What is a Tokagypt?

[FourTenJaeger]

I've been told they are Hungarian, But also Egyptian as well.. So do inform me.

How much should I pay for one? Is $300 a fair price?

[Emdawg]

Apparently they were a sub-species of the Russian Tokarev. They were made in Hungary in 9mm Parabellum. They were designated as the M48 Pistol. The Egyptian Army, and later police, contracted a number of them and were redesignated as the T-58. The Tokagypt alias is an official joke it seems. They are pretty rare from my humble understanding. $300 sounds alright.

[Marcus von W.]

It's a Tokarev pistol variation made in Hungary in the 1950's for Nassar's Egypt. As I recall, Nassar was deposed or something before they were delvivered and I think they got sold elsewhere. Last time I remember any even small quantity of them on the collector's market was when I lived in Germany in the 1979-1980 period, so they are not very common at all.

For a nice original one, I think $300 would be a very good price.

[Emdawg]

No, the Egyptian Army reneged on the contract. Some did go to their police forces though. They are just one of the variations of the Soviet weapons that their little minion republics made. The Hungarians preferred 9mm Parabellum to 9mm Makarov or 7.62x25 Tokarev it seems.

General Nasser died in 1970.

[Mike A]

Actually it was the Egyptians who specified 9x19 Parabellum for their handguns. The Hungarians may well have "preferred" 9mm Parabellum, but they weren't calling the shots at that time, so their official handgun and SMG rounds were 7.62x25--what Mother Russia specified. 9mm Mak was still in the future for most of the satellites.