TT 33 buy or no buy?

I got one on trade a couple years ago. Took one look at it and put it up on the EE the same day. I'm sure the one I owned was Chinese because it left me rather empty feeling after having owned one. :p
 
I have a 1952 and it's awesome, no ftes or ftf in 700 RDS so far.
But... my son's friend got a 2 pack on some deal with ammo, one is good while the other slamfires even dry racking it, the hammer slams down. Told him to order parts if they're cheap and available.
 
I got one shooter for $125 shipped I think off EE, goes bang with every single pull... one can't be wrong with that price. 7.62x25 is very powerful with great penetration... good to know just in case.. :)
 
See, these aren't Wilson Combat, nor are they H&K... and they have been technically obsolete for longer than most of us have been alive. But they are reliable, very inexpensive, have history, and give an interesting or unique experience for those shooting them. Personally I think they are rather fun to shoot. Yes they have more muzzle flip... no good for practical competitions, but fun for a bit of plinking at a range.
 
That one looks nothing even close to the one I bought a couple years ago, hopefully after a thorough cleaning it will get some of its lustre back again.
 
st1264 said:
Personally, it's a crude pistol. Bad ergonomics (tiny, skinny grip), terrible sights, crappy trigger. I have nothing good to say about them. Sold mine shortly after shooting it.

I see people like them, most likely just due to the price point and cheap surplus ammo. When you can get a S&W SD9 VE for $369 in 9mm, I don't know why you'd want the Tok. It should be a $99 pistol. Many ranges won't even let you shoot the surplus ammo as it contains steel. There goes the cheap ammo angle.

Compare it to a surplus SKS and the SKS is an awesome bang for the buck rifle.[/




i find that the tokarev trigger is much better than the s&w sd-ve . i can hit the gong with the tok ,every shot but not with the sd=ve becuz of the trigger
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kodiakjack said:
Yep. Sorry I praised them up. That's awful dude.
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Don't be, I've had great service from them up till this. Kinda grinds my gears that they would even send it out to anyone. I'm gonna send them a pic and see what they think. Also they didn't pack my ammo very well, one of the boxes came open during transit, rounds everywhere when I opened it.
 
As long as you get one that is not abused they are a good gun.

A few simple things like adding some larger (more palm filling) grips, painting the front sight white and some PRACTICE goes a long way. Shoot this gun with "new" ammo with the said modifications and you will be quite surprised. The round is quite a flat shooter, it is fun to take long shots at 100 yards with it and once you figure it out, not too hard to hit (reasonable sized targets) at that range either!!!

Now you HAVE to remember these are pistols that are an 80 year old design and most of the ones we get here are 70 years old...they are designed to hit a man sized target at handgun ranges, something they can do with no problems. They were NEVER designed to be a target or high end pistol. Lastly remember you can pick theses up for $200 all in and the ammo is cheap!!!
 
Get a new polish one, great pistol!
Canam is a standup company and will likely see this post but call them anyway they will take it back and give you a new one or refund!! Actually that gun isn't worth the postage it was shot with corrosive and left in a damp area!
 
Loved my 1944 Russian TT-33 except for one issue with it.

The way the trigger is designed, I would randomly get a magazine that will hang up on the bars of the trigger as they wrap around the magazine.

For all of our purposes not a problem just an annoyance, but for combat use that sure ain't cool.

Sold mine a while ago and got a Norinco 1911 instead, but I would buy another TT-33 in the future.
 
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