Converted my Romanian Tokarev to 9mm by getting a 9mm barrel, new bushing, and moving the barrel link and pin from my 7.62 barrel to the new 9mm barrel (several of us have been doing this lately, and I'm sure many have done this in the past). I've heard all of the "why would you want to do that when 7.62x25 surplus ammo is so cheap, fast, and accurate"?? No need to post that here. Personally, I've been wanting an inexpensive hammer fired 9mm for a while only because I have a boat load of Olympic fmj 124gr 9mm luger ammo that has rock hard primers. Can't get my striker fired gun to make good use of it. So, I didn't want to spend a lot, and this gave me a way to have what I want with what I already had. Went to the range today and fired 100 rounds without a single hitch. 50 rounds of the Olympic crap, and 50 Winchester white box 115gr.. 7.62 Tok magazines fed both reliably. Sitting at the bench, two hands, no bags or props and I could keep them all in a 4" circle at 30 feet. Rapid fire, of course, spread them out a bit more but I really wanted to see if I could get it to fail to feed or eject (didn't happen). I can do a bit better with the 7.62x25 barrel, but needless to say I am pleased.
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