Norinco Tokarev

[Marshall]

Are the Norinco Model 54 Tokarev 7.62 X 25 and Norinco Model 213 Tokarev 9mm quality guns? Is $400.00 NIB for each reasonable? Too high? I'm out of my realm on these.

Thanks

 

[Teakwood]

IMHO, the Norinco Tokarev was one of the worst pistols I ever owned. Paid $100 for it. Sold it for $75.

$300 for a Norinco Tok is outrageous, considering that the Polish and Russian Toks are vastly superior.

 

[Harry Paget Flashman]

I had a Polish-made TT-33, similar to the Norinco's you mentioned. It was clunky, didn't point well for me, very heavy trigger pull. I really liked that it was a 7.62X25 but I gave it away after parts started falling off of it at the range. Norinco's are nice (IMO), I have one in a 1911 and it functions well.

I saw a Norinco "TT-33" type in a parts bin in a Pensacola gun store recently...it had a cracked slide and bushing and was rusted solid.

For $409, you can get an excellent turn-in SIG P226 in .357Sig or P229 in .40 S&W from CDNN.

 

[scbair]

I have a Norinco in 9mm; paid slightly over $100 for it, and it's worth every penny. Not a tack driver, but it's what is generally conceded to be "accurate enough" at 25 yards. Totally reliable, too.

I regard it as unsafe to carry with a chambered round (the firing pin is not inertial, and I'm suspicious of the "add-on" safety integrated into the Tok design), but it's a fun plinker with cheap 9mm ammo.

 

[Marshall]

Thanks guys, I'll pass on them then. My only interest was that they were new in box and unsold. I'm not going to pay $400.00 for trouble though.

 

[The Drew]

If you want a 7.62x25 gun get a CZ 52 they're practically bomb proof and inexpensive (anywhere from $99 to $150) I have a few thousand rounds through mine and have yet to have a problem that wasn't magazine related...

 

[Ohen Cepel]

I have a CZ and a Norinco (TT-33, I think).

The CZ is MUCH better than the Norinco. Most Norinco stuff is pretty good and I usually like them. That pistol is a real POS though.

 

[AirPower]

TT33 is a fine pistol, but old fashioned so they're nothing when compare to current standard guns. Get them if you want to collect, but don't use them as a substitute of modern guns. $300-400 is way too high for one, unless they have special markings, or non-import guns of some special type. $150-250 for Norinco Tokarev is normal.

 

[Logan5]

The norinco is not at all the cream of the Tokarev world. $400 NIB is pretty steep. If you must have one NIB, maybe, but you can find them with about 8 rounds fired for $160. Russian and Warsaw Pact Tokarevs are where the $400 of collector money is. Chicom ones are cranked out like there's no tomorrow, just not necessarily imported.
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