The Unofficial P64 Resource Forum

Many Happy Returns, and thanks for all the great pics.

Bret- Welcome to the forum.
If you ever travel south about 100 miles to San Angelo, drop me a pm and we'll head to the range for some fun.

Hey Ski- Welcome to the forum, we're glad you joined up!
Great bunch of guys here and a ton of info.
How 'bout some pics of your new P-64?

Shooting the Tokarev takes the fun factor to a whole new level. Available many places for just over 2 bills. Still plenty of surplus ammo around for about 10 cents a round. Wolf Gold even makes an 85 grn. JHP. Makes a great range gun for targets or just plain plinking. I've got three, 2 Romys and 1 ...

Sweet looking grips, really makes your pistol stand out.
Very nice pics too, thanks for sharing.

Very cool looking collection Thanks for sharing.

Very nice restoration Norm, fine additions to your collection.

NORMSUTTON wrote: I have to take some pix of all of them and post them
NORM

I for one would love to see a group pic.

Welcome to the forum.
$200.00 is the gun show price here also, hard to find one like new however. Let us know how she shoots.

Nice looking rig, and welcome to the forum.

Congrats on a great little pistol and welcome to the forum.

Norm,
That Vesta is one cool little pocket pistol
I'll 2nd the request for a range report, kinda curious what kid of accuracy that little lady has in the 5-7 yard range.

I'll 2nd the advise given for a good overnight soaking. I use mineral spirits followed by compressed air.
Only time i've had a pistol fail to return to battery was due to a weak recoil spring. Installed a new spring and my problem was solved.

Don't know if this has already been posted, but here is a VG website for locating the some of best ammo (and firearm) deals online. Type in your zip and it will factor in shipping costs. Hope this helps.
http://gun-deals.com/ammo.php?caliber=9 ... Makarov%29

S&B FMJ runs $19.00 + tax at our local gunshop. Gun show ammo prices around here are crazy. The very same Monarch brand 9x18 FMJ i can buy at our local Academy for $9.00 for 50 rnds. is priced at $25.00. As already stated, online prices are much more reasonable. I like to buy here because of the...

Turned out very nice Norm, as different as night and day.
Few questions if i may:
Any idea what was the cause of the damage to the original finish? Appears to be some sort of chemical spill?
New grips made by yourself? Type of grip material?
All in all, a very good looking rig.