Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Tokarev TT-30

Section II: curio or relic, still subject to the Gun Control Act

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION II · VERBATIM · PDF P. 15 ↗

Russian (U.S.S.R.), Tokarev, Model TT, 1930, pistol, cal. 7.62, mfd. at the Tula Arsenal, Tula, U.S.S.R., from 1939 through 1956.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESMade or imported as stated: “mfd. at the Tula Arsenal”
  • ATF REQUIRESMade 1939–1956 (ATF’s dates)ATF: “from 1939 through 1956”

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Russia (U.S.S.R.)Basis: the ATF wording
Manufacturer
Tula ArsenalBasis: outside reference ¹
Type
PistolBasis: the ATF wording
Action
Semi-autoBasis: outside reference ²
Caliber
7.62×25mmBasis: the ATF wording
Made
1939–1956Basis: the ATF wording
Service
Military

Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 15 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
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References
  1. 1. Wikipedia, “TT pistol” ↗, maker: Wikipedia: infobox manufacturer Tula Arms Plant
  2. 2. Wikipedia, “TT pistol” ↗, action: Wikipedia: semi-automatic pistol, short recoil, locked breech
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
None

Historical context

Tokarev TT-30

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “Tokarev TT33 (6825679152).jpg” by Askild Antonsen, CC BY 2.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “TT pistol”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The TT-30, commonly known simply as the TT or Tokarev, is a semi-automatic pistol designed and produced in the Soviet Union. The TT was designed by Fedor Tokarev and served as the service pistol of the Soviet Armed Forces and Militsiya from 1931 to 1951.