Polish P83 WANAD

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I have no experience with the P83, but i've had a couple P64's. They are decent guns and I dont think the Polish military would issue a junk gun to their troops.
 

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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.

Howdy. Your price quote is quite nice, especially the pistol you get will be new or like-new condition. I got it used from gunbroker.com early last year (2013), and it shoots well. So far, I usually use low priced FMJ steel case and brass case ammo such Brown Bear, Silver Bear, Red-Army, and Geco -- all work fine. [ Shameless plug: SGAmmo of Stillwater Oklahoma sells 9x18 ammo for decent prices, maybe $13 or $14 per box of 50 + shipping + tax ]. However, since this pistol is about 26 ounces (730 grams) in weight unloaded without ammo, I think it's a bit heavy. So for weight preferences and a slightly longer barrel, I prefer the FEG PA-63 (using same ammo). Also, while shooting single-action mode, sometimes the PA-63 will shoot straighter than the P-83 (well, at least for me).

[edit - forgot to mention magazines...]
Magazines, $30 to $40 each:
Gunbroker
http://www.gunbroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=Polish+Wanad+magazine
RTG
http://www.robertrtg.com/store/pc/P83-MAGAZINE-USED-p2995.htm
Ebay
http://www.ebay.com/sch/Sporting-Goods-/888/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=p-83+magazine

Anyway, you found a good pistol at a good price overall. Be sure to look for info on forums.gunboards.com including the 9x18 ammo data thread (many many pages long!).

Also, I put together a user's guide for this pistol, with some specs, instructions and illustrated parts lists. Feel free to change or add to the document, and if you do then please re-post it in this forum. Here ya go:
PDF
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7hPlfPtS8nCRlNENHZjelM4Rms/view
- and on dropbox
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rzdw87akomhmwu5/P-83 Wanad Pistol User's Guide (Made in Poland).pdf

Word docx for editing
https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=0B7hPlfPtS8nCUWw3QTlEWHhNOUE

Cheers! - Peter
 
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