{"id":98210,"date":"2026-02-22T02:00:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98210"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:43:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:43:50","slug":"an-interesting-silenced-bulgarian-makarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/22\/an-interesting-silenced-bulgarian-makarov\/","title":{"rendered":"An Interesting Silenced Bulgarian Makarov"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xFfHlXQT6qs?si=EbrPtGgcD503wnrN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 29 Sept 2025<\/p>\n<p>Today we are taking a look at an interesting silenced Bulgarian Makarov with a mechanism added to lock the slide. This sort of feature is usually thought of as a sneaky way to avoid ejecting brass and leaving it behind, but it actually serves a much more practical purpose. One of the loudest elements of a suppressed pistol firing subsonic ammunition is actually the noise of pressurized gas escaping when the empty case is extracted and then the slide chambering a new round. A slide lock eliminates these sources of noise by preventing the slide from opening. While this is not a factory-made variant of the Makarov, it is an interesting mechanism that I thought worth covering.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Silenced Pistol Playlist:    \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL9e3UCcU00TQ-0Vq_FO4gG0MVNX0YtPEO\" target=\"_blank\">Silenced Pistols<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to the Royal Armouries for allowing me to film and disassemble this interesting piece! 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This sort of feature is usually thought of as a sneaky way to avoid ejecting brass and leaving it behind, but it actually serves a much more practical purpose. 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