A few years ago, while googling for Tokarev info, I was led to some Pakistani gun owners forum. The most devoted 1911 fan in this country has nothing on those guys and their Tokarevs. They revere them. Pics of custom Tok’s, engraved Tok’s, combat stories, and discussion of different makers.
The first Tokarev I owned was a battered and pitted Chinese made 1966 Vietnam bring back that somebody parkarized pitting and all. The bore? You could see rifling…rifling that saw a lot of corrosive ammo and not much cleaning.
Still, that pistol worked perfectly. Pretty accurate, too. In those days, there was a lot of cheap Chinese steel case, copper washed ammo. The muzzle flash at the indoor range was big and bright, lol…impressive.