Sold RUSSIAN TT 33 TOKAREV EARLY 1939

IN 90% ORIGINAL CONDITON WE HAVE A PRE WAR 1939 PRODUCTION TT33 TOKAREV PISTOL. THIS IS AN ALL MATCHING PISTOL EXCEPT FOR THE MAGAZINE AND THE BORE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. THE RIGHT GRIPS IS MISSING SOME MATERIAL ALONG THE LEADING EDGE, BUT AS NEW UNISSUED WW2 TOK GRIPS CAN BE HAD FOR AS LITTLE AS $20 WE LEFT IT BE. AS YOU KNOW TRUE NON IMPORT NON SAFETY ADDED TOKAREVS ARE HARD TO FIND AND HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER BY COLLECTORS. THERE ARE NOT A LOT OF TOKS IN THIS COUNTRY BECAUSE THE GEOGRAPHY OF WW2 PRECLUDED MANY FROM COMING HERE, ONLY A HANDFUL THAT WERE RE-CAPTURED FROM GERMAN FORCES. A FEW MORE CAME IN FROM KOREA AND FROM VIETNAM. THIS PARTICULAR ONE CAME FROM AN EVEN MORE EXOTIC EPISODE, THE LITTLE KNOW PERIOD WHEN US MARINES WERE IN CHINA SUPPORTING NATIONALIST FORCES DURING THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR. THIS MARINE BROUGHT BACK PISTOL WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE PEOPLES LIBERATION ARMY BY SOVIET FORCES IN MANCHURIA WHO ARMED THEM BEFORE THEIR DEPARTURE. IT HASE BEEN SITTING IN AN ATTIC FOR MANY DECADES UNTIL RECENTLY RE-DISCOVERED DURING AN ESTATE CLEANOUT. THE GUN IS A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE OF A HARD TO FIND RUSSIAN TOKAREV.