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Don't worry, I got it... We had a similar issue with my wife, in which she wanted to live close to the warm sea, and I wanted to keep my guns; the issue was that property in Florida was too expensive for us, California is more expensive and would mean no guns, and we finally settled for a compromise...

I'm not against a threaded barrel Makarov as well, I'll see if I can grab a Mak somewhere when I get paid and will see how it goes after that.

I'm afraid they're following the same path as CZ 52s, Mosin-Nagants, Tokarevs and lots of other great East Bloc guns... The Cold War surplus has dried up, with some of it going to the civilian markets, and a lot of it going to Syria, Libya or the Ukraine.

Of course it has a strong action, the last ditch ones would've blown up in the face of their users if they weren't built like a brick sh*t house.
I really liked the 6.5mm Arisaka I had when I was a teenager and my father taught me to reload, it was a VERY forgiving rifle in terms of handloads.

I've worn the original holster with the gun in it quite often as well, be it in the woods on my land or for historical shows, or even sometimes in winter, under my coat. Regarding the left hand custom, I've had a TT-33 holster done like that when I was visiting family in Russia, I gave it to a profe...