I recently saw an ad for some Polish Radom P-64, 9 X 18 Makarov caliber and they were listed as C&R (Curio and Relic) firearms, listed for slightly less than $200.

A $200 pistol sent right to my front door? How you gonna beat it?

It came in a few days and I opened the box like a kid at Christmas. It was just as advertised, used, but with only a little wear on the bluing. It had been shot, but was almost “New in Box”.

Here it is, in the shipping box.

It comes with two magazines and is a fine looking little pistol.

The P-64 is a double-action, blow-back pistol

It is in “9 X 18 Makarov” caliber, but the design is not a Makarov.

The 9X18 Makarov cartridge is slightly less powerful than the 9mm Luger cartridge, but is more powerful than the .380.

With the best ammo, it will make the FBI minimum penetration standard of 12 inches.

The pistol was designed for use by the Polish Army and is similar to the PPK design.

I don’t know why an Army officer would carry such a small pistol into combat, but it would be great if someone wanted a small pistol, small enough to fit in their pocket.

I took it out of the box and gave it a thorough cleaning, as I do with any new firearm.

To break it down for cleaning, you simply pull down on the trigger guard and then pull the slide back and up and it comes right off the pistol.

I noticed that the feed ramp wasn’t as smooth as I like them,

So decided to do a throat and ramp polishing job on it before taking it shooting.

I use some jeweler’s rouge and a polishing bob with my Dremel tool.

I just get some of the polish on the bob…