$200 SVT 40s!

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Christ, fellas, if you're going to reply to someone with photos in their post, remove them. We don't need to see the same pictures 5 times in a single page.
 
Just a heads up about surplus guns. Each crate is different. Some have slings, pouches, tools etc and some don't. What ever is in the crate we divide up between the guns and ship it with them.

Ryan
 
DJdeadlyDALEK said:
I dunno. I like seeing that '39 dated SVT-40 over and over again, Don ;)
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Quiet you! You've already got one to fawn over :p lol

SVT's are on the way from Lever, FINALLY. Never doing this money-order nonsense again. Hopefully I get a surprise in there, or at the very least a pair with un-butchered stocks. Guys in this thread are claiming the pickings are slim though. Did you get yours yet? (too lazy to go through the whole thread to check)
 
Some things I never want to see mentioned again:

1. Kovrov. Try Podolsk.

2. Naval. No it's not.

3. Sniper rail but no notch. A ‘sniper’ has both.

4. SVT-38 magazine. Actually it's early-style magazine.

(Aside: people replying and quoting all the pictures.)

But most of all:

5. Izzy. STOP IT.

With that out of the way, I also couldn't resist the lure of $199 SVTs, even though I've already got so many I probably forgot where I buried them all. Went for two to start with, and didn't specify any features, nor pay the extra fee for such. (Landed price to Nova Scotia $250 and change, darn the tax.)

What I received were fairly ordinary examples, in great [re-furbished] condition, with no particularly rare or desireable features. A 1941 and a '43. A Tula and an Izhevsk. One with scope rails. One gold bolt, one plum. Both 12-port brakes. Both narrow trigger guards. And so on. Not really worth plugging up the thread with more pictures.

One stock is early thin-wristed, the other thicker and with a ‘repair’ (not really) eliminating the un-needed AVT selection notch; this is the only such patch, and I was actually rather hoping they might send one with a dozen pieces replaced, which would be a change. With everyone seeming to request the later loop-sling slotted stock, it's not surprising they sent the earlier standard type to a guy who didn't pay extra.

Bores aren't completely scrubbed out and test-fired yet, but they look really good, and better than I expected.

Accessories were one ammunition pouch for rounds on chargers, three tools (punch, jag, handle), and ‘Mickey Mouse’ oil/solvent bottle (and of course the cleaning rod and magazine which attach to the rifle). No sling, no tool pouch (as shown in the picture of the whole crate).

Packed in 28 kilograms of Cosmoline. In all, not disappointed, and well worth the cost at this ridiculous bargain basement price, though if you're collecting and need certain features, I don't know how reliable their ‘hand-pick’ service is.

When the next pile of money comes in, I'll see about justifying getting a crate (if they still have any available). The posted crate picture shows two types of slings, tool kit pouches, oil bottle pouches. Looks like a scope cover as well, am I crazy? (Please don't tell me you got bayonets and scopes/mounts in your crate.) Any parts in the tool kit besides the three I mentioned? Did you get the crate's original inventory slip, as well?
 
Don Kael said:
Quiet you! You've already got one to fawn over :p lol

SVT's are on the way from Lever, FINALLY. Never doing this money-order nonsense again. Hopefully I get a surprise in there, or at the very least a pair with un-butchered stocks. Guys in this thread are claiming the pickings are slim though. Did you get yours yet? (too lazy to go through the whole thread to check)
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Wasn't happy with mine, put it up for trades. Only reason I wasn't happy was because I went the hand select route, asked them for a '42 Izzy (yup, I said Izzy lol lol lol) and when they called and said they didn't have a '42, I said the only other year I need is a 1940 Izzy and I asked nicely for one without any arsenal repairs. I got a 1941 with one patch. She's nice, nothing wrong with her, but I have three of that year now and wouldn't have spent any money, even though it's sooooooooo cheap as everyone keeps saying, on something I already had duplicates of.

She's still on the EE. Had one guy on here say he'd trade me straight up for his 1940 if I covered shipping and I said sure but he doesn't reply to my messages anymore so I'm thinking he was struck by lightning or has freezing cold feet for some reason
 
I honestly don't know why that drives Red nuts. Izzy is just a short form, Kovrov can be thought of as a nick name and 38 mag is just as accurate as "early magazine"

I don't care what anyone wants to call any part of an SVT - I just like talking about them and seeing pics and sharing my insanity (on collecting these beauties)
 
DJdeadlyDALEK said:
Wasn't happy with mine, put it up for trades. Only reason I wasn't happy was because I went the hand select route, asked them for a '42 Izzy (yup, I said Izzy lol lol lol) and when they called and said they didn't have a '42, I said the only other year I need is a 1940 Izzy and I asked nicely for one without any arsenal repairs. I got a 1941 with one patch. She's nice, nothing wrong with her, but I have three of that year now and wouldn't have spent any money, even though it's sooooooooo cheap as everyone keeps saying, on something I already had duplicates of.
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Sounds like they tried to select what you wanted, and when they found that they could not they sent you the next best that they had.
There is no pleasing some people.
 
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