Yugoslavian M57 Tokarev hammer group quirk!

Shadowsix · 07-03-2012, 01:01 PM

I know a few of you have Tokarevs and so I'm hoping one of you has dealt with the Yugoslavian M57 variant enough to know about this little issue. It does not seem to be adetrimental issue as the gun seems to fuction perfectly otherwise.

I just aquired a Yugoslavian M57 version from SOG. The finish is a little rough & spotty from age but I'll have fun touching that up with some oxpho blue & blending it. It seems SOG removed most of the cosmoline & heavily oiled it in order to put serial numbers on it so it is free moving & looks in good shape internally (well there is lots of cosmoline still to remove from the inside of the barrel but no biggie).

I have already run some 7.62 & 25mm snap caps through it and it does well, everything functions. Even the safety works exactly as prescribed.

I field stripped it for the first time last night and it came apart nicely except for one thing. I could not completely pull out the hammer group. It would come up a little & I could move it around a bit but it would not pull out. I tried moving the safety & even pulling off the grip & pulling out the safety lever but no go (so I put the safety lever back in). It still needed me to activate the safety & then pull it down trick to get the hammer group to completely reseat properly. I could then reassemble the slide on it & the gun works perfectly.

It seemed like even though the hammer group was loose (with the slide assembly off) it just would not pull out (I did not & would not overly force it either just to be safe).

Does anybody know what could have been preventing it from coming out? I've have watched the dissambly videos for M57s and I can't see where I might have been going wrong!

Thank you very much in advance guys.

07-03-2012, 01:01 PM	#1
Shadowsix User Join Date: Apr 2012 Posts: 106 Thanks: 56 Thanked 26 Times in 18 Posts	Yugoslavian M57 Tokarev hammer group quirk! I know a few of you have Tokarevs and so I'm hoping one of you has dealt with the Yugoslavian M57 variant enough to know about this little issue. It does not seem to be adetrimental issue as the gun seems to fuction perfectly otherwise. I just aquired a Yugoslavian M57 version from SOG. The finish is a little rough & spotty from age but I'll have fun touching that up with some oxpho blue & blending it. It seems SOG removed most of the cosmoline & heavily oiled it in order to put serial numbers on it so it is free moving & looks in good shape internally (well there is lots of cosmoline still to remove from the inside of the barrel but no biggie). I have already run some 7.62 & 25mm snap caps through it and it does well, everything functions. Even the safety works exactly as prescribed. I field stripped it for the first time last night and it came apart nicely except for one thing. I could not completely pull out the hammer group. It would come up a little & I could move it around a bit but it would not pull out. I tried moving the safety & even pulling off the grip & pulling out the safety lever but no go (so I put the safety lever back in). It still needed me to activate the safety & then pull it down trick to get the hammer group to completely reseat properly. I could then reassemble the slide on it & the gun works perfectly. It seemed like even though the hammer group was loose (with the slide assembly off) it just would not pull out (I did not & would not overly force it either just to be safe). Does anybody know what could have been preventing it from coming out? I've have watched the dissambly videos for M57s and I can't see where I might have been going wrong! Thank you very much in advance guys.