I am emanoured by both of those guns and the round in general. I'll try some of your loads. I've had my CZ52 since 1996. Just got the M57 last year. I have a Harrington unbreakable firing pin in the CZ. I also removed the hammer dropping feature. The trigger pull was much improved on the CZ but what is most important is the trigger sting is gone.
@@kyfirearms One thing you should know is that the Harrington firing pin I bought disables the firing pin block. So carrying it with a chambered round is not as safe as the oringinal pin. But the Harrington is unbreakable. They do make the factory style pin though to retain the firing pin block.
Leatherbark I bought one of those Harrington firing pin competition sets, forget what all parts it included now. along with that I got new rollers from them too. My CZ 52 has a great trigger pull now. The decocker still works, I did the pencil check lol.
Nice vid. You mentioned cheap plinking loads a couple times so I thought I would suggest some other bullets that should work just as good but be a good bit cheaper. Berry's makes a 110gr just like that in a plated bullet and Armscor makes a 110gr FMJ, same bullet design as those Speer which is just a M1 Carbine type bullet. Bayou Bullets makes a .309 115gr cast and coated bullet that makes a hell of a load, fun to shoot..they really feel substantial. I've used all those bullets in several Tokarevs (Yugo, Romy, and Polish) and three different CZ52's. Most Tokarevs have around a .310 bore, some as high as .312 from the 10 or so I've slugged. My dad's Romanian is .312. The CZ's usually have a tighter bore around .309. If you find that your accuracy isn't great with .308's you might need to go up to something like the .309 Hornady 90gr XTP, or try some cast bullets. Some will shoot the .308's just fine though so it just depends on your guns. Since they have such a varying bore diameter I use anything from those same .308 110's to .312 cast bullets. A lot of Tokarev ammo uses .307 or even .3065 bullets as in the Privi Partisan...I've never gotten great accuracy out of factory ammo in that caliber. OK for close plinking but not much else. I have no idea why they use such small bullets when the bores are all over .308 from all the ones I've slugged. Edit: Oops I see you did try the 90gr XTPs
Thank you for the excellent comment and information. I have shot quite a few 90g xtp and I have the Romanian seems to like them better. I have just been experimenting with different bullets as the Tokarev specific options are scarce. I just recently casted some Lee 311-100 powder coated and they shot really well in the Yugo sized to 309. I love the 7.65x25mm round and the guns that shoot it. Thanks again for commenting, I appreciate it.
@@kyfirearms Awesome, I love powder coating it seems to open the door to so many options from slow plinking to really pushing them hard in rifle calibers. I think I have that same Lee mold but haven't tried them yet in the 7.62x25. It's good that you made this vid since there aren't a ton of reloading vids on the 7.62x25. Did you ever see any unburnt powder with AA#7? I found if I didn't push AA7 and AA9 decently hard that I would have a lot of powder granules in the action after shooting.
I have used it with no problems. I have also handloaded some with H110 over 1500 fps with no problems. The M57 are plenty stong and can handle it, in my opinion. I honestly don't think the Czech ammo is any hotter than other surplus ammo I have used. Thanks for commenting.
Yeah, that was a pretty close call. The Yugo tokarevs are still cheap and plentiful for now. Get one while you can, because they will be gone or cost double in a few years.
Great video. Be careful with surplus Czech ammo, many batches of military surplus was specifically loaded for submachine guns, and are really hot rounds. A steady diet of that in a Tokarev may cause over pressure problems or damage to your weapons.
Hey KFW, saw videos on making Tokarev brass from 5.56 brass.( NOT 223 ) They cut the neck off leaving 1" of brass. If you have the bullets that would give you your supply of brass :-)) Happy shooting ! This may not be worth all the effort, if the ammo is cheap for you, call it a done deal.
Thanks. I have loaded some with Winchester 296, which is similar to H110. The results were high velocity and lots of muzzle blast. It was a lot of fun. H110 would be a great powder for the Tokarev, I was just experimenting with AA#7 for this video. Thanks again for the comment.
They are new production from Zastava arms. They make them in 7.62x25 and 9mm as well. As far as I know, it's the same gun just made after Yugoslavia split up. Most of the time they are a little cheaper and should be good quality. Thanks for the comment hope this helps.
762Tor is a hot little b, If I do say so myself. If I was stuck with just a subgun and/or a pistol back in the day, itd have been my choice. I believe u could do alot worse, a whole lot worse. (alottamobettatorkarevnottalugerberetta)
It is definitely a fast little round. I bought a Yugo M57 several years ago and fell in love with the cartridge. Thanks for watching and commenting, I appreciate it.
I love my Zavasta M57. I use .223 rem brass to make cartridges. Just cut them off 1” long with a tubing cutter and run through the sizer die. But then have to Ream the neck out to.311 with a reamer. I have all the brass I need now 😊
