09-18-2010, 12:46 PM
Soviet arms are famous for their tolerance to take abuse and dirt and keep working. I was at the range on thursday with my pps-43 (sorry guys, semi-automatic only) and got a lesson just how much "dirt" they could take. Somehow instead of ejecting one of the spent cartridges, it managed to "eat" it into the receiver where it bounced around for the rest of the shooting afternoon without causing any apparent problems. I only discovered it when I broke the gun down for cleaning. Having had other guns jam because of a bit too much powder residue in the chamber, I was impressed.
