tokerev tt-33
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RevolverRodger
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Only a fool would call a glock or a sig a toy.
You are 12 years old and you never really even handled a handgun, right?
Tokarev TT-33s are good guns to start out with. They're robust, simple and cheap. They fire cheap ammo (7.62x25) and when that runs out they can be converted to 9mm by just a barrel change (7.62x25 mags work for 9mm). They are easy to take care of and will teach any new shooter the basics of the modern semi-auto handgun.
For more advanced shooters, they're great to have around for someone else to shoot. Range trips are way better with both you and a buddy turning money into smoke and noise.
On the downside they're inaccurate as all hell. They were made to put lead that way -->. Not to compete in marksmanship competitions. Tolerances are high, chambers roughly machined, barrels lose.
$150-200 depending on condition and extras. Worth every penny.
For more advanced shooters, they're great to have around for someone else to shoot. Range trips are way better with both you and a buddy turning money into smoke and noise.
On the downside they're inaccurate as all hell. They were made to put lead that way -->. Not to compete in marksmanship competitions. Tolerances are high, chambers roughly machined, barrels lose.
$150-200 depending on condition and extras. Worth every penny.
G17 is neither pretty, nor overly accurate.
As far as enemies, bah.. We all shoot paper here.
Interesting though, I currently have 4 sigs, none of them is plastic.
OK, OK...all this talk has made it necessary for me to buy one of these.
Do it, hell I own several. The round is alot of fun and packs quite a punch. I like the recoil too, almost on par with a .357sig and I find the accuracy on my norcs fine, I've defiantly shot alot less accurate pistols than the tt-33. Plus the sheer reliability of them is enough to grab one for 200$
I recently grabbed a Nork 54 off the EE here,it had some functioning issues which took me about 10 minutes to fix.I was that impressed with it I picked up a TT33 from P&S...and oddly enough the Nork will outshoot the TT33,though I'm betting the bbl in the '45 dated TT33 is the issue.Both guns are finished better than expected and a blast to shoot too..Damn this new addiction, but thank you my former PMPM for getting me off my arse and back into pistol shooting!!Now I need to find a nice Yugo and Hungarian to keep the other two company.....
Just figured out why my slide would sometimes freeze when shooting. The round would fire but the pistol would not extract and eject. Indeed the slide would not even move backwards.
Answer to this conundrum was that the steel casings' lacquer would simply gum up the chamber after two hundred or more rounds without cleaning. The extractor was clinging to the rim but no matter how hard I pulled, that round was in there to stay unless I disassembled the pistol and bashed out the casing with a cleaning rod.
My Izhevsk 1942 pistol is prone to stoppages in this manner with steel cased rounds. Solution is to shoot only brassed cased rounds in the old WW2 work horse and save the steel-cased hotties for the Norinco's.
Answer to this conundrum was that the steel casings' lacquer would simply gum up the chamber after two hundred or more rounds without cleaning. The extractor was clinging to the rim but no matter how hard I pulled, that round was in there to stay unless I disassembled the pistol and bashed out the casing with a cleaning rod.
My Izhevsk 1942 pistol is prone to stoppages in this manner with steel cased rounds. Solution is to shoot only brassed cased rounds in the old WW2 work horse and save the steel-cased hotties for the Norinco's.
A couple weeks ago, had the firing pin break during a defensive pistol shoot. It's a $30 part, and I'm honestly consdering just buying a new Tok and saving the other for parts (weird eh?) Mind you, can't complain about durability compared to more expensive guns out there. Dad's Colt 1991A1 had the damn front sight come off during firing, ripped right off
