Tokarev TT-33 7.62x25

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This is my first Russian refurb Tok. Never owned a Tok before, but have owned several handguns since the 1970's.
I have to say it's a snappy little bugger with the 7.62x25 round. I bought a case of Hungarian surplus and found many loads too hot with pierced primers. I suspect that's why accuracy is not that good. It does shoot 8" low and I had to drift the rear sight quite a bit over to the right to center the group, but accuracy with this surplus ammo is 12" or more @ 25 meters. I know I can still shoot because my Drulov .22 managed a 2" group @ 25m right after.
Trigger is actually good at 5.5lbs crisp with no creep and I found a one handed hold works the best. Trying to shoot this pistol two handed combat style was a waste of time. Sights are crude, but adequate for combat.
I'm going to pull some bullets and check the diameter. From the loaded round they mike .307 and that seems a little loose for .310 bores IMO. Need to slug the barrel which is a new one fitted in the refurb process. Absolutely reliable so far, just lacking in accuracy.

Any known accuracy loads for this pistol out there?
 
I think your gun might just not like that ammo as i have had great luck with the hungarian stuff, In my 1911 with the 7.62 tok conversion in a hera kit i can routinely get 2-3" at 25 yds.
 
3.8 of trial boss behind a 93 gr cast tightened up to as good as i can shoot with mine, however it will not cycle the action, just consider it a drulov with the recoil of a 22 mag!!!!
 
My bro has one of these, got it for about $170 with a crappy holster and 1 mag. I gotta say it is a hot shooter. Lots of punch in that round. I was getting decent groups at about 15 yards. They are fugly as hell but have that typical russian functionality. Also the ammo we were shooting was steel jacketed surplus and very cheap. It is a fun blaster but not like anything new.
 
I had Armco do a trigger job on mine, and fit a 9mm barrel as well. These things will shoot decent! 2.5" groups at 25, with good factory ammo (not mil surp).
And a darn decent trigger it be as well, about 3.5 on the RCBS gauge. Definately worth the cost of admission.
 
I will never use Hungarian ammo for anything...using Russian and modern S&B I am problem free. The gun is an accurate one...its just a challenging one to shoot well.
 
Still haven't shot mine. That being said the trigger on my 1944 is very nice. It's a handy pistol as well. The finish is so so and the take down system sucks but the rest is fairly neat. Especially for the price. I will make sure to avoid buying Hungarian ammo for it.

On a side note I did up the holster using the RCMP polish regime. It's darker than I expected but looks pretty cool.
 
Epoxy7 said:
Still haven't shot mine. That being said the trigger on my 1944 is very nice.
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I just got mine, a 1945 one from Izhevsk. I haven't shot it yet, either. I never had one in my hands before so I had no idea what I was getting. This thing is nicely built and the trigger is REALLY nice, I was excessively surprised! I even did a trigger job on it this morning and it's even better now. A nice, crisp break at 8lbs and the reset is also great. The trigger pull is a bit heavy but damn does it feel nice.
 
geologist said:
Don't dryfire your TT without some kind of a snap cap or else you will break your firing pin retaining (split) pin.
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Hopefully mine is still good. I've dry fired it a lot. The trigger on mine is very good. Two stage feel. Feels about 4.5 pounds to me.

By the way I once shot a Norinco 9mm version. What a piece of crap. The trigger sucked and accuracy was pretty bad. The Russian ones seem nicer. I'm looking forward to shooting it.
 
-[Crosshair]- said:
I just got mine, a 1945 one from Izhevsk. I haven't shot it yet, either. I never had one in my hands before so I had no idea what I was getting. This thing is nicely built and the trigger is REALLY nice, I was excessively surprised! I even did a trigger job on it this morning and it's even better now. A nice, crisp break at 8lbs and the reset is also great. The trigger pull is a bit heavy but damn does it feel nice.
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I practically soaked my pistol in G96. The trigger glides smooth after that. Also the trigger on mine feels like a two stage. If you sqeeze till you feel the resistence then use that as the second stage the trigger seems very good.
 
I just got my first Tokarev, with lots of surplus ammo. I spent a considerable amount of time cleaning the cosmo out of it. Unfortunately it will not fire unless I pull the hammer back, even then it is iffy. Thinking it may be the ammo, I opened a second case and it does the same thing, misfires, even though the primer looks as if it has been struck hard enough. The dealer told me to send it back. I am wondering if any Tok owners have experienced this same thing. Could be something simple to repair?
 
I'd pull 100 bullets from the mil surp, save the powder in a suitable can, buy proper bullets (they are ubiquitous in this caliber now), work up a load using the mil surp primed cases and the reclaimed powder, and load up a bunch of rounds. Some bother for sure, but makes good use of the ammo you have and will give you consistent rounds for accuracy's sake. Just sayin'.
 
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