Show written proof the Russian tested Tokarev pistols by throwing them off three story buildings chamber loaded and set at half cock or I call B.S.
The Russian designers weren't as concerned about safties as they were with reliable and combat accurate standards.
Nobody with any common sense would advocate carrying any semi auto pistol chamber loaded and set at half cock, it is a recipe for disaster.
If a Russian soldier chose to do so and accidently shot himself or a comrade the punishment was quite simple and usually fatal.
They were shot for gross misconduct in the performance of their duties or sent to Siberia for "reeducation".
Because the Tokarev uses an inertia firing pin, the gun is actually safer when carried hammer down on a loaded chamber as it will not fire if dropped on the hammer.
It will fire if dropped muzzle down on a hard surface but who cares, the bullet will exit into that surface and unless it riccochets and hits someone, the A.D. will be safer than a bullet flying outward from a hammer discharged round.
Russian soldiers would commonly carry the gun chamber loaded, hammer all the way down and stored in a fully flapped holster and they would draw and thumb cock for the first shot.
Get rid of the goofy import safety, test for proper function with a good hollowpoint load if you are worried about overpenetration and it is best to carry the gun chamber empty.
If you are planning on CCW shootouts involving Tom Cruise double tap, double target shoot downs, don't carry a Tokarev.
If it is all you have, no worries, it will get the job done.
but with almost any JHP I would get 1 to 2 FTF per magazine!
