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Ok guys please chime in as i need your input.

I am thinking of getting a surplus tt 33 and wondering which i should go for:

Russian
Chinese
yugo
Polish

I can get any of the above surplus around the same price give or take $20.00 but i have read good and bad on all of them so although i am leaning toward the polish i would like a consensus from the group.

I really wanted a 9mm M70a so that i wouldnt have to stock a different calibre but the few places selling them want a premium dollar around $ 350 shipped that puts them in the range of new modern nines.
I would rather buy from the ee but i seem to miss the better deals (still looking though)
 
+1 for having a M70A, there is one on EE at $250.

for the TT33, the Polish ones are usually brand new, works great for the majority of them (I had two and shot 3-4 other Polish).

for the Russian, I had up to three, I kept only one, all were working great but this last one was really like brand new with no signs of any wears inside/under the upper and trigger kit, only shot 50 rounds with it so far, a jewel, works really great, ensure to ask for detailed pics before buying any used.

Weimajack on EE is good person to deal with, he sometimes also have the M70A.
 
I went Russian ,,love it
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I'd go with a Russian if you want a shooter, and a new Polish one if you want a collector. I went with a Russian and it functions well, but is not the easiest pistol to use for accuracy.
 
One good thing to do to the rear sight is to take a dremel and make it square instead of the rounded groove, way better for aiming.
 
Post War Russian are usually pretty nice condition. Polish are nice but I would not buy sight unseen online.
 
I went out last weekend to pick up a Polish TT33 from Accuracy Plus in peterborough. I called around 11am, and i got there around 1pm and someone had beat me to it already. Id say the Polish or the Yugo would give you the best fit and finish for a Tokarev in 7.62x25. I believe that its harder to find mags for the Yugo since they hold 9 rounds instead of 8.
 
The Zastava uses a proprietary firing-pin system, completely different from the rest of the TT's. None of the shops that sell the Zastava pistols seem to carry any parts for it. This could be a problem for future maintenance that your Zastava might need. Ask me how I know!:rolleyes:
 
Magellann said:
^^^ Thats awful tempting, I may just have to get one.....
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I got mine back when they were $169 at Lever Arms. They're STILL dirt cheap, buy 'em while you can. They're only going to go up in price.

They show up regularly in the EE.

Travis Bickle wrote an excellent sticky on these, posted at the top of the forum. I also did what Ganderite suggested, and squared up the rear site which comes U-shaped.

Great little guns, the factory ammo is very snappy. I decided to reload for mine. Much nicer.
 
People get a kick out of shooting my 1940 Russian TT33....

So do I, it has a distinctmy different feel and tone than firing the 9mm. Plus it shoots pretty well for a 77yr old gun
 
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