Comments by "R" (@rdrrr) on "Tokarev - The Russian Boomer Pistol" video.

  1. Why do you think it's dangerous to the user? From what I heard it's an overbuilt design, only weaker part is the firing pin and the Yugo variant solves that.
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  2. Why would you want that, though? The only interesting thing about the Tokarev is its cartridge. There are an infinite number of fantastic 9mm pistols, why would you want an old, clunky Soviet museum piece with finicky sights, stubby pistol grip, small magazine and a mediocre trigger?
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  3. IMO it's basically fine. The sights are adequate (a little small and fine but better than many pistols of the era), the trigger's fine, the single-stack mag is typical of the era, the cartridge is pretty cool conceptually although it's a little expensive and there aren't many good loads for it. The two big problems are the lack of a manual safety and the short pistol grip and the import Yugo M57 solves both these issues. It's still not a good pistol by modern standards but it's functional and has a certain swag. The M57 does have a magazine disconnect. Not hard to disable but if you ever had to use the pistol in a self-defense situation (imagine smoking someone with a Tokarev) the fact you'd modified the pistol might not look great in court. Probably best as a fun range toy. Loads of flash and noise, really turn some heads.
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  4. A big part of the reason the Soviets chose 7.62x25 as their pistol cartridge was because they could reuse 7.62x54r machinery and tooling. And if you had a damaged 7.62x54r barrel you could cut it down to serve as a 7.62x25 barrel for a submachinegun or pistol. So it was mostly a matter of logistics.
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  5. Keeping springs under compression is not ideal but it takes a long time for it to do any real damage to the magazine. After one year I don't think there will be a problem. Only way to know for sure is to shoot the pistol and see how the magazine functions. What really wears springs out is constantly cycling between compressed and uncompressed, which would happen if you shoot the pistol a lot. You can replace magazine springs, worth keeping some spare.
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  6. I read a book called "Death and the Penguin" set in 90s Ukraine and the militiaman character has heard so much gunfire on the streets he can immediately tell what gun made the sound. He hears a shot in the distance... "That one is Tokarev semi-automatic. THAT one is Stetchkin".
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