Any one Carry a Tokarev??

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I was playing around with my Carry rigs this afternoon.
Since its cooling off I can dig out my full size options.
I found that my new to me Tokarev fits right in my 1911 shell.
I carried it all after noon, I was very surprised how comfortable it was to carry.
The square angle grip and thin size really make it easy to carry.
I think I will work up a 100 gr Hornady XTP load for the thing. Should be able to get them to fly in the 1500 fps range, And thats not chopped liver.
Think i will give her a good try this winter. ESP since I dont have to buy a shell.

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Really man this thing is more comfortable than my compact 9's to carry.
 
I found my Star model B fits too.
Not as comfortable as the Tokarev though.( Thats all subjective to the user of course)
My normal carry is a XD's 45 and that wont change. but a little variety is fun.

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I carry mine in a cheapy Mike's inside the waist holster. I like how easy it is to carry. Plus my Romanian has been very reliable, not issues as far as feeding go. Normally I just carry 110 GR FMJ in mine, I've messed around reloading XTPs as well. My Tok is one of four I carry, others being a P64, 9mm XD subcompact, and a 1911.
 
Not being able to keep it cocked and locked is a huge reason I would never consider carrying my 54-1, as someone had removed its import safety long before it landed in my hands. However, if you've figured out a good way to carry around your particular copy, then with good hollow points it sounds like a worthy choice. They are slim and light, far more so than a 1911 or even a Model B. I own types of all three and love them all!
 
I can carry it with a round in the chamber. But not cocked and locked.
It has the half cock safety and the import flip safety on the side.
I dont have to use the flip safety. 1/2 cocked is fine.
But I will carry it full safe.
I will practice cocking as I draw, then drawing my thumb over the flip safety as I point.
Should work.

I quit carrying my 1911 cocked and locked. I had the thumb safety come off as I was wiggling the gun into the holster. Or pulling my T shirt out of the action after driving. kinda dangerous that single action trigger is pretty light. Didn't want to blow my butt off.
 
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The Tokarev round doesn't have much going for it for civy CCW IMHO.

Too much blast/noise/flash, too much penetration even with hollow points or in the event of a clogged hollow point. It used to be good blasting ammo when it was a dime a round, but these days, 9mm is better. In fact, it is the best.
 
I look at it as being at least on a par as the 327 magnum, with hand loads i should be able to dial it in to exactly were I want it.
I am funny that way. I hardly ever carry a 9. I ether go fast 32 cal or slow 45 cal.
Esp here in the land of Long underwear and thick parkas. A little extra penetration might be handy in the winter.
 
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Tokarev's generally aren't regarded as safe to carry half-cocked.

Looking at what's left of brass fetcher's website, it looks like 7.62x25 JHP's generally penetrate better than most 9mm JHP's, but don't expand as much.

147 gr 9mm's generally penetrate as much or more, but also expand a lot more.
 
I have a Chinese Tok. It has been reliable for the couple of hundred rounds I've shot with it, and is decently accurate for a service weapon. It wouldn't be my first choice, but it would doubtless be effective for SD. I wouldn't prefer to CC it, though. I am personally not comfortable CCing single action pistols.
 
Not trying to replace any carry options, I have a few. main carry is 45acp so I get it.

Just want to add it to the mix. Like I said variety is the spice of life.
Gives me a reason to take it out shooting.

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Back when I was younger and had less income, I carried a Tok TTC as my woods pistol.
Never met a bear; never worried about whether I might meet one.
 
kozak6 said:
Tokarev's generally aren't regarded as safe to carry half-cocked.
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And the reason for this is that they generally don't have inertial firing pins. For this reason, I wouldn't personally recommend carrying them in Condition 2 (hammer-down, loaded-chamber) either. Although the Tok's profile makes it difficult to hit the hammer spur when it's in the full-down position, I don't find this to be adequately reassuring.

This is the reason that the Zastava M88 and M70A have a slide-mounted safety that, as I understand it, positively locks the firing pin. (I can't tell whether your Tok is one of these because I can't see the LH side.)
 
Younger, poorer, I carried a Chi-com Tokarev. It was a little slow getting into action from the draw, as it is not a convenient gun to thumb cock, but it was fully as capable as any other 9mm once you got it running. Plenty accurate at 50yards and beyond.
 
Finally got around to loading some SD Ammo for the Tokarev.
90gr Hornady XTP's ahead of 13gr H110.
Whippin these bad boys out at 1525 fps.
That will get the job done.

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Designed as a badge of rank, and meant to be shot into the back of the heads of defenseless captives.

I had one of the later 9MM variations, Zastava M70A, I sold it right away after seeing how the small parts were made, communism at work subduing the world.

All my hatred for all things socialist aside, my pastor had a Tokarev he found .22 barrels for, a wildcat that he said was on a tight leash. He said if you used a few grains of powder to many the action would fail, but a few too few and it wouldn't cycle the slide.

On the other hand the Makarov I bought, made in Russia, is very well made, but was made for commercial sale. I actually found the design to have many imaginative features. I kept that, though it is far too heavy for the .380 it's chambered for. The world will see the Russian bear tromping through the world scene again soon I bet.
 
The Tok is a combat pistol, plain and simple.
The first one I owned was a Vietnam bringback, and looked like it was found at the bottom of a rice paddy...pitted, mismatched frame and slide, cracked grip, dark bore...it still shot perfectly.
I've owned a couple different Tok's over the years, and the story is always the same. Perfect function, and good accuracy. In fact, I shoot my current Romanian Tok out to 100yds...the 7.62x25 shoots very flat.
Mine is my car gun, but I wouldn't think twice about carrying it loaded and half cocked. It is so thin, it carries very easily, and I find I can thumb the hammer back on the draw.
I've found that Browning HiPower holsters fit the Tok better than 1911 holsters.
 
He said if you used a few grains of powder to many the action would fail, but a few too few and it wouldn't cycle the slide.
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A pistol cartridge only HOLDS a "few grains of powder."
Reasonable care in the loading takes care of that worry.


A friend here carries a Tokarev or a Makarov largely because he doesn't want to get his Colt, Smith, or Ruger sweaty. Or confiscated by an overzealous cop.
 
Coz, Since you have a variety of foreign made pistols get your mitthe currently offered Bulgarian Makerov's that have hit the market recently. A lot of them are virtually unfired and just waiting for some "Imperialistic Yankee dog" to scoop it up. I have two of these unissued Makerov's that are nicely finished and shoot flawlessly, easier to carry than it's big brother the Tokerov.
 
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