The Firing Line Forums - View Single Post - Tokarev TT-33 is a very bad gun

Sharpsdressed Man · January 19, 2013, 08:42 PM

First, I believe the Tokagypt version was made in Hungary for expoprt to Egypt, but Egypt cancelled the contract, and Hungary sold the pistols on the European market. Second, the later Chinese commercial guns blown into this country after we re-established trade were of mixed quality. Many original Chinese/Viet Nam bringbacks were nicely made, but some suffered "jungle" wear, and were rough outside. I owned an early, very nice Chinese gun that was beautifully blued, but as the OP noted, was less comfortable to shoot than many pistols. However, they are strong, simple, and will put a round through many things that other guns will not. The 7.62 Tokarev round is a screamer in its stronger military loadings.

January 19, 2013, 08:42 PM	#64
Sharpsdressed Man Junior member Join Date: June 21, 2009 Location: NE Ohio Posts: 1,176	First, I believe the Tokagypt version was made in Hungary for expoprt to Egypt, but Egypt cancelled the contract, and Hungary sold the pistols on the European market. Second, the later Chinese commercial guns blown into this country after we re-established trade were of mixed quality. Many original Chinese/Viet Nam bringbacks were nicely made, but some suffered "jungle" wear, and were rough outside. I owned an early, very nice Chinese gun that was beautifully blued, but as the OP noted, was less comfortable to shoot than many pistols. However, they are strong, simple, and will put a round through many things that other guns will not. The 7.62 Tokarev round is a screamer in its stronger military loadings.