The Hungarian state arms company FEG (Fegyvergar) also produced a limited number of 9mm pistols intended for export to Egypt in the early 1950s. These will have the Hungarian coat of arms molded in the grip.
Hungary issued their home made TT-33 as a Model 48 in 7.62x25mm. Many thousands of Norinco Tokarevs were imported before the Clinton administration banned import of rifled firearms made by Norinco. There was also a wide grip model that used a 12 round magazine. These have a wrap around grip like that found on the Hungarian Tokaygpt. Some were made for Navy Arms that are called a TU-90. It was made with standard eight round magazines. Norinco also produced a 9mm Tokarev it called a model 213. Then they made new models including a convertible kit with 7.62×25 and 9mm barrels and magazines. The first ones were military issue guns with the added safety. In the late 1980’s Norinco began producing new Type 54 pistols for the North American market. Another version commonly exported to third world nations will be marked M20 on top of the slide. A Chinese made Type 54 will have the triangle arsenal mark indicating where it was made as well as Chinese characters with a year date and serial number. It was a direct copy of the Russian design.
The Soviet Arms committee liked the design and designated it the Tula-Tokarev 1930 pistol or TT-30.Ĭhina adopted the Type 54 pistol in 1954.
The grips are held in place by internal catches. Finally, there are no screws used in the gun. Another distinctive feature is the hammer-sear mechanism which can be removed from the frame as a complete unit. They obviously borrowed some features from the Colt 1911 design such as the method of locking the breech and use of the link to tilt the barrel up. Tokarev, an official at the Tula arsenal, lead a group that submitted one of the designs tested. That cartridge is dimensionally identical to the German 7.63 Mauser Broomhandle cartridge but was loaded to a higher pressure. The new pistol was to chamber the newly adopted 7.62x25mm cartridge. In 1930 the Soviet Revolutionary Military Council began looking for a replacement for the 1895 Nagant revolver. The pistol is the focus of this month’s Collectors Corner. Among his designs were the SVT-40 self loading rifle and the TT-30 and TT-33 pistol. His name is familiar to many American arms collectors. Tokarev, 1871-1968, was a Russian arms designer. Russian TT-33 made in 1940, without safety and a Norinco Tokarev Model 213 pistol in 9mm.įedor V.
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