacement by more advanced weapon designs, such as Yarygin pistols.
But the strongest competitor to the PM pistol is the PMM - a modernized Makarov pistol, equipped with an enlarged magazine with twelve high-pulse cartridges (there are eight in the PM), which have a power exceeding the power of standard PM cartridges.
Bullets for the Makarov pistol are endowed with increased stopping power: they do not have a hard core. This makes it possible for law enforcement officers to use the Makarov pistol when working in urban conditions.
