1941 Podolsk SVT-40 sold for $5,490.00 USD!!

Horilka said:
Bolt carrier finish?
Click to expand...

"Plum" bolt.

Yah, I know, best way to get SVT geeks arguing is discussing when/how bolt carriers went from "in the white" to the plum bolt finish, if it was original to the time of manufacture and if so did all factories do it, or if it was only done as part of post war refurb...

I'm going to avoid any further discussion on it. Ask 5 different SVT geeks about it, you'll get 10 different answers.
 
The exact dates are not known, but otherwise it's all clear and there should be no 10 different answers. With first examples in the end of 1941 and even on some trial rifles mass production of blued carriers started in Dec 1941 - Jan 1942 at Mednogorsk factory.
 
Horilka said:
The exact dates are not known, but otherwise it's all clear and there should be no 10 different answers. With first examples in the end of 1941 and even on some trial rifles mass production of blued carriers started in Dec 1941 - Jan 1942 at Mednogorsk factory.
Click to expand...

That's what I had remembered but I don't know a lot about the Podolsk production admittedly.
 
I copied and pasted the link to the auction from a US firearm board. They were extremely critical about this sale and it appeared some of them were present and had a chance to examine the rifle. Apparently there was a big crack in the stock that was withheld from the photos and the item description....The other subject being discussed was whether it was a Finn capture or not. The general consensus was that it is. There was also some debate if a marking behind the trigger guard was a possible German waffenamt.

I was going to post a link to the discussion, but it appears it has been taken down.

Brookwood
 
Like your sig line Brookwood! Does the high price reflect the fact that there were no import marks on it? Or was it just a pissing match that ended shy of 6K?
 
Hightrailtracker said:
with a cleaned / white bolt .........................
Click to expand...

Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-198-1394-18A,_Russland,_Soldat_mit_russischem_Gewehr.jpg
 
Aniest said:
Maybe because of the serial # 1812, being representative of the War of 1812, it had some "beyond real" value to the buyer?
Click to expand...

lol I suppose the great sir Isaac Brock defended the great hordes of American's with his trusty Podolsk SVT-40....

SVT-40's just go for more down there - many reasons why.

Just look at what the Bulgarian ones get too... I think Horilka posted a link a while back, was it $4600?

A 1949 SKS sold for over 10,000 down there a few years back - im not kidding.

As for bolts... they came in both blued and white originally, depending on factory and year. I have seen Finnish ones with blued bolts, and some have purple, black, gold etc. all depending on the metal reaction with the batch of blueing.

They were all re-blued post war, during refurb. However some were made blue to begin with.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom