Key things to know about TT33?

[warrenlikesboats]

Is there any don't s I should know about when it comes to shooting, cleaning and owning a Polish 1955 TT33 ?

Complete noob to TT pistols

 

[machman]

There is a great Sticky by Travis Bickle at the top of the pistol & revolver forum. Check it out.
One tip; don't lose your slide stop retaining clip. It is hard to find a replacement!

 

[Rod B]

Make sure when you grip the gun that the web between your thumb & index finger is out of the way of the hammer. Many have experienced hammer bite after firing the TT33.

 

[greywolf67nt]

Dead simple to clean.
Accuracy is minute of barn door.
There are spare parts available if required but sometimes hard to find.
A WHOLE lot of fun.

 

[machman]

Dead simple to clean.
Accuracy is minute of barn door.
There are spare parts available if required but sometimes hard to find.
A WHOLE lot of fun.

Yeah, regarding parts, usually the advice given is "buy a second TT for parts".

 

[warrenlikesboats]

Ok cool. I read the sticky before posting this, good information on how to improve the gun, but I wanted to make sure there wasn't some quirky safety thing that I could miss.

 

[greywolf67nt]

Yeah, regarding parts, usually the advice given is "buy a second TT for parts".

OR by the time you need parts you're just further ahead to shoot the first one until it dies then start on the second one.

 

[emerson]

Mine will shoot a mag of surplus into 2 1/4"@25yds. Quite accurate.

 

[MikeD81]

Mine will shoot a mag of surplus into 2 1/4"@25yds. Quite accurate.

Same here.... My barrel looked like crap when I bought it but t shoots like a tack. It's actually super tight and everything you would expect from a 70 year old Russian military firearm. Best $200 I have ever spent.

 

[kodiakjack]

This:

Make sure when you grip the gun that the web between your thumb & index finger is out of the way of the hammer. Many have experienced hammer bite after firing the TT33.

And

Make sure when you grip the gun that the web between your thumb & index finger is out of the way of the hammer. Many have experienced hammer bite after firing the TT33.

And

Make sure when you grip the gun that the web between your thumb & index finger is out of the way of the hammer. Many have experienced hammer bite after firing the TT33.

And

Make sure when you grip the gun that the web between your thumb & index finger is out of the way of the hammer. Many have experienced hammer bite after firing the TT33.

Oh! And

Make sure when you grip the gun that the web between your thumb & index finger is out of the way of the hammer. Many have experienced hammer bite after firing the TT33.

(I have big hands)

 

[diananike]

Make sure you remove the firing pin if your dry firing it. The impact will bust the retaining pin pretty quick.

 

[kodiakjack]

Make sure you remove the firing pin if your dry firing it. The impact will bust the retaining pin pretty quick.

Really? Haven't heard of that before.

 

[Profire62]

Make sure you remove the firing pin if your dry firing it. The impact will bust the retaining pin pretty quick.

Will it be ok with snap caps though?

 

[diananike]

yep its fine to dry fire with snapcaps.
Without snapcaps the hammer drives the firing pin far enough forward that the ledge strikes the retaining pin, which is a relatively delicate split pin, half the split pin will break off toute suite.

 

[kodiakjack]

yep its fine to dry fire with snapcaps.
Without snapcaps the hammer drives the firing pin far enough forward that the ledge strikes the retaining pin, which is a relatively delicate split pin, half the split pin will break off toute suite.

Well... not toooooo toute suite...

I've dry fired mine hundreds (thousands?) of times, with no issues. No snap caps. Wasn't aware of this rule.

 

[diananike]

Some people replace the delicate split pin with a roll pin, this prevents easy disassembly without a proper punch, but does seem to allow dry firing without damage.

 

[Casitanha]

Given the lack of an external safety and the, shall we say, variable-performing sear, I would not recommend holstering Condition 1, loaded chamber. Condition 3/Israeli is definitely indicated.

 

[King0265]

On mine, when the slide is back and you put the mag in, the slide closes and chambers a round. It's a bit sketchy, anyone else have this issue?

 

[Casitanha]

On mine, when the slide is back and you put the mag in, the slide closes and chambers a round. It's a bit sketchy, anyone else have this issue?

Same as mine. The slide lock is very tentative. Just setting it down more often then not releases the slide lock.

 

[Calahan]

I found I have to be careful when inserting a magazine not to get my hand pinched between the lip at the base of the mag and the bottom of the grip of the Tok. Since the grip is significantly shorter than other full-size pistols, my ingrained technique for mag insertion gave me a nice little cut the first time I used the Tokarev.