So this post is regarding interest in parts for the TT33 family of pistols, specifically the firing pin.
Just to start it's a nice piece of WWII and cold war history as are other Red firearms.
The purpose of this post is to enquirer about the interest in TT33 firing pins. I have started a discussion
with a manufacturer in BC that could potential produce some new production FPs. Now I have read
that the FPs can break especially with the issue of swiping along the primer face when the
pistol cycles. These pistols are 60 to 80 years old, new springs from Wolff make a world of
difference in reliability of primer strikes. But if you do break a pin, stock in Canada is limited to nil.
US manufacturers and suppliers can't ship to Canada if they don't have the proper license.
So a "Made in Canada" option would be beneficial to our economy and if this adventure works out
maybe we have a gun friendly fabricator for our hobby.
So I ask if there is a real interest in having someone do a production run of new pins?
If the interest is there I will send him a new old stock pin as a master for him to copy. Cost at this time is unknown as it depends an material, time and I would guess quantity.
He has suggested perhaps titanium as a stronger, lighter material that may rebound quicker reducing swipe issues. I wanted some extra pins to play with to see if some minor tweaking could reduce the swipe without reducing it's reliability. These pistol were made. as other Soviet firearms were, to work, period. Shaving a little here and there may take away some design over kill without reducing functionality. Tweaking new parts prevents loss of any original design for those that want to keep things original.
Just to start it's a nice piece of WWII and cold war history as are other Red firearms.
The purpose of this post is to enquirer about the interest in TT33 firing pins. I have started a discussion
with a manufacturer in BC that could potential produce some new production FPs. Now I have read
that the FPs can break especially with the issue of swiping along the primer face when the
pistol cycles. These pistols are 60 to 80 years old, new springs from Wolff make a world of
difference in reliability of primer strikes. But if you do break a pin, stock in Canada is limited to nil.
US manufacturers and suppliers can't ship to Canada if they don't have the proper license.
So a "Made in Canada" option would be beneficial to our economy and if this adventure works out
maybe we have a gun friendly fabricator for our hobby.
So I ask if there is a real interest in having someone do a production run of new pins?
If the interest is there I will send him a new old stock pin as a master for him to copy. Cost at this time is unknown as it depends an material, time and I would guess quantity.
He has suggested perhaps titanium as a stronger, lighter material that may rebound quicker reducing swipe issues. I wanted some extra pins to play with to see if some minor tweaking could reduce the swipe without reducing it's reliability. These pistol were made. as other Soviet firearms were, to work, period. Shaving a little here and there may take away some design over kill without reducing functionality. Tweaking new parts prevents loss of any original design for those that want to keep things original.
