The Tokarev pistol is an autoloading (semiautomatic) single action pistol. Official names are TT-30 and TT-33. TT stands for "Tula Tokarev", with Tula being the name of the town where it was designed and Tokarev the name of the designer.
The pistol employs a locked breech design with a Browning-type tilting barrel and link and has an 8-round detachable magazine. The pistol was originally chambered in 7.62x25 (7.62 Tokarev, .30 Tokarev). Copies of the design have been made in other countries (notably, China) in 9x19(9mm Parabellum), as well as variants for target shooting chambered in .22LR.
This pistol was a sidearm of the Soviet military and police from it's initial acceptance in 1930 and until mid-1950's. It had limited use with armed guards until the late 1990's.
Besides the USSR, the TT has been produced under license, and otherwise, in Romania, Yugoslavia, China, East Germany, Hungary, and, possibly, Bulgaria.
The 9mm Yugo Tokarev pistol magazine does not interchange easily with magazines from other pistol models, as it has a unique design that is specific to the Yugo Tokarev. It is recommended to use only magazines specifically designed for the Yugo Tokarev pistol to ensure proper functioning and reliability.
$15 in 1945
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Yes, the Yugo Tokarev magazine should fit and function in a regular Tokarev pistol, such as the Romanian TTC or Soviet TT-33. Make sure to check for proper fit and function before regular use.
Best left to a gunsmith
Chinese manufacture of a Russian designed pistol, a copy!
7.62x25 is the Tokarev pistol cartridge. No manufacturer currently makes an upper for that cartridge.
76.2cm
It is a munition that's 7.62 mm in diameter by 25 mm in length.These dimensions refer to a Russian ammunition used for the Tokarev pistol and several Communist-era submachine guns, and to ammo of the same dimensions for the German Mauser pistol. Although the Tokarev ammo will chamber in a Mauser, it should NOT be attempted, as the Russian ammo is loaded much hotter.
Nikolay Tokarev was born in 1950.
Vadim Tokarev was born in 1972.
Anton Tokarev was born in 1984.