[vintovka]

Whoever you sell em' to, are gonna take the safeties off anyway. Just put a plastic snap plug in and go.

1+ the aftermarket safeties on many have proven to be unsafe and a liability.

 

[vintovka]

The trigger ass'ys on the Tokarevs swap out easily. It seems unlikely, but people do strange things... be sure that your Toks have a half-cock position.

Yup half cock is safer than releasing the aftermarket safety and having an AD.

 

[vintovka]

1+ on above. Those who function test one know immediately when hammer falls as safety is disengaged or slide is released and there is no decocker. Maybe many have occurred without injury ( and firer was scared stoopid) and/or safeties have been removed after reading posts like this. Several seen with metal shavings still in lock mechanism and/or floppy safeties. Seeing problems with many modern repops like SAAs or Sharps rifles due to safety requirement. Last Pietta SAA .22 seen was an accident just waiting to happen. If i had a shop i would not sell such items and think insurance companies may be making the decision for many.

 

[vintovka]

Could be. On some mods they drilled thru the frame WITH the lock mech in place. I guess they had a jig and felt confident on mass production. Have seen some with no cleaning of metal shavings in lock mech after safety was installed. Some safeties were so badly installed (and loose ) they interferred with the mech in both on and off position and somewhat unpredictable. Was at warehouse one day when pallets of new chinese toks were being disposed off due to defects and returns. The factory installed safeties were among the problems. I personally wouldn't trust anything but the original half cock safety. Even those that work fine now may fail later due to wear and shock.