Does anyone have any ideas about an inexpensive IWB "clip-on" type holster for short distance use?

If you would, please take the time to send me some websites and prices.

Thank you.

Scott

Uncle Mikes, Vega, or "Gunmate" (or whatever the brand X cheapie is with a name like that), and perhaps others. Most will be synthetic, though the Vegas, if you can find them, will be be suede. A synthetic IWB clip on for a small auto should be in the 10 to 15 dollar range. Shipping will add to that, so I'd suggest trying your local gunshops (large and small). There is also likely to be something that will work in the "5 dollar holster box" or other box of misc. holsters that every gunshop seems to have.

Thanks, Gator!

Scott

I forgot to mention it, but another source of cheap, but serviceable, holsters is Walmart. They sell a holster for around 6 dollars over with their airsoft stuff under the Crossman label. It's basically the same as the UM holsters. These even hold a spare mag. Not terribly concealable, and it needs to be attached to a belt, but they are still dirt cheap. These can supplement your holster collection if funds are really tight.

gunfan,

Sorry, but I was a little confused by your title. Is this a copy of the Russian Tula-Tokarev (TT) pistol? If so, it's a .30 caliber (7.62x25), not a .32 (well, it could be a 9x19, but that's another thing).

My main reason for asking (other than your getting the correct ammo for the thing) was to tell you that holsters for the Browning HP will usually fit a Tok, especially the open top holsters. I use a Milt Sparks Summer Special for the HP to carry mine. Gator's advice about the gun shop holster box is good. I've found quite a few good holsters there for not much money.

Buck

Scott, I got an el cheapo Galati International clip on IWB holster for J frames a few years ago from www.cheaperthandirt.com . Perhaps they'll have something similar that fits a Tokarev. I still use that holster when I appendix carry my Taurus 605. It's proven to be a value for the money.

I am sorry for the confusion. The pistol is a Crvena Zastava Model 70, Made in Yugoslavia. This is not the double-action CZ-70 with which most of us are familiar, but a single-action pistol chambered for the .32 ACP cartridge. It's action is based on that of the Tokarev.

I hope that this clarifies matters.

Scott

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Originally posted by haggis:
gunfan,

Sorry, but I was a little confused by your title. Is this a copy of the Russian Tula-Tokarev (TT) pistol? If so, it's a .30 caliber (7.62x25), not a .32 (well, it could be a 9x19, but that's another thing).

My main reason for asking (other than your getting the correct ammo for the thing) was to tell you that holsters for the Browning HP will usually fit a Tok, especially the open top holsters. I use a Milt Sparks Summer Special for the HP to carry mine. Gator's advice about the gun shop holster box is good. I've found quite a few good holsters there for not much money.

Buck

Thanks for your advice. Here's a more detailed description of the pistol:


Crvena Zastava M70 pistol (Serbia / former Yugoslavia)


Type Single Action semiautomatic
Caliber(s) 7,65x17 (.32ACP); also 9x17 (.380ACP) in M70(K).
Weight unloaded 720 g
Length 165 mm
Barrel length 94 mm
Magazine capacity 8 rounds

The M70 pistol was produced by Yugoslavian (now Serbian) arms factory Crvena Zastava as a sidearm for police and certain military officers. This pistol is based on the military type M57 pistol, but is scaled down to accept smaller and less powerful cartridges, such as 7,65mm Browning (also known as 7,65x17SR or .32ACP) or 9mm Browning Short (also known as 9x17 or .380ACP). For many years these pistols were used by Yugoslavian police and military. Today many of these pistols are sold worldwide as surplus. For their size and power, M70 pistols are somewhat heavy, but heavy weight also has benefits of light recoil and good durability.

M70 pistol is a simple blowback design. barrel remains stationary when gun is fired, but it can be easily removed during disassembly of pistol. Trigger is of single action type; hammer unit is made removable as one piece. manual safety is located on the left side of the frame, above grip panel. Sights are fixed.

I hope that this description is illuminating.

Scott

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I paid the FFL fee and the taxes on the pistol, (and, yes, it has arrived.) The wonderful State of Washington has seen fit to delay delivery of the little .32. I have held it, seen it's finish, and tested it's trigger. The finish is in need of repair, (read: spot cold blueing) and the trigger is crisp. The bore looks good, (bright with no pitting.) This looks as if it will be more than worth the $120.00 that I have paid for it. I'll let you know how the baby shoots when I get it into my hot little hands. (I'll tell you right now, I think that I have a good one!)

Cheers!

Scott

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I like mine as a IWB carry gun due to the thin size. Flawless on the range. You'll like yours!

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Originally posted by exdiver:
I like mine as a IWB carry gun due to the thin size. Flawless on the range. You'll like yours!

Exdiver: Other than the thin profile, what do you like so much about the little Serbian pistol? I had tested my pistol's trigger at the Pawn Shop and liked the way it broke. Do the triggers have a quick reset, and fire quickly? I ask, because I am looking for a lightning-fast "dump-the-entire-magazine-in-the-bad-guy's-face" approach to an unpleasant "crisis resolution." I do hope that I can count on this little pistol to "chew-up-his face/head-and-spit-it-out" when called upon to do so. I don't want to see his face in court, only in the County Coroner's photographs.

Scott

Today, I brought my Crvena Zastava Md-70 .32 ACP home! The finish is not that great, but mechanically it is fine! This is a nine-shot single-action auto pistol that, while slightly heavier than most, is more robust than other .32's of it's ilk.

The pistol's heavier weight makes it more stable and it's muzzle resistant to "rolling upward" under recoil. The inherently low recoil of the .32 ACP permits you to pump a goodly number of shots out the barrel with nary a bobble! In a crisis situation, this attribute comes in very handy!

I'll tell you know more later on.

Scott