Frag Out! Magazine
Issue link: https://fragout.uberflip.com/i/693549
We had an opportunity to play a bit with the PKM – altogether we fired 400 rounds. Not, we were not testing it – it was tested enough already, being as it is in service for the last 50 years. We just love to shoot and being able to fire away with a gun that Average Joe from Civvy Street sees only in pictures, gives us a particular boost. So, we decided to sacrifice half a day at the firing range so that you wouldn't have to. Now that we did it, we can share our impressions. 16.5 Lbs Of sheer fun PKM is a legend in its own right, as we said, one of the world's best Gimpies. What's a Gimpy? It's a soldier slang for GPMG – General Purpose Machine Gun, one that is an LMG on bipod but you can slap a tripod on and wham-bam, have your medium machine gun, madam. Fires full-auto only, from open bolt, at a rate of 650 rpm, chambered in 7.62 mm x 54R Russian, and fed (from the RIGHT, Maxim-style) with 100 or 200 rounds non-disinte- grating belts. The 100-rounder comes in a clip-on box, the 200 has a stand-alone one. Much has been written about PK/PKM, but still the lowly civilian stands a little chance to get ac- quainted with this gun, much less having an op- portunity to pour lead downrange. And pouring lead downrange is what this baby is all about: 100%-pure FUN with capital F. This is not a weapon that one can perform spectacular fire drills with to enhance one's shooter abilities. Not much to train in the way of www.fragoutmag.com