First Reloads for the 7.62x25mm Tokarev
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Do not ‘monkey’ with less than recommended loads using the W296…that powder will not tolerate it.
Nice pistol though, looks like Browning had some influence on their designer.

Thanks for advice. I will definitely keep that in mind going forward. The original Russian TT-33 pistol is very similar to John Browning’s model 1903 and has some 1911 characteristics as well. The Yugo M57 that I have is variant of the TT-33 and is a fun little pistol to shoot. Thanks again.

That’s the bad thing with 296/H110 powder. Very narrow band of usable weight.
Awesome! Looks like a fun little pistol. It’s good you can keep it fed.
I spent a whole summer trying out loads for the Tokarev with a bunch of powder and bullet combinations, it’s a fun round to load. My dad and I bought our Lee die sets at the same time and both had the same problem…sized brass would not pass the “plunk” test falling in and out of the chamber. I had five different Tokarevs and two CZ 52’s to test with. The brass would fit fine in the ’52 barrel but not in any of the Tokarevs, and that was with 3 Yugos and 2 Romanian. We found that the body… Read more »