Ever since 7.62×25 Tokarev ammo showed up dirt cheap on the market here in the US, people have been hankering for a light, handy carbine to shoot it. We’ve seen a few such guns show up to meet the demand – semiauto builds of PPS43 and PPSh41 submachineguns and the occasional Sterling chambered for it. Those are neat, but what I would really like to build is a Type 64 Chinese SMG.
It’s the same basic unlocked blowback action as most submachineguns, but coupled with an integral suppressor. Now there’s a good use for a pistol-caliber carbine! To build it right would require two tax stamps (short barrel and suppressor, not including the full auto capacity the real ones have), but I think it would be well worth it if done right. The receiver is a fairly simple machined block of steel, and nothing in the build would be all that complicated.
This is definitely on my to-do list of projects. If you’re interested in doing the same (or just seeing more of the gun), you can find a plethora of detailed photos on the Chinese Type 64 suppressed SMG page in the Vault.
Hey Ian,
Have you ever come the ammunition they made for this submachinegun? The stuff with the 120 grain steel core projectiles?