Cold War Replicas

The Cold War section follows the guns of the standoff between 1947 and 1991: the Makarov, the Tokarev, the AK pattern rifles and the western pistols that faced them across the same decades. It is a short category, but it is the one that connects the World War II collection to the modern era.

The Makarov is the piece most collectors start with, because it is small, cheap and instantly recognisable as the other side of the 1980s. The articles here cover the design, the differences between the military and export versions, and why the replica feels different in the hand from a 1911.