[Thirties]

My Bulgarian Makarovs send the brass flying over a large area, while my 1911 .45cal pistols send their brass in tight groups on the pavement.

Is there a way to tighten the Makarov brass groupings on the ground? I usually loose one casing out of each magazine. I don't mind "far", but I'd like to reduce the "wide".

Accuracy is just fine with both the Mak and 1911 pistols.

 

[North Bender]

Attach a net to the pistol?

Reloading 9x18 is made difficult by the difficulty of finding your brass. I shot some 36 rounds yesterday of Ammonet ammo with Starline casings and found about 2/3rds of the cases. And that's in a fairly controlled area for them to land in. These things really make brass vanish.

Putting on heavier springs doesn't do much if anything. I once ran a test using a Makarov with 17#, 19# and 21# springs. The difference in the distance that casings were thrown was just about zip.

I think you have to control the environment, not the pistol.

 

[TENNESSEEAN]

Like NB said it's a problem if you want to save the brass, shooting at indoor range no problem, out doors good luck. If you think maks launch the brass into LEO then try to find some from a CZ-52, I think some of it goes into HEO and never returns.

 

[Thirties]

Thanks, folks. I guess losing one cartridge per 8-round magazine is not bad under the circumstances!

 

[Timbo]

The whole line to the right of me at the outdoor range takes a breather when I start shooting. Nothing like a hot 9X18 casing popping you in the ear.

 

[Daddywithagun]

The distance the Mak throws brass always amazed me. Down side to a direct blow back I guess. It is kind of funny to make my friends take the range to the right of me.

 

[biff47]

Three words:
"low earth orbit"
That's where all my unfound brass goes (I think).

 

[dwd]

I was shooting some brass though the Ruger the other day and wanted to save the brass so I laid out a 8'x10' tarp and positioned myself so I caught most all of the brass. Then I tried out a Makarov I just purchased and the cases didn't even land close. lol

 

[Thirties]

DWD, yes, that's what I did . . . I need a larger tarp for gosh sake! The Mak shells spread out in a very large area. And, as I said, I lose about one every eight when I round up the empties.

 

[speedicut]

Reminds me of my Tokarev..
People complain to me because my brass lands on their cars in the parking lot!

 

[lee1959]

I noticed this with my wifes Bersa also, the scattering of empties in a large area. I started thinking that perhaps it is something created by the nature of the blowback pistol. Each cartridge will have a very slight variation in power and this difference may create different pressures on the spring which slows the slide thus throwing the cartridge differently each shot. This differs from gas operated pistols.

Might be completely wrong, but that is what I thought might be a cause of it.

 

[PM66]

That's why I shoot the steel cased stuff in the winter! Hot brass doesn't sit on top of snow very long.