Hi all,
I have a somewhat frankensteinized Tokarev TT-33 that seems to combine a Russian frame, a Chinese slide (but with a Russian extractor group), and the hammer group + firing pin and spring from Marstar "not sure which model it fits" as I was told over the phone. Oh, and I have no idea about the origin of the barrel, other than it is standard 7,62x25 one.
As a result I now have a pistol that shoots fine (or as fine as Tokarevs go) and accurately, but has ejection issues (the empty case ejected fine while unfired rounds were hitting something on the hammer group preventing the slide from fully opening unless extractor was manually disengaged), which I fixed, and feeding issues, which I have yet to fix.
The trouble is that the rounds sit a tiny bit too low and bump into the lower portion on the barrel (or/and frame) without chambering properly. Even when I manually push the mag as far as in as it would go (there is some 1/16-1/8" of play there), it would only successfully chamber if the mag has 1-3 rounds, with the odds progressively decreasing the more rounds you load.
I could of course try and grind / polish the feeding ramp on the barrel or/and frame (I've seen people on youtube do this) but before I do this is there perhaps a sucker mistake that I am making and not seeing?
Also is there a way to decrease that play in the magazine while fully inserted? I'd prefer it to be firmly locked in the topmost position. Again I could of course slap an extra mag follower with spring that would connect to the frame, but is there a "canonically correct" way to fix that? Mig-weld a bit of extra metal on the mag latch?
Thanks!
I have a somewhat frankensteinized Tokarev TT-33 that seems to combine a Russian frame, a Chinese slide (but with a Russian extractor group), and the hammer group + firing pin and spring from Marstar "not sure which model it fits" as I was told over the phone. Oh, and I have no idea about the origin of the barrel, other than it is standard 7,62x25 one.
As a result I now have a pistol that shoots fine (or as fine as Tokarevs go) and accurately, but has ejection issues (the empty case ejected fine while unfired rounds were hitting something on the hammer group preventing the slide from fully opening unless extractor was manually disengaged), which I fixed, and feeding issues, which I have yet to fix.
The trouble is that the rounds sit a tiny bit too low and bump into the lower portion on the barrel (or/and frame) without chambering properly. Even when I manually push the mag as far as in as it would go (there is some 1/16-1/8" of play there), it would only successfully chamber if the mag has 1-3 rounds, with the odds progressively decreasing the more rounds you load.
I could of course try and grind / polish the feeding ramp on the barrel or/and frame (I've seen people on youtube do this) but before I do this is there perhaps a sucker mistake that I am making and not seeing?
Also is there a way to decrease that play in the magazine while fully inserted? I'd prefer it to be firmly locked in the topmost position. Again I could of course slap an extra mag follower with spring that would connect to the frame, but is there a "canonically correct" way to fix that? Mig-weld a bit of extra metal on the mag latch?
Thanks!
