Yugoslavian M57 Tokarev hammer group quirk!

[alvin]

No such a gun. But there are some youtube videos on M57. Looks like nothing special on its stripping process -- people could simply pull the lock frame out of the grip frame, easily.

He also mentioned pushing the safety level up before putting lock frame back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWWrpZhwhc8

If it did not come out, I would think somehow using a little bit force.....

[Shadowsix]

Originally Posted by alvin

No such a gun.

Not sure what you mean by this?

Originally Posted by alvin

But there are some youtube videos on M57. Looks like nothing special on its stripping process -- people could simply pull the lock frame out of the grip frame, easily.

Yes exactly what I thought except that mine is not cooperating. The rest came apart very easily as shown in M57 youtube videos.

Originally Posted by alvin

He also mentioned pushing the safety level up before putting lock frame back.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWWrpZhwhc8

Yes and that is exactly what I had to do to get it to reseat properly again so I could put it back together. Even though it didn't fully come out it still came up a little and was loose but would not come completely out of the frame.

Originally Posted by alvin

If it did not come out, I would think somehow using a little bit force.....

I tried a little bit of force, I just stopped before using a lot of force!

Thanks anyway though.

[sheepherder]

Just a wild shot, but you might want to find a different 'disassembly' source...

I emailed a couple members here that if they went by the NRA Firearms Assembly Manual for the Star BM, the instructions for removing the safety were wrong...and I supplied a pic showing why & how to remove it correctly...

Doesn't hurt to check a 2nd 'opinion'...

Edit: Interesting Tokarev site -

http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/tokarev213.htm

[Shadowsix]

Originally Posted by postino

Just a wild shot, but you might want to find a different 'disassembly' source...

I emailed a couple members here that if they went by the NRA Firearms Assembly Manual for the Star BM, the instructions for removing the safety were wrong...and I supplied a pic showing why & how to remove it correctly...

Doesn't hurt to check a 2nd 'opinion'...

Edit: Interesting Tokarev site -

http://www.alpharubicon.com/leo/tokarev213.htm

Believe me I've been looking for alternate sources, just no luck so far!

I even found a google listing of someone talking about the same issue but when I try to go to it the site is gone and there is no cached version unfortunately.

Yes I like that site, i read it while I was still looking for a Tokarev. Too bad it is only on the Chinese variant the 213 & not specifically my Yugoslavian one. Though it supposedly shouldn't make a difference because it is supposed to be the same on all the variants that the hammer group (also known as "Fire Control Group") should just pull out once the slide assembly is off!