# Is there a handgun equivalent of the AK-47?

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**Created:** [March 26, 2014, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-handgun-equivalent-of-the-ak-47/684596 "2014-03-26T09:35:58Z")\
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> [@thelurkinghorror](#):
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> Doesn’t the TT pistol (Tokarev) take apart pretty much like a 1911?

I don’t know… I only have a Makarov, which really IS dirt-simple, since it’s a straight-up blowback pistol with the barrel fixed to the frame. Which makes it a lot more accurate than you’d think a cheap pistol like that ought to be, actually.

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