For $199 + $15 shipping you can buy a Commie ripoff of a 1911. The Yugo M57 shoots 7.62x25Tokarev. It is a small caliber that is going at magnum velocities. The best part is that online surplus ammo can be had for it for 10cents/round. The only downside is that you need to spray the barrel with a little Windex after shooting sessions because the ammo has corrosive primers.

These guns are hunks of steel made in 1957 Serbia and are surprisingly accurate. The grip is long enough for average-to-large sized hands (a complaint I had about Toks from other countries). I just ordered one today after having shot JonF's a few times. And these come with 2 magazines! This is an excellent deal and they are not lkely to last long. This promotion just started this afternoon and the related Tok ammo special is already sold out.

 

 

http://www.wideners.com/itemdetail.cfm?item_id=100000100&dir=700|1012

I got that email too, its an interesting thought, would have to apply for more PtPs. The only good thing about NJ laws is its keeping a brake on my firearms spending We should have a Communist (firearm) Party meetup over the summer, like at Range 14 or something. Don't sell all your Commie stuff till then Chris!

I got that email too, its an interesting thought, would have to apply for more PtPs. The only good thing about NJ laws is its keeping a brake on my firearms spending We should have a Communist (firearm) Party meetup over the summer, like at Range 14 or something. Don't sell all your Commie stuff till then Chris!

 

 

I applied for three permits. It appears that they are now all spoken for, and I haven't even gotten 'em yet.

 

I will try to resist the urge to sell my Commie stuff until summer.

Cheap, accurate, and well-built....that's a tall order. Did not know all three can work so well.

Cheap, accurate, and well-built....that's a tall order. Did not know all three can work so well.

 

Usually, you would say cheap, accurate, well built. Pick any two. I think that's true of most things made today.

These (and other) milsurps are a different story.

I shoot teeny tiny groups with my tokarev, with surplus ammo. It shoots just as well as my $1200 S&W 1911 pro!

Chris,

 

Hoping I can make your day with this link:

http://forums.gunboards.com/showthread.php?163480-Yugo-M57-tokarev-alternate-magazine-option

 

I've done it and they work for me. I also trimmed the follower so I now have several "Yugo" mags complete with 9 round capacity.

Chris,

 

Hoping I can make your day with this link:

http://forums.gunboa...magazine-option

 

I've done it and they work for me. I also trimmed the follower so I now have several "Yugo" mags complete with 9 round capacity.

 

Thanks Dan. JonF was describing this process to me, but this makes it crystal clear.

I love the Tok, they are a blast to shoot also, sheets of flame with little recoil. Good fun. I shot one at a fun steel shoot last spring and while the sites were adequate, they at least were spot on. And when you hit 9" steel drop downs, they dropped with authority. It was a really fun gun. I think two of those and a thousand rounds would be a perfect cache firearms for SHTF.

 

My problem... hard to find a smith to add a ambi safety to the gun.

Just take the safety out and weld up the hole, thats what I did. The guns were not issued with safetys. If the yugo is set up like the romanian (I know its not the same location but function may be same) its just a trigger block which is not safe at all. Guns were designed to be carried at half cock

 

This is what it is supposed to look like...

 

So yeah, the hammer at half cock is ambi!

Thanks Dan. JonF was describing this process to me, but this makes it crystal clear.

There's another option that doesn't require modification... aftermarket M57 mags. This guy Mike at CC sporting arms has some mags made specifically for the yugo tok and they function. I have a pair and they run fine. He stands by his product too and will replace any that doesn't run 100%. I had one that would drop out during firing due to it being loose in the gun and he replaced the pair with newer updated mags. I have done the modded triple K's and they run too but its time consuming to file away and measure with calipers so you don't render it useless. On the upside, you can still use them in the CZ52 since the notch doesn't interfere with the heel release.

 

http://www.ccsportingarms.com/main.sc

There's another option that doesn't require modification... aftermarket M57 mags. This guy Mike at CC sporting arms has some mags made specifically for the yugo tok and they function. I have a pair and they run fine. He stands by his product too and will replace any that doesn't run 100%. I had one that would drop out during firing due to it being loose in the gun and he replaced the pair with newer updated mags. I have done the modded triple K's and they run too but its time consuming to file away and measure with calipers so you don't render it useless. On the upside, you can still use them in the CZ52 since the notch doesn't interfere with the heel release.

 

http://www.ccsportingarms.com/main.sc

 

The price of the magazines has been lowered to $28.95 with Flat Rate shipping of $5.00 for up to 8 magazines.

 

http://www.cheaperthandirt.com/MAG294-36.html - $12.97

 

For $16 I can cut a little notch.