My little family of svt-40's with bayonet's
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Eaglelord17
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- Sault Ste. Marie
Nice collection. I have one and I absolutely love how it looks with the bayonet.
MauserMike
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- SW Ontario
Where can you get bayonets? Would like one for mine!
The bayonets are scarce and expensive but can be found. I got mine off of Ebay.com and they came from Eastern Europe except for the top one that I got from a dealer in Texas. There are a couple of dealer's in Canada that have them for $250 each and they are refurbished after the war.
MauserMike
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- SW Ontario
Now I know why I don't have a bayonet for mine LOL. Seriously, they cost as much as the rifle!
Most cost between $250-$500 depending on type and condition at retail. If you keep your eye out on Ebay.com(not ca. because quite often I've found they won't show up on our Canada Ebay)you can get them cheaper. I recently got two unfurbished for $175US each from a dealer in the Czech Republic. My rifle's just seemed incomplete without the original bayonets. I look at it this way. The SVT's we get are in almost new condition after they were refurbished. In the US they pay over $1000 for the basic rifle with nothing else. So if you add the $300 or cheaper(rifle) to the $250 bayonet that is only $550! That's still pretty cheap for a quality rifle with great history!!! And it's cheaper than the beat up Mauser's you see for sale coming from Russia. That's just my two cents lol...
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Wow, nice collection!
Do you actually shoot those or just admire them? And why 5? What is the difference- if any- between those rifles? Yes I can see some of those have early or late muzzle break. But what else? Please tell us. Would love to know.
Do you actually shoot those or just admire them? And why 5? What is the difference- if any- between those rifles? Yes I can see some of those have early or late muzzle break. But what else? Please tell us. Would love to know.
Santoneski
Regular
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- Hamilton, On
I just got a mosin but I think an SVT will be my next purchase. Whats the major difference between the muzzle ports?
Got any mosins?Eaglelord17
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The 6 port muzzle breaks are on earlier rifles, the two port muzzle breaks are on later rifles (mine is a 1941 and it has the two port muzzle break).
gunsaholic
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- Winnipeg, Manitoba
Very nice collection. I think I have 6 of them but only one bayonet (so far).
As to differences between various years. There were 3 producers of these, Izhevsk, Tula and Podolsk. Podolosk is the less common of the 3 and produced them for less than a year. Izhevsk produced them in 1940 and 41, then went back to turning out Mosin Nagants. Tula produced them until 1945. Early guns had narrower stocks, narrow trigger guards, 6 port muzzle brakes, 8 port gas chambers, scope rails and the stock only had a notch on one side of the trigger for the safety. Later guns had a wider stock, wider trigger guard, 4 port muzzle brake and a notch on each side of the trigger guard. Also, while most of the 1940 and 41 guns had scope rails, a low number of them did not. The scope rail was done away with in 1942. Some early guns also had a notch at the end of the receiver for locking the sniper scope in place.
Anyhow, these are some of the differences between years. There may be more and I may have some of this incorrect but that's how I understand it from my research so far. Some models were quite low in production and bring a fair dollar, particularly in the US.
As to differences between various years. There were 3 producers of these, Izhevsk, Tula and Podolsk. Podolosk is the less common of the 3 and produced them for less than a year. Izhevsk produced them in 1940 and 41, then went back to turning out Mosin Nagants. Tula produced them until 1945. Early guns had narrower stocks, narrow trigger guards, 6 port muzzle brakes, 8 port gas chambers, scope rails and the stock only had a notch on one side of the trigger for the safety. Later guns had a wider stock, wider trigger guard, 4 port muzzle brake and a notch on each side of the trigger guard. Also, while most of the 1940 and 41 guns had scope rails, a low number of them did not. The scope rail was done away with in 1942. Some early guns also had a notch at the end of the receiver for locking the sniper scope in place.
Anyhow, these are some of the differences between years. There may be more and I may have some of this incorrect but that's how I understand it from my research so far. Some models were quite low in production and bring a fair dollar, particularly in the US.
Yes, I did have two Mosin's, a Finnish one and an earlier Russian one but sold them both. I do have a few SKS's now even though they are frowned upon by the communist RCMP as being assault, rocket launching, poisonous gas delivering, holocaust, baby killing, and virgin raping weapons of mass destruction. Yes, those claims are all true because I've seen it on CBC last night after Hockey Night in Canada...
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DJdeadlyDALEK
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- Waterloo Region of Ontario
You're catching up to me fast, Yarmouth! Here's a little less then half of my SVT's here:
Lol...I did have 14 SVT's but I sold off most and just kept the 5 for now. My plan now is to buy the bayonet first and then a rifle to pair with it! Love your SVT-38! Great family pic DJ! Is the dalek in the background your eldest child?
