Russian Tokarev prices
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Would you mine sharing what powders you use and amount? What grain bullet are you casting and is it a lee Mould?
Lee 93 gr mould with 4.3 grs of Reddot. That load I worked up so that the slide functioned everytime. Not a max load but works well. My cases are formed from 223 brass,about 800. When I bought the pistol I couldn’t find factory brass for so sat down multiple times one winter and made up a few. I have a Russian 44.
Interesting so I could use 223 brass and cut it down, I have about 500 from the range and don't own a 223.
So you did something like this, other than you said you cast your own bullets.?
Not hard to do. Just time consuming. Most annoying part was thinning the case necks. I did find that Winchester brass being thinner I could avoid neck thinning. I had about 3000 range pickup 223’s and used most to make other cartridges, 7TCU and 221 Fireball
Awful to shoot, very interesting to collect... Exciting story of established designer simply using best known designs of Browning (specifically 1903 and 1911) and adapting them for the crude Soviet machinery and materials to get a simple to manufacture and reliable handgun chambered in popular in Soviet Russia 7.63x25 Mauser. Truth be told a single removable hammer/sear unit was a great idea added by Tokarev (at least I don't recall seeing something similar in other designs). Also fun story of German 7.63x25 suddenly declared "Soviet 7.62x25". Because Russia never steals anything.
USA have tons of bring backs, either exchanged from Soviet officers or captured from Germans. We have tons of surplus and it is hard to find ones in original condition with factory finish and matching parts (including magazine).
This one is matching including mag and retains original finish.
Not sure if I still have all of these, TT30 and TT33 from the beginning of manufacturing to the last months of war (never cared about post-war stuff), all in original condition with matching mags, top one had 2 matching mags. One or two had defaced CCCP letter, typically found on German capture guns.
USA have tons of bring backs, either exchanged from Soviet officers or captured from Germans. We have tons of surplus and it is hard to find ones in original condition with factory finish and matching parts (including magazine).
This one is matching including mag and retains original finish.
Not sure if I still have all of these, TT30 and TT33 from the beginning of manufacturing to the last months of war (never cared about post-war stuff), all in original condition with matching mags, top one had 2 matching mags. One or two had defaced CCCP letter, typically found on German capture guns.
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My 1949 Russian is factory finish and the frame serial number matches one if my two magazines.
I don't see a serial number on the outside of the slide.
It is more easy to find original condition matching post-war TTs because many of them never seen the service. However they are still interesting specimens to see how they left the factory. Can you post pictures where the slide is missing serial number?
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Have a numbers matching post war tt33, mags included
I was wrong the slide has a matching serial number on the top of it.
Rod B
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I used the same mould over 5 gr of Unique. I found some StarLine brass (100 pieces) A fun pistol, sadly I sold it some years ago.
I have a Polish version from the early 1950's and it has a half-cocked position for the hammer. It acts as a safety. Did the original have that?
My 1949 Russian has the half ####.
I haven't kept up with prices, but I think I paid about $160 shipped for a non-issued one, so I think it is probably worth double except turdo made it zero until the next election.
Why. If you can’t find the proper case you find a cases that can be modified to fit. Cases are available now but when I started reloading for 7.62x25 you couldn’t find reloadable cases.
