Tokarev

Gletcher Russian Legends Tokarev TT

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The Gletcher Russian Legends Tokarev TT, PM 1951 and APS

Blowback action reproductions of the Soviet Union’s most famous pistols

Part 1 The Tokarev TT

By Dennis Adler

The Gletcher TT has authentic lines with few exceptions, like the slide serrations which are copied from a Colt rather than the TT-33. The slide and magazine release are very accurate, as are the hard rubber grips and lanyard loop at the bottom of the frame.
The Gletcher TT has authentic lines with few exceptions. The vertical slide serrations are copied from the post WWII version of the TT-33 rather than the original design which had evenly spaced elliptical and vertical serrations. The slide and magazine release are very accurate, as are the hard rubber grips and lanyard loop at the bottom of the frame.

The Soviet Union’s 7.62mm Tokarev TT-30 and TT-33 semiautomatic pistols, which had been adopted by the Red Army in 1934, quickly earned the trust of Russian soldiers during WWII, and continued to grow in popularity because of their power and reliability. In the 1930s the Tokarev was considered a significant step up from the old 19th century Nagant Model 1895 revolvers that had been in use for more than 40 years, and still remained in use even into WWII. The wheels of change had, however, been set into motion after the First World War when the Russian military recognized that their sturdy but antiquated,7-shot Nagant revolvers had to be replaced by a modern military handgun, and by modern, that meant a semiautomatic pistol. read more