I bought kits from Navy Arms , years ago. They were made up of a 9mm barrel, the spring and a magazine. They worked fine. It seems the 7.62X25 can be converted to shoot 9mm easily but not the reverse. The magazine with a spacer was an idea that it would feed better, I guess. I've shot hundreds of rounds using a regular 7.62X25 magazine.

 

There are diff 9mm bbls out there. All the ones I’ve seen require a special bushing, which I’ve not been able to find. The only option in the US I’ve had is to buy a “compensator” that’s milled to replace the 9mm bushing… it works, but is far from ideal.

 

So the factory barrel bushing will work just fine ? Going from 7.62 to .9mm ?

Regards, Allen

I have a call into my gunsmith as well, I can always buy a factory barrel bushing and hopefully he can mill it out if necessary.

 

Never saw that . Mine used the se bushing. The difference was in the inside of the barrel.

 

Thx for your help hopefully the kit I bought will work just fine !
Towards, Allen

 

Navy arms TU 90 ? Could we have a picture of the kit in its original packaging? see Norinco magazines ...

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Allen I see your kit is not an actual Navy Arms one, After market.

Please update us on its function. Does it chew up brass, cause jams? Is the barrel made in China? How does the recoil spring in the original pistol handle the 9mm- too weak, too strong.

Any feeding problems or sticking magazines? Is the mag spring strength about the same as a normal Tokarev mag?
Allen, thanks for the link. This kit is interesting. Maybe do a review. Could you post a copy of the instructions that came with the kit?

 

I should have the kit in a week or so, I will definitely post a review.

Regards, Allen

 

We've had one for years that works just fine with the standard 7.62 x 25 magazine. Just swapped out the barrel and it runs fine.

 

Got some years ago what was advertised online as a "Chinese made" 9mm barrel for the TT-33; mine's a Russian-built 1939.

Installed it (Perfect drop-in) but the barrel locked itself against the bushing when the slide backed after each shot. Upon inspection noted the evident machined marks in the whole lenght of the tube, specially closer to the chamber, so took a rag, some polishing compound and buffed all the rough spots to a look closer to the original Russian 7.62 barrel. Not mirror-shine but smoother than it looked before.
Also replaced the original mainspring with a new one from Numrich. The rest is "as issued"

Lubed the barrel with some light gun grease, reassembled and took it to the range with the original 7.62 magazine (No converted 9mm. mag available) 9mm rounds did fit loose from the front but anyway the pistol ran with zero issues with every factory FMJ 115 & 124 ammo I could find except with the cheap steel-cased Winchesters (FTFs & FTEs).

Several boxes of ammo later (Maybe 700 rounds total) it hasn't failed again, not even with the original mag. Only used it as an occasional "range toy".

 

I have a Chinese made copy of the Tokarev pistol (Mod. 213) in 9mm. This pistol is almost mint and has less than one mag. of commercial ammo shot through it. These pistols can no longer be imported and most likely never will be again. I believe their value will only increase, especially in near mint condition. So I'll most likely never shoot it again. But I like shooting this style of ;pistol in 9mm. I have a Yugo M 57 pistol in 7.62x25 mm, much like the Mod. 213 . I removed the barrel and recoil spring from the Mod. 213 and installed them in the M 57 pistol. Fit just fine. I loaded a full load of 9mm in the magazine of the M 57 and fired them all in fairly rapid shooting. Everything worked just fine.

 

Thats good to know, I have a M-57 as well, will try the 9mm barrel in that as well....hopefully I will have the kit in a week or so.

Allen

 

I'm sure the change will work in your M 57.

 

Just noticed they are in Canada and won’t ship to the US, tried but couldn’t check out. Bummer.

 

since this is a conversion kit , it was designed to work with your original barrel bushing

the only reason to need a larger size bushing , is if the barrel was taken from a NORINCO M213 9mm pistol , those had the thicker diameter barrels

 

Partial update....received the 9mm kit today, everything fit perfectly gun locks up nice and tight, kit came with a chrome barrel and 2 magazines, mags also have the short extended floor plates with pinky grip seems much more comfortable with the short grip that Tokarev's have...just have to wait till my club opens next week....closed to due to covid semi lockdown...

Regards, Allen

 

Partial update....received the 9mm kit today, everything fit perfectly gun locks up nice and tight, kit came with a chrome barrel and 2 magazines, mags also have the short extended floor plates with pinky grip seems much more comfortable with the short grip that Tokarev's have...just have to wait till my club opens next week....closed to due to covid semi lockdown...

so did the converted barrel ever work? Also, would there be a way to have this shipped to the united states?

 

There was also a .38 super barrel available and I recall seeing importer had a package with the pistol and 9mm and .38 super barrel all in one package or it may have been the kit with just the two extra barrels. Anyways I did pick up a .38 super barrel years ago but have not got around to trying it out yet.

 

.38 special would be fun to try, would be great to have 3 different barrels to play with....I am fairly new to Tokarev's but are quickly becoming a favorite of mine, have 2 Chinese Type 54s and a Yugo M57....will pick up another soon as prices here in Canada are still low and don't require the awful added safeties.

Regards, Allen

 

Allen
.38 super not .38 special. Here is a gunboards link from 2008: Tokarev Conversion 38 Super or 9mm Largo?

 

I was just reading that !! Hahaha thank you for the info and the link !!

Regards, Allen

 

You are welcome, here is another link you might find interesting: Tokarev TU-90 combo PICTURES! (9mm, 7.62, 38 super) HANDGUN - SaltwaterCentral.Com

This combo was sold by Navy Arms and these pistols did have the wrap around grips.

 

Thank you for the link, I am pretty to new to all this, I appreciate your help !!

Regards, Allen

 

Got to the range last night, the conversation kit was flawless....the Tokarev ate up all the 9mm ammo no problems, the 2 magazines with the spacers worked perfectly as did the original mags made for 7.62x25 all in all very pleased with the kit, next week will try the kit in my Zastava M57 see how that goes.

Regards, Allen

 

I have a Norinco Mod. 213 in 9mm and a Yogo M57 in 7.62x25mm . I was curious and installed the 9mm barrel and recoil spring from the Norinco into the M57. I loaded the M 57 mag. with 9mm ammo (no spacer no nothing) and put the mag. in the grip of the M57. I racked the M57 slide and chambered a round, pointed the pistol down range and fired away with the full mag. All rounds fired with no malfunctions. I removed the 9mm barrel and recoil spring from the M57 and installed it back into the Norinco, satisfied that all worked well.
Since the Norinco pistols most likely will never be imported again, I'll keep the Norinco Mod. 213 in its original condition and likely never fire it again. I might swap barrels and recoil spring again but never fire the 213 as it is now.

 

I have a Norinco Mod. 213 in 9mm and a Yogo M57 in 7.62x25mm . I was curious and installed the 9mm barrel and recoil spring from the Norinco into the M57. I loaded the M 57 mag. with 9mm ammo (no spacer no nothing) and put the mag. in the grip of the M57. I racked the M57 slide and chambered a round, pointed the pistol down range and fired away with the full mag. All rounds fired with no malfunctions. I removed the 9mm barrel and recoil spring from the M57 and installed it back into the Norinco, satisfied that all worked well.
Since the Norinco pistols most likely will never be imported again, I'll keep the Norinco Mod. 213 in its original condition and likely never fire it again. I might swap barrels and recoil spring again but never fire the 213 as it is now.

wait so the 9mm barrels for the Type 54's fit in the M57?

That's pretty big news, I never even considered trying those in my M57 because I thought the captive recoil spring of the M57 prevented interchangeability with parts from other tokarevs

 

bright ----- I didn't say "Type 54". I said I took the barrel and recoil spring from a 9mm Chinese Norinco Mod. 213 and installed them into my Yugo M 57 pistol. Everything worked just fine and there was no malfunctions at all firing 9mm ammo in the M57 pistol. Thanks for looking and asking the question.

 

I took the 9mm barrel from the kit I bought for my Tokarev and put it in my Zastava M57, hope to get to the range tomorrow night, I will use the M-57 magazine, hopefully it works as well as it did in my type 54.

Regards, Allen

 

I have all three barrels and springs
The 38 super being a stout cartridge the kit came with a stout spring
Works great
I urge any who have the 38 super barrel to get an appropriate stout spring
Great power

 

I reload .38 Super cases with 9mm bullets for shooting in my Astra 400 9mm pistol. They work fine and are fairly accurate out to 50 yds.

 

M-57 ran flawless with the 9mm barrel and factory magazine, was actually surprised how accurate it was....great shooter.

Regards, Allen

 

I bought a 9mm barrel with link for a Chinese 213 to drop into my Russian TT.
It doesn't work, the link seems a bit too long and it binds things up.
I threw it in a drawer and never tried changing the link

 

I just have always used 7.62x25 mags with my 9mm barrel and had no issues. Literally only did a barrel swap. Very weak ejection with 9mm compared to 7.62x25

 

Prof ---- If you might install the 9mm recoil spring with the 9mm barrel in your pistol you should get a more positive ejection when firing 9mm ammo in your piece. I've always used the 7.6 mm mag. with 9mm ammo too with no problem.

 

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