Polish P83 WANAD

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Jestik

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Hello all,

Does anyone have ANY experience with the Polish P-83 Wanad pistol? I would like to add a Communist Bloc 9mm Makarov to my collection, and this pistol interests me greatly. I like the looks of it and I like the price tag on it. 9mm Makarov is cheap, and the only downside is finding extra magazines for it, as I like to have at least 10 magazines for each pistol that I own.

Anyways, if you have any experience with this pistol, please let me know. Wideners has it on sale right now for $260 with two magazines.

Thanks,

Jestik

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Well, speaking from the perspective of just having read up on it, I'd say it's a pretty good pistol of the type. If you're into collection, seems like a good one, especially if you've already got it's predecessor, the P64. I can testify that the P64 was a good one, so if this one is an improved successor, I'd say it would be worth the investment.
 

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Well I'm not quite sure but the Polish don't make cheap things so it seems like a good pistol.
If it's like the Makarov then it's probably good, the Makarov is a great pistol, I was pretty sad when my dad got rid of his.
 

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I have one and it works great. I prefer the size of the p64 polish. Both guns are a little pain to shoot. They hurt my hands a little. For my money I would suggest a cz82. The money is similar with a larger magazine and better shooter. I love all the Eastern Block Maks although the cz82 in my opinion is the most useable. I own a bunch of pistols but the cz82 is the gun I carry most.
 

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I have one and it works great. I prefer the size of the p64 polish. Both guns are a little pain to shoot. They hurt my hands a little. For my money I would suggest a cz82. The money is similar with a larger magazine and better shooter. I love all the Eastern Block Maks although the cz82 in my opinion is the most useable. I own a bunch of pistols but the cz82 is the gun I carry most.

I looked for CZ82 and every place seems to be sold out right now.
 

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