newbie question about tokarev

I'll have to think about opening up the rear notch a bit. Painting the front sight was a big improvement, I need to get back ontop of it and finish the thicker grips I started to make. I like the TT-33, it's a fun snappy round in a historical pistol. Cheap surplus ammo is a plus as well, I picked up a dirt cheap left handed kydex holster on eBay awhile back.



Here's some targets with my post war tok, if I'm doing my part I don't find groups to be too bad for what it is.

 
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If you are interested by Tokarev pistols, have a look also at the Zastava M57. It is in caliber 7.62x25mm, same as the TT-33 but the grip / magazine well is slightly longer. I find that the M57 fits my hand hand better than the TT33; the magazine also contains one extra round. Of course, as mentioned above, the Tokarevs are a cruder design than many other pistols but they nonetheless are really fun to shoot and easy to take apart and clean. Considering how little it costs, not even $300, by all means buy a Tokarev if you want one and can afford it.
 
cheb said:
If you are interested by Tokarev pistols, have a look also at the Zastava M57. It is in caliber 7.62x25mm, same as the TT-33 but the grip / magazine well is slightly longer. I find that the M57 fits my hand hand better than the TT33; the magazine also contains one extra round. Of course, as mentioned above, the Tokarevs are a cruder design than many other pistols but they nonetheless are really fun to shoot and easy to take apart and clean. Considering how little it costs, not even $300, by all means buy a Tokarev if you want one and can afford it.
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I can afford it, it's mostly a question of choice. 1000 rounds of 45acp or 1000 rounds of 7.62x25 for the same price (~60¢/round by the box, ~50¢ by the case of 1000). I already own the 45. And the S&B aren't even always available like 9mm or 45acp.

As I said, if I could shoot milsurp ammos at my range, I would get a TT33 right now. My original question was about ammos.
 
VinnyQC said:
As I said, if I could shoot milsurp ammos at my range, I would get a TT33 right now. My original question was about ammos.
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This is why the TT33 was useless too me. Not worth buying a (cheap) crude pistol unless it can shoot cheap ammo. Too many negatives for me.

I also bought a new S&W SD9VE that was cheap ($369) that I got rid of due to the bad trigger. I only keep what I like and can shoot well. Cheap pistols don't work well for me, they're cheap for a reason. Spend more, get something better.
 
My 1911 is a norinco, normal price is 300$, but during a promotion I got it for essentially nothing, and I defnitely like that gun. You can feel that it's not a 1000-2000$ gun when you pull the trigger, but other than that, it works just as well. A norinco for 300$ is definitely a better quality/price ratio than an high-end 1911 if you just wanna shoot at the range for fun. I also own a RIA22, which is a filipino clone of 10/22 for about half the price, and it works just as well as a real 10/22, the only negative is that I couldn't change the barrel if I wanted to (I don't).

I won't get a tt33 for now, but not dissing cheap guns. Sometimes low prices doesn't mean low quality.
 
VinnyQC said:
I won't get a tt33 for now, but not dissing cheap guns. Sometimes low prices doesn't mean low quality.
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I'm not either. I bought a $499 Sig Pro and it's an awesome pistol. That's cheap for a US made pistol... can't buy them for that anymore. It was a good deal, the poor man's 226 at 1/2 the price.
 
st1264 said:
I'm not either. I bought a $499 Sig Pro and it's an awesome pistol. That's cheap for a US made pistol... can't buy them for that anymore. It was a good deal, the poor man's 226 at 1/2 the price.
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Did you have a look at the norinco NP22? It's a chinese clone of the sig 226. Norinco also makes a clone of the 228 (the NP34). My 1911 is an NP27, which is a clone of the 1911-commander, and if the quality of their sig copies is as good as their 1911 copies, then I'd take a look at one of these if you ever want/need another one. They retail for about 350-400$.
 
I just bought a pistol with the EXACT same import and caliber markings. Is this a Romanian TTC or a Russian tt-33. Mine has a year of 1936 on it.

chadeech said:
I got my RPAL last week and went on a spree
first to arrive was this beauty,i think they are like mosins or sks
everyone should have at least one
i purchased 4 pistols and First to arrive
1940 tula TT33

Stripped cleaned and lubed
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jube455 said:
I just bought a pistol with the EXACT same import and caliber markings. Is this a Romanian TTC or a Russian tt-33. Mine has a year of 1936 on it.
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Those are the new laser engraved Russian export markings which were (horribly) put on the latest batch imported here. A good number of nice condition pre-War ones otherwise ruined; we hope they don't keep doing this!

Cyrillic -C likely stands for -S as in Sporting, meaning it's not a military arm and really a civilian sporting pistol, nudge wink and bribe.

1936 would have to be Soviet, as production wasn't expanded until after the Great Patriotic War and the whole Iron Curtain thing ('48 I believe for the first Poles and Hungarios). Your '36 will probably be to full TT-33 specifications, rather than showing some transitional TT-30 features as on earlier ones. The full serial will include the date, factory mark, and number, in your case 1936 with the Tula star being the only factory at the time. And I forgot the little tidbit that this is before they started using letter prefixes on the serials, so it's got that going for it, too.
 
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TT-33 appeals more to the guys that like milsurp firearms.. history,crudeness and simplicity also has it's following.

To my knowledge the tt-33 is the cheapest milsurp pistol on the market.
The ergonomics of this pistol are not ideal.. but the round is zippy which makes it unique.
 
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