Quote Originally Posted by Joncaddy View Post
The Baikal Makarov is the best if you want a gun made like a real firearm. Proper forged gunmetal construction and made in the Baikal factory alongside live firing version. Fully field stripable, because it's not a replica, it's the real thing. No other replica of a firearm comes close. Umarex etc actually make a replica of the Makarov, but what's the point of a cast alloy pretender when the real thing doesn't cost much more. Aprox £170.
Gen 1 is the closest to the real steel as even the slides were taken & machined from the normal production batches wheras I believe the later gen's had a dedicated casting.