TT-33 prone to breaking and other myths!

I have both M213 9mm and Russian refurb in 7.62 x 25

Have not shot the russian one much I am not too fussy on corrosive ammo, so only about 500 rounds so far, the Norinco however is over 6000 rounds, replaced one firing pin, and bought a couple extra mags, thats about it. no problems with either.

yes I did remove the safety from the norc, its crap.
 
My bad, I thought I'd read somewhere that the TT-33 used Browning's short recoil dropping-barrel system from the M1911. They just simplified the design vastly to aid in ease of manufacturing & service.
Beg pardon for the error.
 
The TT33 is a very simply made pistol designed for huge abuse in bad conditions --just keeps on workin'. Also way more accurate than you would expect. In 7.62x25 and not the Chinese 9mm, it's a real cannon of a cartridge to and really fun to shoot. Lots of surplus ammo around but a good idea to wash your pistol in soapy water immediately after using this old ammo, then clean and lube as normal.

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jeffcarr88 said:
Ergos/looks yes...but I think that the TT-33 beats out in reliability and its light on the pocket book too!!! :p
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I have both, the TT is actually more pleasant to shoot then the CZ. The russian ones are pretty much indestructable. As for carrying without a round in the chamber, racking on the draw stroke is not much if at all slower then swiping off a saftey if you practice it, try it some time. And most armed forces specify that side arms are carried that way. I wouldn't trust a half #### notch for carry, and it's slower to try to thumb the hammer then to just rack the slide.
 
BCRider said:
Half #### notches are more about temporary convienience than safety. If the gun drop and falls on the hammer the energy from the fall is enough to sometimes snap off the weak little finger on the hammer and allow it to fall and set off the round.


Yes, they tend to be rather roughly finished due to the realities of Russian and Chinese factories. But that does not stop it from being an extremely interesting design. I could see a Tokarev style design gun with a higher cap mag and longer and better fitting frame and grips being a nice shooting gun that would be easy to work on.
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X2, well said and an interesting idea to boot
 
tokguy said:
My bad, I thought I'd read somewhere that the TT-33 used Browning's short recoil dropping-barrel system from the M1911. They just simplified the design vastly to aid in ease of manufacturing & service.
Beg pardon for the error.
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modified version of it, doing away with the link. More like a hi power then a 1911. I suspect they poached the idea from FN while the P35 was under development.
 
My non refurb 1940 TT33 is quite accurate with newer ammo. Surplus ammo isnt very accurate, but it is more then capable of 8.5x11 paper at 25m. Hands down my favourite side arm.
 
ArtyMan said:
My non refurb 1940 TT33 is quite accurate with newer ammo. Surplus ammo isnt very accurate, but it is more then capable of 8.5x11 paper at 25m. Hands down my favourite side arm.
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:agree: I found that hand loading is required with this gun. I cast an 83 gr round nose bullet over 5.3 gr of Unique in Starline brass. This load gives far better accuracy than the surplus military ammo.
 
If you buy S&B ammo for you gun you will find it shoots more accurately then the surplus (go figure :p) and is priced pretty fairly IMO. And for those that are scared to death of corrosive ammo making their gun fall apart after use don't need to be as it is non-corrosive as well as brass cased so you can save em up to reload!!!
 
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