Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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Tokarev TT R-3 training pistol

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 R-3, cal. .22, pistol.

What this entry requires

  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1945–1959.

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
Russia (U.S.S.R.)
Manufacturer
Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (State Mechanical Plant No. 622)²
Type
Pistol
Action
Semi-auto⁵
Caliber
.22⁶
Made
c. 1945–1959production; ATF states no date³⁴
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section II · PDF p. 15 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “TT pistol” ↗, general: Wikipedia lists a TT-3 .22 LR training pistol (prototype stage only); no R-3 production data
  2. historypistols.ru ↗, maker: historypistols.ru, "Спортивные пистолеты Р-3 и Р-4" (2013): designed by G. V. Sevryugin's team at the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (then State Mechanical Plant No. 622); "Начиная с 1945 года пистолеты Р-3 и Р-4 выпускал Ижевский механический завод"
  3. historypistols.ru ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): work on a TT-based smallbore training pistol began April 1945; Izhevsk produced the R-3 and R-4 "from 1945" (the R-4 a little after the R-3); no end year
  4. Wikipedia, “ТТ” ↗, years (estimate: partly supports it): "в 1950-е годы в СССР на базе ТТ был создан спортивно-тренировочный пистолет Р-3 под малокалиберный 5,6-мм патрон" (disagrees with 1945; y covers both)
  5. historypistols.ru ↗, action: fixed barrel with a free (blowback) bolt working the self-loading action, 5.6 mm (.22 LR) rimfire
  6. historypistols.ru ↗, calibers: 5.6 mm rimfire (.22 LR)
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
3 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passEditorial confidence: Low → Medium. Re-rated after supporting references were added or re-checked.
  2. Evidence passYears: 1935–1955 → 1945–1959. Historypistols.ru dates development from April 1945 and Izhevsk production from 1945, while Russian Wikipedia's ТТ article places the R-3's creation in the 1950s
  3. Evidence passMaker: Tula Arsenal → Izhevsk Mechanical Plant (State Mechanical Plant No. 622). Historypistols.ru: the TT-based Р-3 was designed by G. V. Sevryugin at the Izhevsk Mechanical Plant, which made the R-3 and R-4 from 1945

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Historical context

TT pistol (base model shown for Tokarev TT R-3 training pistol)
Shown: a standard Tokarev TT pistol, not this .22 R-3 training pistol.

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.