Bent TT Frame...

[herr_cobblermachen]

Not too awful long ago I was given a Norinco Tokarev (no safety business, no importer mark, so bringback?) I was given two broomhandles too in real rough shape (wonderful birthday gifts). The TT was missing a few pieces: grips, mag, takedown pin keeper. small potatoes. Bought some rubber grips, but they were a real peel to get on there. I inserted the mag, but it didn't fit? I pulled a mag out of a cz52 and tried that as they'll interchange-ish, and no joy. Scratched my head on that for a few weeks. Got looking at it real good and as the title suggests, the frame itself is bent very slightly to one side.

Anyone got a skill at resolving these kinds of things?

 

[herr_cobblermachen]

Toe of the magwell twists ever so slightly

 

[Amanda4461]

I had a Norinco 1911 a little like that. Stripped it bare, inserted in vise, applied heat gun on max temp for 15 minutes, inserted a junk GI magazine and ball-peened that poor thing into submission. It fed Wilson mags fine ever after. If it had been blued and not Parkerized, I would have used a flat steel bar as a buffer, but it would still make a mark.

 

[herr_cobblermachen]

I thought about a solid metal mag shaped thing that could be machined to help with the reshaping but never came across one. You ain't wrong tho. Wonder if a vise, some heat, and a pipe on a pipe wrench could take the twist out of it