Makarovs in W.W.II? Sportsman's Guide ad <eyeroll>

**PA Rifleman** · January 19th, 2010, 07:37 PM

Sportsmans Guide went too far on this one:

"...patterned after the real Russian Marakov sidearm that saw action during the dark days of WWII."

Or did they misspell "Marakov" intentionally?

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**Rundownfid** · January 21st, 2010, 06:38 PM

What a maroon!!!
There is a good short article on the Makarov in the Feb. "Blue Press", Dillon's monthly add with the lovely women and cool reloading stuff.

**CHEMICAL** · January 21st, 2010, 06:38 PM

I have the printed edition of the latest sportsmans guide and everything is spelled correctly, maybe it was an error while being entered online.

**Rundownfid** · January 21st, 2010, 09:30 PM

I think the heart of the comment is the "saw action in the dark days of WWII." quote. The Makarov was not used in WWII, not accepted as a Soviet Pistol until 1951 (I believe). The spelling was just icing on that misinformation cake.

**39flathead** · January 21st, 2010, 09:37 PM

The Sportsman's Guide has devolved into a typical retailer full of overpriced crap and illiterate proofreaders.

I remember when the catalogs were actually fun to read and when you didn't see a case of ammo advertised on the same page as a upside down tomato planter or set of white lace bed sheets.

The Makarov ad was probably just a cut and paste job from the manufacturers website, probably a Chinese company that only knows about WWII from vintage propaganda leaflets.