Polish PM-63 RAK: Help Please!

[Meerkoos]

Hi all,

If you noticed me from the Bren forum, not only am I going to receive a Bren cutaway, but also a wonderful PM-63 machine pistol, also in factory cutaway form.

For those of you who don't know the gun, it is a compact automatic weapon chambered for the 9.2x18mm Makarov cartridge and is developed for tank crewmen, militia and rear echelon troops. 70 000 of these were produced between 1967 and 1977. It features very interesting gadgets, like a spoon compensator, inertial rate reducer, progressive trigger and fully flush telescopic and folding stock.

This cutaway model is almost brand new, fresh from the FB Radom factory. Again, same catch: it's completely disassembled (or almost).



Anybody have any tips, or ressources for reassembly? Any information on these cutaways? How many were produced and why?

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[browningautorifle]

I usually just work from exploded drawings and process of elimination. Small Arms of the World may also have some info. Numrich or Gun Parts may have some drawings for you to source off of. Schematics | Numrich Gun Parts

[Meerkoos]

Thanks for the tip. I have not found one on Numeric, however, I did find an original Polish schematic. It helps a lot.

[browningautorifle]

There's always something close.

[mrclark303]

PM-63 Forgotten Weapons

Quite a bit of info here, including some stripping and disassembly of sub assemblies.

I checked my fantastic (and thoughly recommended to all),if you can find a copy of "Small Arms of the World" by W H B Smith and Joseph E Smith, unfortunately my seventh edition is from 1962, so no help to you unfortunately.

[Meerkoos]

PM-63 Forgotten Weapons

Quite a bit of info here, including some stripping and disassembly of sub assemblies.

I checked my fantastic (and thoughly recommended to all),if you can find a copy of "Small Arms of the World" by W H B Smith and Joseph E Smith, unfortunately my seventh edition is from 1962, so no help to you unfortunately.

Thanks for the help. I have already read the guest article on Ian's website several times, and it is truly a wonderful piece. I'll try to find a copy of this book in the latest edition, if I can afford it .