Another Norinco-Tokarev variant:
There were Type 54-1's also that were dual-caliber guns. They were standard
Type 54's in 7.62mmx25, and came with a matching (factory numbered to match
the serial number) 9mm replacement barrel. The slide was marked 54-1 on the
side. Early ones came with a separate 9mm-only magazine that had an internal
stand off block to compensate for 9mm's shorter overall length. The later
54-1's were shipped with 7.62mmx25 magazines only after experience bore out
that the 7.62mmx25 magazines would feed 9mm reliably with a minor ejector
modification.
- Once at the SHOT Show I tried friendlying up to the folks at the Norinco booth, it yielded me no answers as to serial number dates. 'If you decide to carry a pistol, you will have to dress around it, not just try to fit it into your wardobe'-BillD, 03/06/07 @ 09:42 e.s.t.
- Jan 11, 2009 Or any other way to tell if a Norinco was imported before the ban? It's stamped 84-S, 56-S, etc, and probably has a triangle 66 stamp and no date year in the serial #.
I had about 4-6 of the 54-1's come through my shop about 10 years ago, and
all but one worked well. One stubbornly refused to fire ammunition about 80%
of the time. I compared the firing pin to a W.W.II Soviet-made TT-33 and
found the problem immediately - the Chinese had shortened the firing pins in
an effort to make them 'safer'. Installing firing pins of the correct length
fixed this and made them very reliable. They all had rough machining inside,
though.
#norinco #sks #chinesesks Yooper John - Dating Your SKSChinese SKS Guidehttp://chinesesks.weebly.com/dating-the-chinese-sks.
After a little experimenting, I found that all the TT-33 or Type 54's I ran
across would easily switch over to 9mm with a simple barrel change. Navy
Arms had the barrels up until a few years ago, they might still have them.
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J. Freeman wrote in message <9364pc$oqp$1...@xring.cs.umd.edu>...
#There were 4 types of Norinco 9mm Tokarev pistols imported.
#Type 54 ...>for it are called the 'wide' type.
#Model 213 ...>Model 213A it has wide frame that uses a 14 shot mags.
#TU-90 ...
#There were also 2 other models of Norinco 9mm pistols ...
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