[Don W]

Another penetration test: .45 v .357 v 7.62mm Tokarev

[Celtic Conservative]

Tokarevs rock! The bullet has a flat trajectory, gets there yesterday and penetrates like crazy. I love my Romanian Tok.

CC

[Noumenon]

My standard carry is either a SIG 229 in .40, a Glock mod 20, or a Romanian TTC in 7.62x25

The TTC is almost as old as I am - 1953 - and came with a shiny bore and 100% blueing. Loud and accurate. Be nice to find some wood grips for it.

[Jeff Chandler]

From the novel, Collateral Crimes:

She took the revolver from Jonathan, set it down on the tailgate, and picked up a slender black pistol. “Papa wants you to learn how to use this.”

“Why that one?”

“His reasoning is if we run across Esposito, he’s going to be wearing his body armor, so if we can’t get away from him, we’re going to have to shoot him in the head. Papa doesn’t have confidence in your ability to do that. Although after watching what you just did …“

“I hope it doesn’t come to that.”

“Me, too. Anyway, Papa has opted for having you carry a penetrating round, something that has a chance to defeat his armor. This is a CZ52. It shoots Russian Tokarev rounds. Penetrating rounds.”

(Click)