Very nice! Seems no hand select is the way to go! Any pics of the 1938?
$200 SVT 40s!
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Very nice! Seems no hand select is the way to go! Any pics of the 1938?
I got mine today--a 1941 Tula with a 4 port brake and a small stock repair and a sniper notch. The bore looks very good. For non-"hand select" at $199, I am very pleased.
I needed another one like I need a hole in the head, but the price was right.
I needed another one like I need a hole in the head, but the price was right.
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If the pics below are of a "sniper rail",sniper grooves,whatever, they must have missed one. My other SVT doesn't have it. My new Lever Arms SVT does have it.
I didn't notice it at first until I set the two rifles beside each other.
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Just got mine today! The muzzle made its way through the end of the box, but it was otherwise fine.
A 1943 Tula with a 6 port break, narrow trigger guard, and a non AVT stock. Nice and thin, with no arsenal repairs or marred shellac. Nice, sharp bore and great bluing, too!
Wish I had bought two!
A 1943 Tula with a 6 port break, narrow trigger guard, and a non AVT stock. Nice and thin, with no arsenal repairs or marred shellac. Nice, sharp bore and great bluing, too!
Wish I had bought two!
Those pics of two different rifles, seems one has original notch and another - "field made". To check if your rifle is original sniper find the thread started by Ratnik and see your serial number. Regardless if you have original or field made sniper - you did either excellent or very good, Lever Arms explicitly told me they put aside all snipers and charge extra for them, so it's just another one that slipped though.
I found svts cheaper! anybody got a time machine that will go to 1962?? the prices in the shooting times 1962 make me want to cry. although with inflation $200 is still a bargain! I found an sks in the same magazine (1962) advertised for $250!
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I found svts cheaper! anybody got a time machine that will go to 1962?? the prices in the shooting times 1962 make me want to cry. although with inflation $200 is still a bargain! I found an sks in the same magazine (1962) advertised for $250!
"Priced so low even Nikita may order one!"
F@cking priceless. Thanks for sharing.
Refurb process involved full disassembly of the batch of rifles, let say 100 or so, then examination of the parts, and then assembly back. (That why we see 1944 stocks on 1940 rifles and other wild mixes). The only original serial number kept was one on the receiver. Four others - on trigger guard, on bolt carrier and on bolt and on stock were removed by filing them off. After repairs, re-bluing parts were force matched, and normally with electro-pencil. New numbers were applied on the same spots, so sometime one can see underlying number on stock. The only exception I think is bolt carrier, as original number was on bottom of the handle and new one - on top. Now, sometime instead of using electro-pencil they actually stamped new numbers, and you don't see them very often. To tell if it's original stamp or refurb/repair overstamp one need to compare the font. If you want to see how original serials look like, find my posts in this thread, I posted some pics of 1943 rifle with all matching original numbers I think 2 weeks ago or so.
Multiply those prices by about 8 to get an equivalent in today's dollars. Pretty much meaningless though, as you were less likely to have $30 in disposable income in 1962 as $240 in 2013. The "good old days" for SVT-40's is today.
I found svts cheaper! anybody got a time machine that will go to 1962?? the prices in the shooting times 1962 make me want to cry. although with inflation $200 is still a bargain! I found an sks in the same magazine (1962) advertised for $250!
Guys, where I can buy CLP in Toronto? My CanTire and HomeDepo do not know what is CLP. Is that a brand name or just generic abbreviation for any kind of cleaner-lubricant-preservative?
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An item with a price of $34.95 in 1962 would cost $261.72 today.
The average price of an SVT-40 right now is $299.99, which would cost $40.06 in 1962.
The average median household income in 1962 was $6000, or $44929.97 today. The average median household income in 2012 was $65500, or $8746.94 in 1962.
The cost of an SVT-40 in 1962 represented %0.58 of a family's median household income.
The cost of an SVT-40 Today represents %0.39 of a family's median household income.
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Interestingly, but not shockingly, this rifle has not gone up in value in 53 years; though with the wide availability of the internet and ease of communication and distribution, the quantity of surplus should dry up in the next decade (I hope so, as I ordered a dozen....this sale price is insane, despite being from Lever)
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