Customer Reviews

Fantastic gun for the money
Review by pingeorge on 4/1/13

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Guys and Gals if you are looking for a great gun for the money and lots and lots of fun, as shown in my video, get one of these pistols while you still can. You can't go wrong with the great WWII history and the all steel construction of this little nail driver. I have put 1k+ of ammo through this gun and had no issues. Some people have reported failure to eject or fire, but this is mainly due to short cycling or hard primers on the ancient military surplus ammo they were using. I have used all new ammo and the gun works perfectly. I think the guys at Radom and Pioneer have done a great job in bringing this little piece of history to the US civilian market in semi-auto form.

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Oldest Daughter Shooting her PPS-43C
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Polish Radom PPS-43C Pistol
Review by Iraqveteran8888 on 1/8/13

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Showing and shooting the Polish PPS-43C pistol from Classic Firearms. This is a great little gun, very well made and an extremely fun shooter. Fires the 7.62X25mm round, readily available commercially and with relatively cheap surplus ammo still available as well. This pistol is still available through Classic Firearms despite high demand for other semi autos at this time:

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Polish Radom PPS-43C Pistol
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good value
Review by none on 5/19/13

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Have two PPS43C. Both shot well out of the box using Wichester rounds. No problems either gun. Switched to late-50s russian brass/fmj and both had the occasional failure-to-eject (assume powder in rounds had slight degradation). Using Winchester ammo still shoots 100%. Cheap, sturdy, easy to clean and overall fun to shoot. May get another just to have for good spare parts,

Dobre!
Review by J. R. on 5/15/13

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I have enjoyed this gun for several months after a quick and painless delivery from Classic. It's fun to shoot and look at and easy to take care of.

the most fun gun I own
Review by Jim on 5/7/13

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What a gun. I love it. I did have a problem with the recoil spring pad. It was soft and tore apart while shooting. I replaced it with a piece of leather and solved problem. Very few misfires with old surplus ammo. A one inch piece of steel fell out of the gun but I was unable to identify. It does not effect the way gun shoots. Buy one while you can.

Interesting an fun
Review by michael on 5/2/13

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Very interesting gun always loved the cal. carried one for years in my truck when tokerev's were 75. ea deadly accurate rnd , this makes a great personel suppressor in the spray an pray type weapon

PPS-43c
Review by Robert on 4/25/13

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All I can say is WOW !!!!! I bought this PPS43 in January and today is the first time i had a chance to shoot it. I did'nt clean it, just put some ammo in it and it shot flawlessly. Another GREAT purchase from Classic Firearms.

Tons of fun!
Review by Nightflyer on 4/16/13

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This is one of several guns that I have purchased from Classic. It shipped quickly and was nicely packaged. The fit and finish is about what you would expect for this type of weapon. Gun arrived wet with gun oil but no gunk. It cleaned up quickly. One of the two mags that came with it required some work to make it function properly. it would seat just fine, but was extremely difficult to get out . After a bit of fitting it works fine. Very simple and fun gun. Take down is easy which is a plus when using corrosive surplus ammo. Not the most practical gun out there but a great addition to my Mil surp collection. Will definitely buy more firearms from Classic!!!

one fun gun
Review by astegs on 4/12/13

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very impressed with gun, showed up quickly considering our current situation and was in excellent condition, my ffl was also impressed. ALOT of fun to shoot stocked up on mags while there still available, classic arms was great and have been on all my other purchases. sights leave somthing to be desired but so it is with this gun, may have to figure out a way to mount optics, overall very pleased!!

kick &ss firearm
Review by japokat13 on 4/9/13

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I bought mine before the price got too high, and received 4 mags as well, I have shot about 200+ rounds through it and it functions great,only had 2 light primer strikes(probably because I was bump firing). Also to the asshat who complained about the price increase, you should have bought it before all this stuff happened,I picked up 2000 rounds of romy ammo for $350 at a gunshow, I also have the romy tok pistol to make it a set.( looking forward to the zombie apocolypse) Thanks, Classic, keep up the good work!!!

Pistol 4 stars, Customer service 5!
Review by Sammy Zen U on 3/16/13

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I ordered my PPS 43c during the height of the rush sometime in late December. Shipping wasn't very fast at that time, but I didn't expect it would be. I received the pistol and the shooter's package and everything was as I expected. Cleaned up all the cosmoline and had it out to the range within a week or so. Worked great initially, but encountered some firing pin problems after @240 rounds. After contacting the folks there at Classic and discussing the problem with them via email, we finally came up with a repair solution. They went out of their way to help me in any way possible, Rick especially!

Long story short, I was finally able to return to the range after the repair and it is shooting great now. I've made a few upgrades. Try painting the front post sight with some neon nail polish, it helps to make it much more visible. I also cut the notch deeper on the rear sight ( the 100 yard notch) to make it as deadly accurate at 10 yards as it is at 50.

Customer service at Classic really is as good as people in the reviews say. Everyone there I communicated with went out of their way to help and showed genuine concern for the problem and I was more than satisfied with the end results. These were cheaper a while back. Guess what? So was everything else! Classic's prices are more than competitive with anyone elses' and their customer service can't be beat. Suffice it to say I have since ordered the Romanian TTC pistol and just yesterday ordered the M44 Mosin Nagant to keep them company.

Classic Firearms, you have a customer for life! (any chance at a hand pick on that M44?)

Awsome peice of history
Review by BackWoodsDrifter on 3/15/13

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Glad I finally broke down and got one, wish i would have done it years ago when surplus ammo was still cheap and easy to find. Finish was great and it functions fine. Been stocking up on Mags for these. Great costumer service I will be from again!

Not so great news
Review by LC on 3/13/13

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Have been a fan of this site for a couple of years. Liked the products and the prices.
Sad to see that you folks have given in to the greed like so many others.

This PPS-43c has been offered for a long time at 269.00, now suddenly 439.00.

Shame on you ... have you improved the gun any, or just your profit margin ???

You should educate yourself a bit before before point the "greed" finger. Yes, I find this type of non-sense quite annoying. Do you really think it is the re-sellers that control 100% of the pricing? Can one truly be that naive? Do you not think the exporters see what is happening in our country and in turn raise their prices to the importers (and we are not an importer)? Do you not think the importers also increase their margins out of fear they might soon have to shut their doors if imports or "assault" rifle bans are passed? Or if our president goes along with UN desires of prohibiting most imports of firearms which of course he can do with the stroke of a pen? Go ahead and call the importer of this gun, IO INC, and ask them how much the prices have increased to their distributors like Classic Firearms. Their phone # is 704-225-8843. People who make un-informed conclusions like you did in your review certainly have something in common with Feinstein in CA! They make conclusions while not having a clue what they are talking about! Shame on you .... have you tried thinking or educating yourself before you type, or do you prefer being like Feinstein ???

- The Classic Firearms Team

pps-43c
Review by Everett on 3/11/13

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This is the first time buying from classic firearms. Was very impressed with the professionalism. Perfect transaction. Fast shipping. The pps-43c is perfect, Well built and fires and functions flawlessly. Looking forward to doing business with classic firearms in the future. Thank you for a job well done....

overall very satisfied
Review by bmak on 3/1/13

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This was my first time dealing with Classic Firearms and I purchased at the beginning of the frenzy in December and the service and delivery was great under the circumstances. At $399 the price was right for a novelty firearm like the PPS-43. I haven't had it to the range yet since ammo is very scarce and very expensive. That is the only drawback. This is a specialty ammo and surplus ammo has been hoarded up so it is not cheap to shoot this round anymore. As far a the gun itself, it is very heavy and don't expect tight tolerances as it was designed to be cheaply mass produced then and still is now. You can expect to turn a lot of heads, have a really cool firearm to show off for years to come, and get great service from Classic Firearms.

can't wait!!
Review by James on 2/21/13

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Just picked up my PPS-43C this morning along with two extra mags. It looks fantastic after a quick inspection.One of the mags little floor plate slide had come off in the box, but slid it right back on. The reviews on this have been awesome, and one of the factors in buying this high-cap. mag pistol, is to stick it in your face MR PRESIDENT. Not really, just as my own little protest. I also recently bought the Romanian TTC Tokarev pistol, also in the 7.62X25 caliber. Also a great looking pistol for it's age. I can't wait to get out and do some shooting with both of these beauties. Looks like the price has gone up a bit on the PPC-43C, so my advice is to get off the fence if you are hesitating and get one while you can.
Jim

pps-43c pistol
Review by dav on 2/21/13

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Love my pps-43, everything looks great on it, get alot of looks on the range. Ammo has been hard to come by have only gotten to fire it once and had alot of misfires due to bad surplus ammo. other than ammo I love the gun.

PPS-43c
Review by Ed on 2/15/13

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Saw this vintage pistol, read about, and decided to buy one. Now I have two. Love it. Is very accurate. Recoil is slight unless I'm shooting over 400 rounds. Just an awlful lot of fun
Ammunition is tough to find right now but being how things are right now they'll come back around.
Can't say enough about the excellent service Classic Firearms provides. Very friendly and professional. When Classic says they shipped the order - it's here within a couple days. They are very information. If you have a question it is answered within an hour or so. Just a great group of people to work with.

fun to shoot and crazy accurate!
Review by Emmanuel on 2/7/13

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I purchased two of these one as a shooter and one to keep untouched and wow they are amazing pistols. They are so fun to shoot and easy to clean. I did have a problem with them opening up as we were shooting but removed a leather piece inside weapon and fixed it. Put 400 rounds through it and didn't miss a beat.

good
Review by Bryan on 2/4/13

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Just what I was looking for.

Nice firearm, head turner.
Review by Bushrod on 2/3/13

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Firearm arrived in solid packaging with two magazines. Everything looked very good, just as advertised. Took to the range yesterday and fired about 100 rounds through the pistol. Had 4 misfires, all of which had good solid pin contact, probably a bad primer. I was using 80s vintage Romanian ammo. The firearm was very dirty from the ammo. Cleaning was a breeze, although it took a long time due to the large amount of residue on the weapon. I would recommend wearing a glove on your forward hand, mine is sore today from the recoil. Overall this was a very nice gun.

Polish WWII submachine gun made semi auto.
Review by baseballparent on 1/29/13

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Original Polish PPS-43C sub-machine gun in a semi-auto version. It is in the 7.62x25 caliber.
I have bought 2 of these from this company and have been very much surprised by the great quality of each. For a WWII gun, these come in excellent condition. Great super gun and a fun gun to shoot. They are very accurate and will shoot out to 200 meters( aprox. 216 yards. Thanks Classic Firearms for another fine product, excellent customer service, and very fast shipping.

Polish WWII submachine gun made semi auto.
Review by baseballparent on 1/29/13

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Original Polish PPS-43C sub-machine gun in a semi-auto version. It is in the 7.62x25 caliber.
I have bought 2 of these from this company and have been very much surprised by the great quality of each. For a WWII gun, these come in excellent condition. Great super gun and a fun gun to shoot. They are very accurate and will shoot out to 200 meters( aprox. 216 yards. Thanks Classic Firearms for another fine product, excellent customer service, and very fast shipping.

A Bit of History
Review by Tom on 1/25/13

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Although this firearm was made after WWII and is Polish, it is an excellent functioning replica of the Russian PPS43 sub-machinegun of WWII. As a collector of WWII firearms it was difficult to pass on the opportunity to own one of these; even with the recent price increases. I do not expect them to be available as a new purchase much longer and I’m fairly confident that prices will double a few years down the road. I do not intend to shoot this firearm often, as I am more intrigued with it for presentation purposes. Nonetheless, I have tried it out and would like to make a few observations regarding its capability as a shooter.

First, my PPS43c works flawlessly with commercial ammunition. Reliability is less with hard military surplus primers.

Second, it is reasonably accurate (even without the stock) and the sights can be adjusted to the user’s liking.

Third, recoil is minimal. A “hail of lead” can be put down range with reasonable accuracy.

Fourth, both magazines were in excellent condition and work properly.

Fifth, the “lock work” inside the pistol was well done. Precise in its semi-auto function, appears adequately hardened, and the hammer locks back properly; which was a problem on the earlier versions.

If you are looking at the PPS43c as “a shooter”, there may be better choices in the small machine pistol, high capacity magazine genre. If you are looking for a functional piece of history for the occasional plinking session, this one is hard to beat.

great gun
Review by ALAN on 1/15/13

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Just purchased my second one. First one accurate as hell(surprisingly). Fun to shoot, cheap to shoot. Around 1000 rounds fired through first one at rapid fire and no malfunctions. I strongly recommend this gun for the enthusiast.

Keep it simple stupid
Review by Cabana Boy on 1/14/13

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Just received my PPS-43C, caused quite a stir at my local FFL...(Room went silent!) Even amongst the AR-15 faithful. (They don't know what they're missing!) Hit the range on the weekend, (another "E F Hutton" type moment) and squeezed off about 60 to 70 rounds through all mags, and I'm happy to report that she fired flawlessly, even freakishly accurate at 25, 35 & 50 ft....Easy to field strip & clean, most fun I've had in years. God, do I love "Eastern Block" stuff!! Kudos to Classic Firearms for a superb product!! I've already ordered and waiting on a Tokarev and have referred you to friends.....Keep up the good work!

Eric & Rachel

Gun range head turner
Review by Jim on 12/30/12

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Fun gun, had some problems, it would open up while firing, easy fix. Works great now.

Happy to own one!
Review by Leo on 12/21/12

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Pros: Very easy to handle; a replica piece of WW2 victorious history; the most accurate shooter among my collections (to my surprise).

Cons: 3 out of the 4 mags do not fit well into the gun, but got prompt advice from Classic Arms tech support, the manufacturer IO Inc's replacement mags are on the way.

Conclusion: Glad to have one, and plan to buy one more later (even though the price has increased since my prior purchase).

Awesome Gun!
Review by FLshooter on 12/10/12

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Saw this gun in a magazine and had to have it and classic is the only online place I trust so I grabbed one right away. I was more impressed than the reviews I read. This thing worked flawlessly through 4 magazines and I was hitting targets at 50 yards with no problem. Very accurate and honestly a very practical gun! This is not a novelty gun to me! Awesome gun for the $ and I will probably buy another.

My new favorite gun!
Review by Paul on 12/7/12

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I love this gun. Just got this a couple of weeks ago, and on my first trip to the range, it had the attention of everyone there. People stopped by to ask what it was, including the range officers. I tried 4 kinds of 7.62x25 Tokarev surplus ammo - Polish, Bulgarian, Chinese and Czech -- all ran through no problem. I had a couple of light primer strikes in all the ammo I ran through, and since most of it is 50+ year old surplus, I chalk it up to that. I worried originally that this gun would be hard to aim without a stock, but my first shot was a kill shot directly dead center through the head of the paper target. All four mags worked out of the box, and this fits perfectly in the Bulldog 25" bag. Very very satisfied with this purchase.

Great fun
Review by PupSter on 12/4/12

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Love this a great fun and very reliable gun. Might even make a good home defense weapon or personal defense weapon...

Bullet Eating Monster
Review by Richard on 11/29/12

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Loaded 4 mags in my papasha as the Russkies call it and let me tell ya you do not want to be down range from this thing we put holes in our steel targets that stop 45 cal. rounds we had no jambs and a lot of fun with this Bullet eating machine

NICE!
Review by eugene on 11/9/12

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Love this weapon, but need to report a minor issue. First time to the range it fired 3 times out of 20 or so rounds chambered. Got pissed and put it away. When I got home and after cleaning it, I noticed the un-fired rounds had light primer hits. Checking the hammer, I noticed 1 of the Hammer springs was not engaging. I put it into proper position and it ran great next trip to the range. Fun weapon, especially rapid fire from hip! Just thought I'd mention the fix needed in case someone else should run into the same problem.

Great gun
Review by Anton on 11/7/12

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Bought my PPS not long ago and took it to the range and the gun shoots perfect, no misfires, my gun seemed to be in execellent condition when I picked it up and just all around a great shooter and overall weapon.

absolutely wonderful weapon
Review by egene on 9/18/12

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I got one because of a friends advice, best thing I've done in a while. shoots great, is an absolute blast. functioned flawlessly. took a while to get the cosmoline off but it was so worth it. grab them while you can. I hope to buy at least one more before they are gone.

TOO MUCH FUN
Review by Flash on 8/4/12

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Forget the range, take this gun outside and let it rip. It fires fast, it fires accurately. If the folding stock worked, you would not miss your target with it. Excellent shape fit and finish. Thinking of getting a second.

No wonder this helped win WW2
Review by Nathan on 7/23/12

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I got this firearm about two weeks ago. Received from FFL with no problems. Gun looked AMAZING. Got to see my old friend cosmoline again but that is to be expected with any surplus firearm. Weather was too hot or rainy here in the hoosier state for a little bit but finally got to take it for a run this weekend. Shot about 100 bulgarian surplus round without a jam or misfire. About a 2in-3in grouping for a novice shooter at 50 yards. Awesome weapon, fun to shoot, and great service all around from my favorite website! Thanks classic firearms!!!

Great Gun/ Fun to Shoot!!
Review by Marty/Texas on 6/25/12

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Classic Firearms does it again, Great Service and Great Prices!! I have taken mine to the range several times and have had no problems!!
This is a really fun gun to shoot!! Lots of compliments from other shooters, they all are impressed.

Overall Waste of $329
Review by NHGuy on 6/25/12

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Hi. First of all I bought the shooters package and they sent me the gun only. They didn''t answer my email, so I called and they said they would send the missing items.

I Fired the gun three times and the back end of the gun kept popping open. Turns out the latch pin was not going into the latch hole because of dirt/junk. Cleaned that and it stayed closed. Took it back to range today and had 9 light strikes and no strikes in a row. Then on the 10th time, Parts of the extractor broke off the assembly.

I have wanted this gun for a long time.. Now it looks like I paid alot of money for a gun that I will never be able to shoot again.

I have lurked on this web site for a long time. This was my first order and I am very disappointed.

Hello NHGUY - I read your review above I apologize you are having an issue with the PPS-43C you purchased from us. It is extremely rare to hear of any issues with this gun. However, we always want to fix any issues that do arise so you can be pleased with your purchase in the end. We are sometimes slow to respond to emails as we get hundreds per day, but we do eventually respond to every single email we receive. Speaking of emails, I just sent you one so we can move forward with getting this issue fixed for you. We certainly want you to be able to enjoy and feel good about your purchase from us, feel free to contact me directly any time. God Bless.....Rick Jones

- The Classic Firearms Team

Amazing
Review by Matt Williams on 6/22/12

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If you throw a one-point sling on this is becomes an amazing semi-automatic weapon. Simply "punch it out" as you would with an MP-5 and you are good to go. The 7.62 x 25 round is hot enough to beat most body armor and the mechanism is simple enough to require little or no modification to make it combat ready.

A lot of fun to shoot!
Review by Azpilot on 6/15/12

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Picked up this gun as I'm into older military guns rather than the newer ones. Grabbed some ammo and went to the range. Couldn't be happier with this pistol. At 25 yds easily can put rounds in a 2" circle and its really not much more kick than a 9mm. Gets a lot of looks at the range as well. Many of my friends now want to pick one up!!

excellent price, great deal
Review by devinsdad76 on 6/11/12

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You won't beat the price anywhere! I also bought it with the shooters kit. No problems its real fun to shoot!

very pleased!
Review by woodlands tom on 5/31/12

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I bought this with the shooters package, which was a good value. I've had no negative issues whatsover with this gun or any of its four magazines. It's fun to shoot, just the sight of it would make a bad guy soil his pants, and the price is incredible. Classic Firearms had it to my dealer in 3 days, so you can't beat that.