Whenever Senior sees a good deal on a cool gun that has practical use, He jumps on it. So here is the latest member to our family, The PPS-43C.
Originally these handy guns had folding stocks, but due to BATFE regulations the folding stock has been welded closed and now considered a pistol. If you are not familiar with these they shoot the 7.62x25 Tokarev which is an "Okay" pistol round, however shooting this round through a longer barrel gives better ballistic coefficients.
The Russians developed this gun in response to a Red Army requirement for and lightweight weapon that would provide similar accuracy and firepower (with a reduced rate of fire) while utilizing more cost-effective means of production than the Soviet
PPSh-41 submachine gun being widely deployed at the time.
Since 1943 when it entered production, efforts were constantly being made to improve manufacturing and safety. The ventilated heat shield was integrated with the upper receiver cover, both the barrel and shoulder stock were shortened, the stock's locking mechanism was simplified, the casing ejector was moved to the rear of the recoil spring guide rod, the magazine well angle was increased in the receiver in order to enhance feeding reliability and the safety was improved to block the trigger and lock the bolt in either the open or closed positions.
Different countries such as China, Finland, Germany, and Poland all came out with their versions, but Polands was a training version and chambered in .22 long rifle rimfire cartridge (fed using standard PPS-43 magazines but modified with an
aluminum reduction insert).
So, we are very excited to have found this gun, and can't wait to get it on the range.....
