Pistol M57A H5762BL
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The M57A is an upgrade of the basic M57 model. Similar to the design of the Soviet TT pistol, it has been popular for decades due to its proven high quality. This classic single action weapon is known for reliability and precision.
It has an external safety and ergonomic improvements in the polymer hand grip covers.
MSRP: starting at $399.99 (call your dealer for retail pricing)
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Description
Technical Characteristics:
- 7.62x25mm Tokarev
- Semi automatic
- Single Action
- High quality alloy steel
- 4.5″ Barrel
- 9 +1 round capacity
- External safety
- Fixed sights
- Blued steel finish
- Weight 30 oz
M57 A uses by all means a high power ammo, capable of any serious military use. Practically impossible to jam, that military pedigre firearm is a total different choice. Once you got it, you don’t sell it. It is one of those “must have” pistols.
The only reason I don’t give the M57A a 5-star rating is simply because it is an older design, and it would be really nice to see a more modern pistol design in this 7.62×25 caliber. Unlike other, typical TT-33 versions of this pistol, the M57A holds one more round in the magazine, for a total of nine rounds (+1 in the chamber, if you like) and the left side mounted (factory) safety is a vast improvement over no safety, or the badly done post-original manufacture add-on safeties that many of the older versions of this type of pistol have. The M57A is solid steel, loads FMJ or hollow point cartridges very reliably, and the 7.62×25 round this shoots has a very high velocity, has high penetration, as well as a very flat trajectory – for a pistol round. Because of this, especially considering how fairly accurate these pistols can be out of the box, I do wish these pistols came with fully adjustable sights, or even optional night sights – which I think would be just grand. Hopefully Zastava Arms is paying attention to some of this input and eventually gives us some improved sights for these pistols – though the current unmarked iron sights are by no means terrible. They do give a good, straight forward sight picture, but do pretty much disappear in low light conditions. A double-stack magazined, polymer lower receiver version of this pistol, with improved sights, would be pretty cool, but I’m not holding my breath while waiting for that to ever happen.
Zastava has been using this same exact design for this pistol since 1957. I own an old Yugoslavian M57 and let me tell you, it is my favorite pistol to shoot. The all metal construction feels great in the hands and is well balanced. The action is of Browning style and is very smooth. Very little recoil for such a hot round. Very reliable design. Sure it’s an “old” design, but if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The M57 is perfect as-is.