lsudave
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Hello all, I have a pair of Norinco T-54 (Tokarev) guns. They're both chambered in 9mm Luger. They are the type that uses the traditional 7.62x25 magazines, I have 2 with spacers and 2 original magazines which feed ok. Couple of questions:
how to tell the age of these handguns? I got one NIB from a gun show, serial number in the 13 millions, and picked the other up on auctionarms.com, much older,serial is in the 3 million range. does this mean 10 million were manufactured between the 2?
2nd, I'm interested in the conversions available. I know it's a matter of just a new barrel to 'return' to 7.62 tok, but I see fewer barrels available right now. is this caliber drying up now?
Also, I've seen references to a conversion to 38 Super; apparently they originally were imported with barrels for both 7.62 and EITHER 9mm Luger or 38 Super. All such references were from the early 90's and I can't find newer info. Does such a barrel conversion exist? Are any available? is there any info on whether such a conversion would be safe in that frame? and if so, would it also be a simple swap of barrels?
how to tell the age of these handguns? I got one NIB from a gun show, serial number in the 13 millions, and picked the other up on auctionarms.com, much older,serial is in the 3 million range. does this mean 10 million were manufactured between the 2?
2nd, I'm interested in the conversions available. I know it's a matter of just a new barrel to 'return' to 7.62 tok, but I see fewer barrels available right now. is this caliber drying up now?
Also, I've seen references to a conversion to 38 Super; apparently they originally were imported with barrels for both 7.62 and EITHER 9mm Luger or 38 Super. All such references were from the early 90's and I can't find newer info. Does such a barrel conversion exist? Are any available? is there any info on whether such a conversion would be safe in that frame? and if so, would it also be a simple swap of barrels?