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Okay - we did it with Bill, now let's do it with me.

By The Armorer on February 24, 2005 | | Comments (23)

Get yer mind out of the gutter.

This is the Arsenal's Chinese Type 51 Pistol, a copy of the Soviet TT33. Like "Hubert," Twitchy Bill's Trusty Steed, this pistol and its previous owner had a tough day at the office.

Unlike Twitchy and Hubert, the pistol's then-owner did not survive the encounter. Evidence of the encounter is visible on the pistol. How many hits do you see?

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By AFSister on February 24, 2005 10:11 AM
6, maybe 7??
   
By Boquisucio on February 24, 2005 10:19 AM
A 1966 Vintage, 7.62x25mm Tokarev Chink Knock-off. Nice museum piece; though I wouldn't like to get poked by one. Of all the baby pictures, its good to see that were willing to adopt even ugly ducklings like that. Good thing for you that its previous parent wasn't too quick on its trigger. At a quick glace, I count Four (4) chips: Middle-Rear Slide, Trigger, Lower Receiver, and Lower-Rear Hand Grip.
 
By John of Argghhh! on February 24, 2005 10:25 AM
It was an orphan, what could I do? Actually - I like the Tokarevs as shooters. Fit my hand comfortably, reasonably accurate. Not the most potent round, perhaps... but who uses just one anyway?
 
By cw4billt on February 24, 2005 10:36 AM
Looks like six definite Close Encounters of the Third Kind with an M-79 round and two possibles, for a guess of eight: 1. Sleeve above safety. 2. Two possibles on top of sleeve, just to the right of #1. 3. Trigger. 4. Frame between grip and trigger. 5. Two on rear of frame, one intruding into grip. 6. Just below "8" of "1968." Lot of minor dings and pitting (good ol' ChiCom backyard blast-furnace steel).
 
By John of Argghhh! on February 24, 2005 10:38 AM
It's a 1966, for clarity's sake. Made at Factory 66. It did *not* however, come from where you might expect from that date.
 
By SangerM on February 24, 2005 10:40 AM
I see 4, but there could be one more toward the front (a hazy area.) Which leads me to wonder, if the gun got hit 4 times, how many times did the owner get hit. Ouch. -SangerM
 
By SangerM on February 24, 2005 10:54 AM
Actually, could this have belonged to someone on the wrong side of a claymore? Looks possible. . .
 
By name muffy the merciless on February 24, 2005 11:04 AM
Claymore wouldn't have left that much pistol to be picked up.
 
By John of Argghhh! on February 24, 2005 11:10 AM
What Muffy said. The individual holding the pistol had just finished really pissing someone off by shooting it at them. Those were the 'ti-ti' hits. The sent/returned ratio was about 30 to 1. Then the belt had to be changed.
 
By Boquisucio on February 24, 2005 11:11 AM
John, Certainly, for its day the Tokarev was the cat's meow. At an age in which the best that the EuroWeenies could match was the 6.35x16mm, the TT was a Tiger in comparison. And besides, a parent's love is unconditional; specialy to his adopted children.
 
By SangerM on February 24, 2005 11:18 AM
oh
 
By Barb on February 24, 2005 11:27 AM
Late as usual, I see. Even at highest res, I only see 4, myself. Ouch, indeed.
 
By Sgt. B. on February 24, 2005 2:48 PM
*grin* Belts, huh? Since it didn't leave the field with its owner, and assuming that the owner didn't leave under his own steam... Does it really matter..?
 
By John of Arghhh! on February 24, 2005 3:08 PM
SGT B - yep, and I should correct the earlier... the sent/recieved ratio from the pistol's perspective was 1 to 30, not the other way around.
 
By Brian H on February 24, 2005 6:06 PM
cw; I saw the same, plus a possible in the lower right corner of the grip. That's pretty fuzzy, but there's a streak and dimple I can't explain otherwise there.
 
By cw4billt on February 24, 2005 7:04 PM
Brian H - That's the half-ring the lanyard clips to.
 
By Justthisguy on February 24, 2005 7:05 PM
I saw four dings. I imagine you've cleaned it. My (definitely, but still talks to me) ex-sweety has an Arisaka her Daddy brought home (late production, with gross tool marks) which has its Mum and some "brown" stains on the stock. She is absolutely opposed to cleaning off the "protein stains."
 
By cowboy blob on February 24, 2005 7:50 PM
Anybody know where "Factory 66" is? My 213 is stamped with a 66 within a triangle; absolutely no Chinese stampings.
 
By Neffi on February 24, 2005 7:57 PM
I see four hits fer sher... and I expect that on a dark, still night- with the moon glowly softly through the mists swirling about the Redoubt of Castle Arrgh- a somewhat tattered spectre drifts slowly through the halls and chambers... seeking his pistol... [flicker of blue light; rolling crash of thunder] oooooohhh...
 
By gunner on February 24, 2005 9:44 PM
Well the Chinese have delt with Albania and Cuba alot. so I say it may be from the Yugoslavian-Kosovo area, or Grenada. I also see only the 6 dings
 
By Robert From NC on February 24, 2005 10:24 PM
I once owned a No 1 Mk III Lee Enfield whose former user had had a very bad day. The forward end of the forestock/handguard and the rear part of the buttstock were completely filled with chunks of ragged metal on the left side. The area not affected corresponded to where a human torso would have protected the stock. Sorta felt creepy holding the rifle and imagining an HE round or grenade going off behind me.
 
By Robert From NC on February 24, 2005 10:33 PM
Oh, and by the way, I only see 3 hits on the pistol, since the notch in the slide ahead of the slide release is there for takedown purposes, and I'm betting the grip area was covered by the wielder's hand. (Shadowy areas on the grip appear to be logo and lanyard ring)
 
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