PKM and other goodies

2960 Views 27 Replies 13 Participants Last post by 03humpalot, Oct 21, 2008

03humpalot

Discussion Starter · Jul 15, 2008

They have arrived :twisted: ,

i have 14K plus rounds inbound and will follow up with a proper review once i have had the time to run them for a bit. The PKM and accessories as sold by MarColMar are WAY nicer than i was expecting. Every single item included with the kit looks brand spanking new.

The Vector RPD was also a pleasant surprise. Very impressed with both weapons, i must however rid myself of their glossyness and i forsee krylon in their future.

I would like to thank Dave Bane for having the patience to deal with me,i ordered the PKM while still in Iraq. Limited comms and the time diference makes everything a gigantic pain in the ass while trying to conduct business.

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Augdog1964

· #2 · Jul 15, 2008

CONGRATS ON YOUR NEW ACQUISITIONS!

And most of all - thanks for your service to our Country, and my family!

I'm glad you're happy with our Semi-PKM! I hope you will have many years of shooting and collecting enjoyment from her! We thank you for your business!

Thanks again!

Dave Bane
Owner
MarColMar Firearms LLC

jetskrtal

· #3 · Jul 15, 2008

Another satisfied customer(in a long line of satisfied customers!!!) :wink:
The porch/deck looks great with all that hardware on it :grin: :grin: :grin:

50bmgsniper

· #4 · Jul 17, 2008

What do you mean the RPD was a pleasant surprise?What you didnt order it and it just showed up? :goof:

03humpalot

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 17, 2008

50bmgsniper said:
What do you mean the RPD was a pleasant surprise?What you didnt order it and it just showed up? :goof:

Negative,
every combloc weapon i have ever seen/used was a gigantic beat up POS. Pretty nice seeing a reconditioned one :wink:

50bmgsniper

· #6 · Jul 19, 2008

You got a Beautiful setup there.

CGSteve

· #7 · Jul 19, 2008

Very, very, very nice.

grayparatrooper

· #8 · Aug 5, 2008

What do those sell for in the sandbox a few hundred lol. Those are some beautiful guns you got they should be some sweet shooters :hail: . Maybe one day i can afford a rpd :grin: ..

03humpalot

Discussion Starter · #9 · Aug 10, 2008

Well,
the boys at Henderson Defense got my barrel done (i bought a 3rd bbl from Mr. Bane).

Im going to throw an XS sights Trijicon post on it,and i have a railed forend/vert grip/and 50 round soft ammo bag at the house. Will get it thrown togther and lay some waste next time im stateside.

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avn762

· #10 · Aug 10, 2008

:shock:

???

rayman1

· #11 · Aug 10, 2008

How cool - a "shorty" spare barrel. Too neat! You better post some photos of that thing on the weapon! :razz:

03humpalot

Discussion Starter · #12 · Aug 11, 2008

avn762,
the reasoning behind the shorter barrel/rail system/vert grip etc are just to make it easier for firing the thing on the move from the shoulder.

Blackheart international has been pimping a "SOPMOD PKM" kit. Included are the rail/ offset vert grip/trij sights/shorty barrel/and a folding stock for use by guys who are running the PKM in assault mode OCONUS.

With the tube in the stock of the semi-auto PKM the folding stock is a no go, but the other parts can be retrofit to the semi auto guns.

I was interested in getting a keisler defense picatinny rail system for mounting a Red Dot optic on the feed tray cover but another guy with one of the guns built on a Russian kit said it wouldnt fit on his gun for some reason. Scratch that idea.

SOoooo... im going to stick with what i have available. Im not a collector of guns per say, i shoot em until they break :wink: and anything to allow the gun to become more user friendly gets a nod in my book.

Looking forward to getting her up and running with the cool guy stuff, perhaps we need a "Practical PKM" forum around here :twisted:

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03humpalot

Discussion Starter · #13 · Oct 17, 2008

Well back stateside again for a bit. Got the barrel from Henderson Defense/rail system and vert grip installed. Having a bit of trouble removing the front sight post to install the XS sight (thing is frozen solid and wont budge, so i soaked her in kroil). Anyway a new pic with the shorty barrel installed.

Handling is much improved, going to the range in the AM to shoot some steel and will see about getting some more pics/vids up

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Hozer

· #14 · Oct 18, 2008

Nice! :hail:

762monkey

· #15 · Oct 19, 2008

03humpalot said:
Well back stateside again for a bit. Got the barrel from Henderson Defense/rail system and vert grip installed. Having a bit of trouble removing the front sight post to install the XS sight (thing is frozen solid and wont budge, so i soaked her in kroil). Anyway a new pic with the shorty barrel installed.

Handling is much improved, going to the range in the AM to shoot some steel and will see about getting some more pics/vids up

hey now where in the world did you get that idea from...
i had the harris bipod on it but i cut the rail back about 5 inchs.. orignal pods are back on and fold under nice

copy cat :twisted:

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03humpalot

Discussion Starter · #16 · Oct 19, 2008

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"hey now where in the world did you get that idea from... "
Great minds think a like bro. Who did your barrel work...BHI?

Thats pretty sweet with the orignial bipod on that piece :hail:

Had a long day at the range today. Some friends came up and we shot the hell out of some steel from 100 to 250 meters.

Put 1250 more rounds through the gun with 1000 on the new barrel. Runs like a champ.

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762monkey

· #17 · Oct 19, 2008

yup cuz we are highspeed :twisted: i thought it was funny to see the same setup on another gun ...yeah henderson did my barrel about a month ago..ive had the "sopmod" since i got one of the first PKMs from marcolmar last winter ... lol nice pics looks like fun...the best part of the PKM is the ammo is DIRT cheap!! what have u been shooting ammo wise? ive used 1947 russian ,1968 czech, 77 hungarian, polish and some wolf 145gr all light ball. also what gas setting you use on the short barrel? i run it full closed and the long barrel full open

steven fry

· #18 · Oct 19, 2008

sweet rifle bro!!!,....

03humpalot

Discussion Starter · #19 · Oct 19, 2008

762, i have shot all kinds of shit. Yugo brass cased ball, russian light ball,czech light ball,wolf ball,bulgarian heavy ball you name it.

Im not picky if it runs i shoot it.

Was running the shorty barrel on position 2, it was choking on occasion on position 1 with yugo ball.

Hozer

· #20 · Oct 19, 2008

great pics!!!! :hail: :hail:

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