Pioneer Polish PPS-43C 7.62X25 2-35rd Magazines - 9.8" Barrel, 35+1 Rounds

This pistol is a very basic, rugged, firearm that’s a ton of fun to shoot although it will never win a beauty contest. I fired about 75 rounds of a mix of Wolf Gold and S&B with only a single fail to load in the first 5 rounds of Wolf. The sights are very basic and quite similar to an AK. I believe the front post could be drifted but my weapon was aligned out of the box so I didn’t attempt it. The trigger is basic but functional; the safety seems secure. Field stripping is extremely easy as is reassembly. At the range, I attempted to encourage it to fire multi round bursts but I was completely unsuccessful. One online review showed that the safety could be used as a bolt hold-open though it would not work that way on mine. Overall I have no regrets but I also can’t think of many uses other than for fun at the range or possibly home defense. And I really think that the 7.62 x 25 round is a sleeper that should be far more popular.

I would love to give this firearm a 5 star rating, it a very solid build, and heavier than it looks but in a good way. Its really neat to hold this firearm. However on my first trip to the range, aside from the occasional light primer strike on modern ammunition, this firearm had an issue with firing TWICE on a single trigger pull. It was pretty sketchy, I was definitely not expecting an integrated burst mode, especially when the bursts fire faster than the cyclic rate of the full-auto version. I had to put the firearm away because I was afraid it might just mag dump the entire 35 round mag at the range. I reached out to the Radom pioneer polish customer service and they responded within a day, but they could only direct my email to the U.S. branch of pioneer polish. However the U.S. branch of pioneer polish either doesn't exist, or doesn't care because I've reached out to them again after Radom transferred my email, and I havnt recieved any sort of response on the matter.

not much use for anything but a lot of fun to shoot

Buds has always been great for me on ordering anything that comes to my imagination. I've ordered plenty of stuff from them and they've always been awesome and great to deal with. They deserve their shout out first. For this particular piece it's awesome guys. It's pretty cool we can have historical designs like this for fun. When this design was being created it was for survival. It's nice to appreciate that. Runs great for the only 100 rounds I've used so far. Pretty accurate for it's slightly awkward to me feeling. Get one, enjoy it.