Originally Posted by
Teapot
I have a Soviet Tokarev and some Norinco Tokarevs. The Soviet one is loose and rattles but shoots tight groups. However it does not like steel cased ammunition; such cases get stuck in the chamber and it requires that one pry back the extractor from the rim and put a wooden dowel in the barrel and force the slide open.
The Norinco Tokarevs are dimensionally larger overall and perhaps stronger. They digest both steel and brass cased ammunition well after they have been broken in. Out of my three Norinco models one had a problem with failure to extract the steel cases but after about a three hundred rounds the problem stopped. The Norinco pistols are slightly more accurate than the Soviet model.
I prefer the Norinco Model 54 over the original Tokarev. Hopefully Johnone will bring in more Norinco 7.62x25 Norinco Model 54 Tokarevs.
By the way, the barrel and bushing I bought from Gunnar for shooting 9mm suits the Norinco Model 54 well as the groups I can shoot with it are very small at twenty-five yards.
Although I have a plentiful stock of 7.62x25mm ammunition, more imports of that old-world ammunition would mean that I can shoot more and not be concerned about "saving" what I have presently.
Cheap and solidly built pistols coupled with cheap, accurate and high velocity ammunition equal satisfaction and enjoyment of the shooting sport.