Help Identify this Tokarev TT-33

[Lucite]

I finally brought home my newly acquired 1951 Tokarev TT-33, its all matching and from what I can tell never been fired. I was just wondering what factory it was made at.

 

[Woodeneye]

I see a Izzy factory mark beside the date.

 

[cainesy]

Ya, that is an Izzy,I have its cousin from 1952. They're fun to shoot, how much bones did she cost if you don't mind?

 

[Lucite]

199 at P&D here in Edmonton

 

[F-Tang]

Izhevsk made, that's what the Triangle with the arrow in it is, that's Izzy's factory mark. Tula was the other factory, the original one actually, as TT stands for Tula Tokarev, and that arsenal mark is a star, sometimes also seen with an arrow in it.

That's one of the later models, towards the end of the production run, in the mid-late '50s they switched over to the Makarov PM as their primary sidearm. They're all basically the same, though, but this one is from near the end of their production life.

 

[cainesy]

Cool. Mine was 225 tax in at Coastal Equip, just outside St. John's. Trade-Ex Canada has spare mags for sale for 30.00, they tend to sell out fast.

 

[louthepou]

Pardon my ignorance but, the slide looks like the one on my Norinco, while the one on my Tokarev looks different (the back of it, where you grab it to pull it backwards), like this one:

 

[cainesy]

My '52 is a carbon copy of the op's, the earlier model TT's tend to have slides like lou's, anybody else care to chip in.

 

[ArtyMan]

The slide serrations were changed on the later models.

 

[louthepou]

Ah, makes sense. I can see why it'd be simpler to machine the later serrations. Thanks Arty

Lou

 

[robin2y]

1946 was the transition year. It happened mid- year so examples may have either serrations from this year.
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