The installation process is shown in the video below. The grip is attached to the pistol via the original grip screw. The RP-PM grip is a drop-in product – the installation requires no modifications to the gun. The grip also has a threaded socket at the bottom rear portion (behind the magazine well) that allows screwing in a lanyard loop. The Johannes and Christiana (Ehni) Schock Letter & Photograph Collection. A primary focus of this collection is the famine letters detailing the hardships of that era. The internal metal linkage lever is designed to be attached to the original heel magazine release (bottom end of the mainspring) and convert it into a right-side thumb lever. The Ron Vossler Collection contains correspondence and periodical clippings relating to Germans from Russia and from 1917 to 1937 and materials related to books written by him.

It has a rather large arced rear strap with horizontal retention grooves and hexagonal indentations on the sides. The latter is a new product which we’ll take a look at in this article.ĭiamond Arms RP-PM grip is made of a high-impact polymer. This author is aware of four such grips currently available on the market – one is made by the Israeli FAB Defense, and the other three are manufactured by Russian companies Dozor, PM-Laser and Diamond Arms. No wonder why many aftermarket grip manufacturers for this pistol incorporate a thumb release conversion mechanism into their grips. With some practice, you can do reasonably fast magazine changes, but you still can’t get even close to the speed of the thumb actuated magazine release button or lever.

One of the main ergonomic issues (for a modern shooter) of the Makarov pistol is the heel magazine release.

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