I picked up a Polish Tokarev last month. I've been shooting a Romanian for about two years so these aren't a new animal to me.
When I first brought it home it required some filing on the feed lips to get it to function properly. They were too tight and the slide would stop about 1/2" from returning to battery. Slight pressure on the rear with my thumb would send it forward. Easy enough fix - file a bit, take it out back and test. Repeat until the problem was gone.
After that headache was sorted out I picked up a few pieces of brass and noticed drag marks on the primers. This is telling me the firing pin isn't retracting before the case starts to eject. I picked up a Wolff spring set for this pistol but I've only installed the recoil spring thus far. I tried a few shots which had the same results as before.
Provided I'm on the right track here - I need to find or fabricate a tool to remove the split pin that retains the firing pin so I can replace the firing pin spring.
Any leads on the proper tool to use to avoid breaking the split pin, and any thing else I should try to sort this out?
When I first brought it home it required some filing on the feed lips to get it to function properly. They were too tight and the slide would stop about 1/2" from returning to battery. Slight pressure on the rear with my thumb would send it forward. Easy enough fix - file a bit, take it out back and test. Repeat until the problem was gone.
After that headache was sorted out I picked up a few pieces of brass and noticed drag marks on the primers. This is telling me the firing pin isn't retracting before the case starts to eject. I picked up a Wolff spring set for this pistol but I've only installed the recoil spring thus far. I tried a few shots which had the same results as before.
Provided I'm on the right track here - I need to find or fabricate a tool to remove the split pin that retains the firing pin so I can replace the firing pin spring.
Any leads on the proper tool to use to avoid breaking the split pin, and any thing else I should try to sort this out?