Tokagypt 58


The Tokagypt 58 is a Hungarian Tokarev pistol copy intended for export purposes chambered for the 9×19mm Parabellum round. The Tokagypt name comes from a combination of Tokarev and Egypt.

History

Prior to the Tokagypt, the Fegyver- és Gépgyár produced the M48 pistol, a local Tokarev copy from 1948 until 1958. About 100,000 were manufactured.
FEG was awarded a contract in 1957 to provide 30,000 pistols. The Tokagrypt was manufactured in 1958. Egypt cancelled the contract after 13,250 pistols were provided. The rest were sold commercially by FÉG. Some of the Tokagypts went to Germany and the US for commercial sales. It has not been made clear on why the contract was cancelled.

Design

Tokagypts differ from the M48 by an external thumb safety, an ergonomic wraparound grip, and a magazine with a finger rest. The pistol uses a 7-round box magazine.
Its construction is primarily of forged and machined steel, with a matte blued finish. The grips are of wrap-around rubber ribbed on the side to improve ergonomics.

Variants

TU-90

Direct clone of the Tokagypt 58.

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