TT33 grips

[dimon]

Hello everyone.

I purchased this TT a few days ago from Coastal in St. John's. It is a 1946 Izhevsk TT, unrefurbed with original blueing and no other markings except standard Soviet production and technological stampings. All numbers are original and matching throughout. Well used gun, but came covered in cosmoline. It came with wooden grips, similar to ones of mid-war production...Does anyone have an idea why they used wooden grips instead of plastic on post war gun?

 

[robin2y]

I've always wondered if grips and mags didn't get tossed into a big pile and then reassembled w/o matching after getting covered in cosmoline...

Oddly enough, Tradeex has what looks to be a 1946 with wodden grips, but of a slightly different variety (product #24690).

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[-[Crosshair]-]

The 1945-dated TT-33 I received from Tradeex also had the wooden grips. I ordered a pair of plastic grips from eBay though since I like them more. It even has a M57-style full-length recoil spring guide rod...

I think that what you get is pretty random. I've got a few 1942-dated SVT-40s that have different trigger guards, different flash hiders, etc. It's whatever the factory had at that point.

 

[3yo3]

Hello everyone.

I purchased this TT a few days ago from Coastal in St. John's. It is a 1946 Izhevsk TT, unrefurbed with original blueing and no other markings except standard Soviet production and technological stampings. All numbers are original and matching throughout. Well used gun, but came covered in cosmoline. It came with wooden grips, similar to ones of mid-war production...Does anyone have an idea why they used wooden grips instead of plastic on post war gun?

At one point during the war there was a shortage of plastic, so they went with wood grips.

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

I like your wood grips. Mine are shoddy by comparison (center pistol)

 

[Ganderite]

ebay sells the Tokgypt grips. Fill the hand nicely. About $25.