While aimlessly surfing about looking for anything unusual in airsoft I was rewarded by the discovery of the now fairly rare Hudson Tokarev T33 airsoft pistols. These older airsoft pistols represent one of the only Russian pistols ever made as airsoft replicas, and as such they have something of a collectors value to them.

Their value as an actual working airsoft pistol may be somewhat less than significant - I am told they were not the most reliable or accurate or powerful of gas guns - but for the Soviet or Russian enthusiast they are rather iconic.

If you ever played 'Call of Duty 2' you will be familiar with this handgun, and the real thing - like many Soviet armaments - was exported around the globe. The T33 served in Soviet forces right up to the 1960s, but was officially replaced by the Makarov from the 1950s.

Still, if you are a Red Army nut the fact that there are still some pieces of the Hudson replica still available will be good news. The stockist - Tokyohobby.net - says it ships to the UK and the price for the 'heavyweight' ABS version is $137 USD. A bit steep, but I suppose you could justify this against a perspective collectors value.

Link > Tokyohobby.net  Gas blowback recoil pistols page

Link >  World-guns.ru - Tokarev T33 profile page