I have found some very interesting information about the TT-30/33 pistols here. Facinating pieces they are.
I understand that the only saftey device they had was a very deep 1/2 cock notch.
So did the Red Army carry these with a loaded chamber in 1/2 cock? I also beleive that the firing pin had no blocking device (just held back by the spring). So it sounds like they may have been fairly safe carrying it that way UNLESS (big unless) the gun were dropped. Thoughts?
I think that I would be uncomfortable carrying concealed in any mode except condition 3 but in a service or other open carry holster they might not have been taking that great a risk.
Does anyone have an official Soviet manual for the Tok? What does it say about how to carry or what to do when you have fired a partial magazine?
I understand that the only saftey device they had was a very deep 1/2 cock notch.
So did the Red Army carry these with a loaded chamber in 1/2 cock? I also beleive that the firing pin had no blocking device (just held back by the spring). So it sounds like they may have been fairly safe carrying it that way UNLESS (big unless) the gun were dropped. Thoughts?
I think that I would be uncomfortable carrying concealed in any mode except condition 3 but in a service or other open carry holster they might not have been taking that great a risk.
Does anyone have an official Soviet manual for the Tok? What does it say about how to carry or what to do when you have fired a partial magazine?