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Looks like a Walther PP clone. I had a Walther PP in 32. It was OK but absoltutely refused to digest hollowpoints of any kind. Kind of heavy for its size as well.
9x18 will be a little harder to get. The Makarov should be available as Eastern Block surplus for cheap though. Conceivably, if you wanted to reload for it, you could straighten a 9mm Parabellum case (they have a slight taper) and trim it by 1mm. Most of the Makarov brass you'll find will be Boxer primed and not reloadable while the Parabellum is Berdan primed. The Makarov also uses a different diameter bullet. At 9.25mm V.S. the 9mm of the Parabellum. I don't think you would get very good performance shooting the smaller 9mm parabellm bullets and probably fatigue the brass if you tried.
9x18 will be a little harder to get. The Makarov should be available as Eastern Block surplus for cheap though. Conceivably, if you wanted to reload for it, you could straighten a 9mm Parabellum case (they have a slight taper) and trim it by 1mm. Most of the Makarov brass you'll find will be Boxer primed and not reloadable while the Parabellum is Berdan primed. The Makarov also uses a different diameter bullet. At 9.25mm V.S. the 9mm of the Parabellum. I don't think you would get very good performance shooting the smaller 9mm parabellm bullets and probably fatigue the brass if you tried.
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