Hi all,
First off I love my Mak. Great gun my first one also! Even for a novice accurate as hell! (I was putting bullets through bullet holes!) NO jams or anything. Perfect. I had some early problems with the slide not locking back but I fixed it with a new slide release and new mag springs! (that works perfectly now) Anyhow I went to the range today and put some hollow points and regular ammo through. I just replaced the recoil spring with a new one from makarov.com (surplus original stock #17) However my casings are flying ALL over the place. A few landed 15 feet a away. Luckily nobody else was at the range! But the range supervisor commented on it. He said it was'nt a big deal but I should look into it. I said I thought it might need a better recoil spring. He mention a extractor and something else that I did'nt recognize the mak had (I've been through the diagram) Any suggestions? Could it be the extractor? I detail striped and cleaned this whole gun a while back. (including the extractor channel thingy!) In the past I have had a problem with the slide not locking back on the last round which is why I opted for the stock recoil spring! And if you ask I was shooting I believe brown/silver bear. (I think/wish I kept the box) Any suggestions? I think this gun is a keeper I almost sold it a while back! But it is soooo simple compared to other autos (I just inheritied a LLAMA 45 1911 replica)
Thanks for any suggestions.
First off I love my Mak. Great gun my first one also! Even for a novice accurate as hell! (I was putting bullets through bullet holes!) NO jams or anything. Perfect. I had some early problems with the slide not locking back but I fixed it with a new slide release and new mag springs! (that works perfectly now) Anyhow I went to the range today and put some hollow points and regular ammo through. I just replaced the recoil spring with a new one from makarov.com (surplus original stock #17) However my casings are flying ALL over the place. A few landed 15 feet a away. Luckily nobody else was at the range! But the range supervisor commented on it. He said it was'nt a big deal but I should look into it. I said I thought it might need a better recoil spring. He mention a extractor and something else that I did'nt recognize the mak had (I've been through the diagram) Any suggestions? Could it be the extractor? I detail striped and cleaned this whole gun a while back. (including the extractor channel thingy!) In the past I have had a problem with the slide not locking back on the last round which is why I opted for the stock recoil spring! And if you ask I was shooting I believe brown/silver bear. (I think/wish I kept the box) Any suggestions? I think this gun is a keeper I almost sold it a while back! But it is soooo simple compared to other autos (I just inheritied a LLAMA 45 1911 replica)
Thanks for any suggestions.