SVT-40: three position safety; w/ double notches in stock for safety...???

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I've recently run across 2 of these fine Russian semi-autos with an odd-ball safety...three position/ambi.

And, instead of a single notch cut into the stock for the safety, there's a notch on both sides of the stock.

Anyone know what this unusual configuration is all about?

Many thanx.
 
That's a refurbed SVT with an AVT stock. Center position is safe (obviously), swing one way for semi auto, swing the other for full auto. Many SVTs were refurbed with AVT stocks, since that version was discontinued quickly and stocks were left over. The rifles you see never had full auto capability, they were just rebuilt with lumber from rifles that were.
 
That makes good sense -- thanx for that.

Do you have an explanation for the three position safety? :)

Was the trigger group also borrowed from the AVT during refurb?

Thanx!
 
If the safety moves over into the automatic notch, all that means is you have a lever from an AVT. The regular lever is rounded on one side to roll into position, and flat on the other to stop; the auto one is fully rounded. The trigger group is likely still a semi-automatic one (an auto group would be Prohibited).

Plenty of rifles were put in the beefier AVT stocks when re-furbished; they're marked with an A and have notches for the lever on either side of the trigger. They had a bunch of A stocks left over since they didn't produce as many autos as they thought they would, plus the thinner standard stocks often developed cracks and needed re-enforcement. Parts were mixed willy-nilly from what was available and would fit. If you have a double-sided notch and lever, you can pretend it's an AVT, but if it doesn't fire continuously on a single trigger pull (and I hope it doesn't), it isn't really.

I've never heard of a rifle showing up with an AVT stock, safety, and trigger. However, if *I* found one like that, no-one would ever know.
 
None of my SVT's swing both ways, but I have heard of numerous people with one's that do and none have been converted auto. It's just an old lever from an AVT as someone else stated. I should actually get one for my collection just as an odd ball piece much like my chromed SVT
 
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