NIB Yugo Tokarev vs. older surplus Yugo Toks

[peacebutready]

A person can get a NIB Zastava (Yugo) m57. OTOH, a person can also get a surplus Yugo Tokarev. Are the new ones made as well as the older surplus ones?

The new ones have a safety that was built into the pistol. The surplus ones had a safety made for it a long time after the pistol was manufactured for the purposes of importing them here.

 

[Partizanai]

I've got them both actually.......

I have an old Serbian M57 surplus pistol that shoots well and is in
good to very good overall condition. A few weeks ago I bought a brand
spanking new Serbian/Z M57.
The finish is much nicer, it has a greatly improved (not added on as an
afterthought) safety. It is very well made for it's "price point". I liked
my original so much that I wanted yet another one.
Unlike the old "TOK", the M57's longer grip (9 rounds vs 8) adds just
enough total length to really improve the control of this weapon. I like
the overall value and solid reliability of this pistol very much.
Enjoy-
P

 

[Snowdog]

I have a couple older M57 that I do enjoy shooting. I bought both using my C&R, not possible with the newly manufactured M57s.

Though most tokarevs found today have safeties installed for importation, I don't believe the M57 is one of those. From my understanding, all M57s were built with manual safeties from the get go.

I don't know what unissued M57 go for these days, but when I purchased mine, they were quite inexpensive.

 

[GBExpat]

5 years ago I bought 4 of the milsurp M57s (I also have multiples of other Originals & Variants).

Two of them had major trigger issues, which is not a problem for me because I disassemble and clean/inspect/polish the trigger packs anyway.

In one of those two the old, worn, sear spring had been reversed, probably due to lack of spares.

Just something to possibly check if you get an M57.

FWIW, my four (acquired from 2 different vendors on 4 different dates) arrived in excellent shape. None of them show very much usage wear ... which, quite frankly, left me scratching my head about that reversed sear found in an almost-new-looking pistol.

Aside from those trigger issues, I found the M57s to be as well-built as all and better-built than some of my other "TT33"s.

FWIW.