Scored a Norinco 213 for a good price

[Capybara]

Just picked it up. All steel 9mm pistol, good condition with three mags and a hard case for $250.00. Norinco imported these for just one year in the mid-90s, then the Clinton ban kicked in so they are a little rare. Tokrev variant made for the civilian market. Goes nicely with my Chinese Makarov I picked up last year and my Triangle 26 SKS. Now I need a T53 and a Mak 90 Parts kit and I will be set for Chinese guns.

I have a Romanian TTC that I love shooting but I always also wanted a 9mm Tok as the 7.62x25 ammo is getting expensive and hard to find. Now I have both, I need to do a shootout, Euro 7.62x25 vs Asian 9mm! Barrel is immaculate, pistol shows a little wear but not bad. The safety is a little less offensive that the safety on the TTC.

 

[Nacho Man]

Beautiful, I love me some Chinese goodness.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

I had one of those about 15 years back.Very accurate, ate everything I fed it. One thing with mine I didn't like was it would kick spent cases in my face all the time. Traded it on something else. Very good gun though, nice and slim.

 

[Tallball]

Good pick up! I like mine a lot. It is a lot more worn than yours and still goes bang every time. You got a good price.

 

[bannockburn]

Capybara

Nice score! I should have picked one of these up when they were first imported.

 

[DMK]

Interesting. I never knew they made a 9mm Tokarev.

I need to do a shootout

I'd love to see that comparison.

 

[wally]

Interesting. I never knew they made a 9mm Tokarev.

I seemed to recall there were two variations, one that had the "spacer" in the frame and a shorter 9mm mag, the other used the normal Tokarev mags with a spacer in the magazine and shorter follower and spring. I think spare mags for either variant are hard to find, so its good you got three.

I think the variant with the spacer in the mags was also available in a dual caliber model with one normal mag and one with the spacer in the mag along with 9mm and 7.62x25 barrels. They were never very common.

I wasn't big on 9mm back then, so I picked up the plain 9x25 version as it was less expensive and "more authentic" although the safety added for the needed "import points" was an abomination, the ones on the Romanian and Polish guns are at least sort of usable. I had to "glue" mine into the off safe position with a dab of RTV as it kept going on safe when firing

 

[PabloJ]

It's missing screw on each side of safety lever. The price with plastic box and extra magazine is fair. It good that you have extra mag because with that welded in spacer in magazine well standard TT mags will not work. Mine was very reliable with ball ammo but gave 3 to 4 stoppages per magazine with just about any hollow points I tried. Enjoy your gun.

 

[Capybara]

Going to go to the range this week to see how it shoots. I was wondering about that hole near the safety? Hmm...wonder Sarco or Numrich would have those tiny screws? You think I should bother or just see how it shoots?

 

[glove]

Nice find Congrats.

 

[ttarp]

The safety on your 213 looks a bit more refined than the ugly chunk of metal on mine, I actually just removed it since it dug into my hand pretty bad while shooting.

Unless you want the screw for collectability or having it exactly as imported, I wouldn't bother. ymmv

 

[Capybara]

Unless you want the screw for collectability or having it exactly as imported, I wouldn't bother. ymmv

No, not at all. I just want to make sure that something internally isn't going to fall to pieces or that the safety isn't going to malfunction.

 

[lsudave]

Had two, both T-54's (the type that uses the larger, 7.62 mags), both in 9mm. Still have one, it's the first handgun I bought. Very accurate. Got that one NIB at a gun show, I think $159. The other was used off of an online auction (auction arms, now gunauction I think), under $100.. way under if I recall- maybe $75? These were well-made, with the safety as a huge flaw. The safety was tacked on for import, the Tokarev doesn't have one otherwise. The used gun, the seller had removed the safety and had some makeshift grips held on by a Hogue handall (a thick rubber band). When I put the stock grips back on, I also put the safety back on. The screws aren't good steel, and they eventually sheared off and crumbled, got caught up in the slide rails, and jammed the slide back. It took a good whack to unstick it, and I then got some other grips which covered the hole left behind by the safety. Gun then worked very well, and I eventually sold it to a friend.
So yes, the concern about something falling to pieces is legit. The screws do!

 

[Coyote3855]

This month's American Rifleman magazine has an article on the Chinese Toks that might interest you.

 

[Dog Soldier]

Navy Arms used to offer a .38 Super conversion for these pistols. They worked very well. These pistols can handle very heavy loads.