Why is this TT-33 so expensive?

DiverDwn · October 26, 2010, 02:46 PM

Am I missing something?

http://www.buymilsurp.com/russian-tt...k-p-40580.html

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Russian TT-33 Tokarev Pistol 7.62x25 2 Mags Holster 1952 Izhvesk
$675.00

Russian TT-33 Pistol. 7.62X25 with 2 Lanyard Loop Magazines, Holster, Lanyard, Cleaning Rod. VG-EXC Bore, Matching Frame, Slide, . Import Marked

jonnyc · October 26, 2010, 03:05 PM

No safety.

Hardcase · October 26, 2010, 04:27 PM

Also, it is an ex-Soviet Tokarev. The "cheap" models are from the satellites.

DiverDwn · October 26, 2010, 06:19 PM

Wow. That makes it worth 3 1/2 times a Romanian? And that is definitely not perfect condition, so far as I can tell. The leather is great, but the gun looks like they've been using a lot of corrosive primer ammo. I'd want to see it apart before I bought it.

gyvel · October 26, 2010, 07:25 PM

I find it odd that it is listed as "import marked." That right there implies that it slipped through the cracks. I know of at least one German who is doing hard time for selling Polish Tokarevs that did not have safeties.

jonnyc · October 27, 2010, 06:45 AM

These were refinished East German surplus that was imported, apparently illegally, 5 or 6 years ago. They slipped through the cracks and lots were sold before they were confiscated and the importer/dealer got squashed.

Nakanokalronin · October 27, 2010, 02:05 PM

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Wow. That makes it worth 3 1/2 times a Romanian?

To a collector, yes. To a shooter, no.

October 26, 2010, 04:27 PM	#3
Hardcase Senior Member Join Date: April 14, 2009 Location: Sunny Southern Idaho Posts: 1,909	Also, it is an ex-Soviet Tokarev. The "cheap" models are from the satellites. __________________ Well we don't rent pigs and I figure it's better to say it right out front because a man that does like to rent pigs is... he's hard to stop - Gus McCrae

October 26, 2010, 06:19 PM	#4
DiverDwn Member Join Date: October 24, 2010 Location: Mooresville, NC Posts: 16	Wow. That makes it worth 3 1/2 times a Romanian? And that is definitely not perfect condition, so far as I can tell. The leather is great, but the gun looks like they've been using a lot of corrosive primer ammo. I'd want to see it apart before I bought it. __________________ Esse Quam Videri

October 26, 2010, 07:25 PM	#5
gyvel Senior Member Join Date: August 30, 2009 Location: Northern AZ Posts: 7,172	I find it odd that it is listed as "import marked." That right there implies that it slipped through the cracks. I know of at least one German who is doing hard time for selling Polish Tokarevs that did not have safeties. Last edited by gyvel; October 27, 2010 at 02:55 AM.

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October 26, 2010, 03:05 PM	#2
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	No safety.

October 27, 2010, 06:45 AM	#6
jonnyc Senior Member Join Date: July 20, 2009 Location: PA Posts: 1,731	These were refinished East German surplus that was imported, apparently illegally, 5 or 6 years ago. They slipped through the cracks and lots were sold before they were confiscated and the importer/dealer got squashed.