Yugoslav M57: Tito's Tokarev (ad-free)
Added 2023-08-07 12:00:03 +0000 UTCYugoslavia purchased both 1895 Nagant revolvers and TT33 Tokarev form the Soviet Union after World War Two, but this was only a holdover until domestic pistol production could begin. While Yugoslavia was formally communist, Tito was not a puppet of Moscow, and Yugoslavia did their own development to reverse-engineer the Tokarev pistol. In the process, they made a number of improvements to the design, resulting in the M57. Serial production began in 1963 and lasted until 1982, with about 270,000 made in total. It was the standard sidearms for the Yugoslav People's Army and Yugoslav police forces until 1988.
The changes made from the standard Soviet pattern Tokarev include:
- Longer grip and 9-round magazine capacity
- Captive recoil spring
- Improved front sight
- Stronger firing pin with improved retention system
- Magazine disconnect safety
Comments
I love my tokarovs, i’ve got 1 M57, and two of the Chinese, both of my import models came with the Glock style trigger which is what I was waiting for after I saw pictures of them I picked up a third one for 100 bucks from my local FFL’s because the hammer was frozen so they just want to get rid of it I cannot find an import mark anywhere on it it was also nickel plated they even nickel plated the damn magazine so I’m pretty sure it’s a vet bring back because I can make out the Chinese characters on top of the slide perfectly fine, probably the best deal I’ve ever gotten from that shop lol
Scott
2023-08-10 22:55:52 +0000 UTCDug mine out of the safe. It has the 1911-location add-on safety. This is a slim, lively pistol that has just enough front-heaviness to hold steady. I don't care for the width and texture of the grips--or the grip angle, and that low front sight is hard to find quickly. Questions: 1. How easily can the mag safety be, uh, neutralized and 2. Can it be readily converted to 9mm?
ViejoLobo
2023-08-09 17:48:40 +0000 UTCAbout five years ago, I picked up one of these and the PPS-43C, because they share the same ammo, and because I LIKED what I heard about the ammo. 7.62x25 is a sweet little fireball of a round, but I haven't experienced any recoil problems, ever. It's fun to take them both to the range. It took me a while to get good reloading data for it, but it was worth the search. The Starline 7.62x25 brass is a bit more expensive than the common 9mm, but it IS available, whereas loaded ammo is not at my local guns store.
Pat Patterson
2023-08-08 03:50:47 +0000 UTCActually, the big safe gun handling mistake made with semi auto pistols is confusing the clearing procedure: first rack the slide, clearing the chamber and then remove the magazine. Obviously this rechambers a round after one thinks he has cleared the chamber. Without a magazine safety you have a hot weapon. Unfortunately this is probably the biggest cause of accidents with semis other than pointing in an unsafe direction.
Thomas Batha
2023-08-07 17:36:48 +0000 UTCcan see nothing wrong about tokarevs. for a military pistol much rather than the makarov. the mak is great.. for concealed or plain cloth cops but for military I would much rather have a tok. ok I hate magazin safeties for getting anoying handling a pistol. can't hate better sights. great pistols, aren't they.
Guido Schriewer
2023-08-07 17:24:01 +0000 UTC
