Tokarev conversion - 9mm to 7.62x25

[OldDirtyGatMasta]

I'd also say pick up a surplus tok in 7.62. A few years ago I seem to remember seeing tok barrels for around $100, then you'd have to grab a few 7.62 mags, in the end you're probably looking at around $130-$150 to do the conversion and as some others have mentioned there may be a problem with the ejection port of your norinco's slide being too short. If you can get the barrel and a few mags dirt cheap it may be worth a try, but scoring a surplus 7.62 tok for around (and usually less than) $200 is a better way to go IMO.

Back then I was looking to do the opposite, make a conversion kit for my 7.62 Tok to 9mm, since ammo was pretty much unavailable at that time. Then I quickly realized buying a norinco like yours would have been the better way to go, but natrually by the time I decided to pick one up most places were sold out.

Plus surplus ammo then came on the market and I picked up lots

 

[claw808]

I have a norinco 213 and decided to change it to 7.62 since I already have a few pistols in 9mm. I found a tokarev 7.62 barrel, the recoil spring and a magazine. I removed the magazine block and found that the tokarev magazine wouldn't lock in, a little bit of filing got it to fit. I got a crate of Czech 40 round box and went to test them out. A unfired round will not eject and I had to take the pistol apart to remove the round. It would take a 2 or 3 strikes to set off the round, pretty much every round. Small pieces of the primer would also get caught in the firing pin hole and every few rounds I would dry fire it to kick out.

 

[kodiakjack]

I have a norinco 213 and decided to change it to 7.62 since I already have a few pistols in 9mm. I found a tokarev 7.62 barrel, the recoil spring and a magazine. I removed the magazine block and found that the tokarev magazine wouldn't lock in, a little bit of filing got it to fit. I got a crate of Czech 40 round box and went to test them out. A unfired round will not eject and I had to take the pistol apart to remove the round. It would take a 2 or 3 strikes to set off the round, pretty much every round. Small pieces of the primer would also get caught in the firing pin hole and every few rounds I would dry fire it to kick out.

Wow.

That's some useful information.

Youtube dude never tried loading or firing it in the video.

I am very grateful for your input!

 

[RMXC51]

I would also say your best bet s to buy a tok and swap your grips from one to the other. takes seconds and now you have spare trigger group, etc if you need it. Or you could get a set of marshal grips for the tok.