1930 TT-30 Tokarev Auto Pistol Restoration

The TT-30, commonly known simply as the Tokarev, is an out-of-production Soviet semi-automatic pistol. (A semi-automatic pistol is a type of repeating single-chamber handgun (pistol) that automatically cycles its action to insert the subsequent cartridge into the chamber (self-loading), but requires manual actuation of the trigger to actually discharge the following shot. As a result, only one round of ammunition) was developed in 1930 by Fedor Tokarev ( Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev was a Russian weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1937 to 1950.)
as a service pistol ( A service pistol, also known as a personal weapon or an ordnance weapon, is any handgun issued to regular military personnel or law enforcement officers. Typically, service pistols are revolvers or semi-automatic pistols issued to officers, non-commissioned officers, and rear-echelon support personnel for self- ) for the Soviet military
( The Armed Forces of the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and then the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, also known as the Red Army and Armed Forces of the Soviet Union, were the armed forces of the Russian SFSR (1917–1922), the Soviet ) to replace the Nagant M1895 revolver ( The Nagant M1895 Revolver is a seven-shot, gas-seal revolver designed and produced by Belgian industrialist Léon Nagant for the Russian Empire. ) that had been in use since the Russian Empire, ( The Russian Empire, also known as Imperial Russia, was an empire that extended across Eurasia from 1721, succeeding the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad that ended the Great Northern War. The rise of the Russian Empire coincided with the decline of neighboring rival powers: the Swedish Emp ) though it ended up being used in conjunction with, rather than replacing, the M1895. It served until 1952 when it was replaced by the Makarov pistol. ( The Makarov pistol or PM is a Soviet semi-automatic pistol. Under the project leadership of Nikolay Fyodorovich Makarov, it became the Soviet Union's standard military and Militsya sidearm in 1951. )