Chinese Norinco Tokarev Type 54 any good?

[Samarium]

Any experiences or comments to share? I really love the Tokarev platform and 7.62 x 25 cal.
I see them for sale for about $300 in good condition. I would love a romanian, yugo, or russian but much more expensive at the moment. Thanks in advance!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Any experiences or comments to share? I really love the Tokarev platform and 7.62 x 25 cal.
I see them for sale for about $300 in good condition. I would love a romanian, yugo, or russian but much more expensive at the moment. Thanks in advance!

The nice thing about the Chinese pistols is they have a "trigger safety" only I believe, instead of the afterthought frame-mounted or slide-mounted safeties on some of the other imports. Switch out the trigger group for a standard one, and you have a Tokarev in its original configuration (no safety).

 

[Samarium]

@DoggyDaddy Yes sir, these have the trigger safety and I intend to change the trigger to restore it to its original configuration. I will keep the forums updated on my endeavors with this.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

@DoggyDaddy Yes sir, these have the trigger safety and I intend to change the trigger to restore it to its original configuration. I will keep the forums updated on my endeavors with this.

I think there were some Yugo M57's imported with the trigger safety too. Seems like AIM and maybe Classic had them.

I have a Romanian that I like, but I really wish I would have kept my Polish. I sold it several years ago, along with all my surplus ammo. When I started seeing commercial ammo, and especially commercial SD ammo, I decided to get another one and the Romanian was available at a reasonable price (the Polish ones have gone up quite a bit). 7.62x25 is a neat little round. Really packs a lot into a small package.

My Romanian...



This was my Polish TT-33.

 

[Samarium]

What a beauty! I am hoping to get a few Chinese and try to trade for other countries who manufactured to Tokarev to collect them all if possible.

Does anyone know if I can purchase Russian, Yugo, Romainian, or polish original triggers or does the Chinese Type 54 need the original Chinese triggers?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

What a beauty! I am hoping to get a few Chinese and try to trade for other countries who manufactured to Tokarev to collect them all if possible.

Does anyone know if I can purchase Russian, Yugo, Romainian, or polish original triggers or does the Chinese Type 54 need the original Chinese triggers?

I don't know for sure, but I *think* that they're interchangeable. A quick search of Numrich didn't turn up anything.

 

[Samarium]

Thanks alot for checking. I see alot of Russian triggers on ebay so I may grab one and test it out. Pistols should arrive sometime in a few weeks.

 

[toyotaslave]

You guys are making me regret getting rid of my CZ-52. That sucker was FUN!

 

[Samarium]

@toyotaslave those cz 52s are great. I also just picked up a zastava cz m70 in .32 acp. So ill have a tokarev and its little little brother

 

[Restroyer]

My son has Zastava M70A in 9mm. It's a nice gun also. It's a middle of the road Tokarev option between the 7.62 caliber and the .32ACP version.

 

[Eric94]

Any experiences or comments to share? I really love the Tokarev platform and 7.62 x 25 cal.
I see them for sale for about $300 in good condition. I would love a romanian, yugo, or russian but much more expensive at the moment. Thanks in advance!

I have a Chinese Tokarev.
The grip is barely big enough if you have big hands.
I prefer the yugo m57 as it has a longer grip.
The Chinese tokarev had some hiccups.
A good cleaning would probably fix it though.
The Yugo m57 ran flawless.
They have Chinese 9mm tokarevs too.

 

[sliptap]

The nice thing about the Chinese pistols is they have a "trigger safety" only I believe, instead of the afterthought frame-mounted or slide-mounted safeties on some of the other imports. Switch out the trigger group for a standard one, and you have a Tokarev in its original configuration (no safety).

Two honest/curious questions: how would one carry a Tokarev if there is no safety? And is the gun "drop safe" without the safety?

Seems like a good learning opportunity for me. I've always been curious how others carry these SAO pistols, especially if they don't have safeties.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Two honest/curious questions: how would one carry a Tokarev if there is no safety? And is the gun "drop safe" without the safety?

Seems like a good learning opportunity for me. I've always been curious how others carry these SAO pistols, especially if they don't have safeties.

Well, you have to keep in mind that they were a military pistol, and the holsters that they were carried in had a big leather flap over them (so not really made for "quick draw" scenarios like today). With the trigger safety, they could be carried "cocked" (really not much different than a striker fired DAO pistol with no safety), or you could carry one in the pipe and cock the hammer manually upon drawing. I don't have a definitive answer as to whether they are "drop safe" with just the trigger safety.

 

[Squid556]

I really enjoy the form of the tokarev pistols. Simple and sleek, potent cartridge too. Only ever had two, Norinco 213 (9mm) and a Yugo 57

My Chinese tokarev had a major issue with soft steel, from what I see its common with Chinese guns. The frame inside was obviously soft and being mushroomed out from impact with the slide. Internals were rough. It ran 9mm mostly fine. Wouldn't recommend.

The Yugo I had was better, nice part is, Zastava is still making parts for them. I was able to order missing parts that were newly made. Fit just fine. I just don't like the look of the longer grip on the 57s. Original tokarev looks best in my opinion.

 

[Deimos]

Two honest/curious questions: how would one carry a Tokarev if there is no safety? And is the gun "drop safe" without the safety?

Seems like a good learning opportunity for me. I've always been curious how others carry these SAO pistols, especially if they don't have safeties.

They do have a safety, the hammer has a half(quarter actually)-cock system where the trigger cannot be pulled and hammer will not ride forward without being pulled all the way back.