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ChiCom M20 Tokarev with Death History Provenance
Guns International #: 102667515 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: 7.62x25 Tokarev Pistols - Military Pistols - Non-US
Seller's Information
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Seller: tolinv
Member Since: 9/21/15
First Name: Bill
State: Ohio
Country: United States
Seller: Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: USPS Money Order
Description:
This gun is no longer offered for sale. This is an interesting ChiCom 7.62x25 Tokarev M20 pistol made in China during the 1950’s/early 1960's. It was a Vietnam War bring back.
On July 18th, 1984 it was in the possession of a twenty-three year old jewelry dealer in West Palm Beach, Florida. He maintained a booth in a local flea market, and dealt a lot in gold and silver jewelry. In the weeks leading up to the night of July 18th he had noticed several suspicious people scoping out his booth at the flea market. On the evening of the 18th at approximately 9:00pm he answered a knock at the front door of his home in West Palm Beach and two people he didn’t recognize forced their way in. He’d answered the door with a semi-automatic ChiCom Tokarev in his hand and as the first robber came charging through the door in a football tackle the jewelry dealer shot him once in the upper back, causing him to immediately drop to the floor. He tried to fire again, but the ammunition in the Tokarev was Military Surplus machine gun ammo and the gun failed to fire a second round. While the jewelry dealer ran to get a shotgun the second burglar dragged his dying accomplice out to a waiting Mercedes Benz 450SL and immediately squealed out of the driveway in a hail of gunfire. Police were nearby and the Mercedes was seen turning into a large dark open development area behind some commercial buildings. The deceased burglar was pushed from the car. The other burglar abandoned the Mercedes and hid out overnight in the swampy development where he was ultimately arrested.
Both burglars were found to have duct tape on their fingers to avoid leaving finger prints. Oddly, the Mercedes belonged to one of the burglar’s female lawyer. He told police he had taken it without her knowledge.
The young jewelry dealer was not charged and his gun was not taken by police.
In the mid-1990’s the jewelry dealer moved to Ohio. His girlfriend at the time did not like having the gun around and I ultimately bought it from him.
The gun comes with a number of pages of police reports regarding the incident that were given to the jewelry dealer.
As to the pistol itself, it is one of the M20 Tokarevs furnished to the North Vietnamese Army that had an 8 digit long serial number, in this case the number is N1113981. The letter n and the three ones were there in the hopes of convincing the Americans that there were millions of the these guns coming into use by the NVA. In truth, only the last four digits of the serial number mean anything. This gun is numbered below four thousand, and shows the serial number on the left side of the frame and also on the top of the slide where it is marked M20. It also has the star grips. These pistols were unmarked as to country of origin since they were being made and supplied clandestinely by the Chinese Communists.
A fascinating piece in and of itself, with a fascinating history of actual self defense use.
I have had this pistol and its provenance in my collection for nearly thirty years and it's now time to sell it, so no trade offers please. $2600 or best offer.
This is a firearm and will have to transfer from a local FFL to your local FFL. Please ask any questions.
SOLD