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midnightpossum
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Is this the average bore for an SVT ?… great photos by the way!
I've been shopping around for one for a short while and most that I found were similar or in the case of online shopping listed as frosted, which I'd equate to the same as the photos above.
Those are great photos! How'd you do that?
Those are great photos! How'd you do that?
gewehr76
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I won't sugar coat it.
The bore is pitted and dark. Grooves have damage, however lands of rifling looking ok. The lands of barrel is what bullet is riding on and if they are ok then rifle will shoot ok. Another thing to look at is the crown of the barrel as it is very important for accuracy. The sharper definition at the muzzle between grooves and lands is what makes accurate barrel, no matter how dark grooves are.
If SVT barrel looks bright and shiny its not saying that it will shoot good, because during its life its seen steel cleaning rod going over its lands making damage turning it into bullet hose.
The bore is pitted and dark. Grooves have damage, however lands of rifling looking ok. The lands of barrel is what bullet is riding on and if they are ok then rifle will shoot ok. Another thing to look at is the crown of the barrel as it is very important for accuracy. The sharper definition at the muzzle between grooves and lands is what makes accurate barrel, no matter how dark grooves are.
If SVT barrel looks bright and shiny its not saying that it will shoot good, because during its life its seen steel cleaning rod going over its lands making damage turning it into bullet hose.
Mumbles Marble Mouth
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- Lower Mainland
I have one SVT-40 that is really nice. The other is very poor in terms of barrel condition. They both shoot exactly the same for accuracy.
This pics in this thread inspired me to try to take better pics of my new 1942 SVT40's bore that I just bought from Lever Arms.
These are as good as I could take. I know from my experience with my Mosin Nagant rifles that a frosted bore doesn't mean inaccurate in any way. I have both a really nice new looking Mosin and a typical frosted bore and truth be told, I shoot the same with both.
These are as good as I could take. I know from my experience with my Mosin Nagant rifles that a frosted bore doesn't mean inaccurate in any way. I have both a really nice new looking Mosin and a typical frosted bore and truth be told, I shoot the same with both.
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The SVT that I bought from Corwin Arms last spring has a fairly shiny bore aswell 
but I havent got around to testing its accuracy yet :/ I had a HEAVILY pitted bore SVT that I bought from Wholesale Sports... it was minute of pop can at 100yards but would not cycle PERIOD. Your bore looks frosted, but id be much happier with that... than the heavily pitted drainage pipe bores most SVT's tend to have
but I havent got around to testing its accuracy yet :/ I had a HEAVILY pitted bore SVT that I bought from Wholesale Sports... it was minute of pop can at 100yards but would not cycle PERIOD. Your bore looks frosted, but id be much happier with that... than the heavily pitted drainage pipe bores most SVT's tend to have 
