I'm in the middle of deciding between 2 red rifles at the moment.

SVT-40 first, Mosin second.

The supply of SVT-40's will run out first, and the prices are already climbing.

Even if the supply of fresh Mosins runs out, there will always be a lot more of them floating around on the secondary market, and be easier to acquire.
 
I think we have plenty of both SVTs and MNs to feed second hand market, but prices for SVT-40 are slowly climbing up and no new imports so far.
 
I prefer the Mosin, and manually operated actions in general. Bolts, levers, pumps.
Semi Auto are fun, but only to a point for me. If I want I'll shoot an SKS to fill that urge. Cheaper, more reliable, better designed, and just as or more accurate in most cases.

I say pool your money together and get a Mosin carbine. These are incredibly cool and fun little war/workhorses. Of which are also dwindling in availability.
 
Johnyy said:
Russian Rifles are great! I have m44 & m91/30.. Russian SKS... need a SVT 40 as well...sucks prices are climbing...well, for those who dont own one yet that is! & What about extra mags? Pretty hard to come by, but they use strippers...
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Extra mags are nice but not a big deal if the one you get with the rifle is in good working order, they are fit to the rifle iirc anyway. Loading via stripper clips is just as fast and they are easy to find. I'd like to have an extra two and the proper mag pouch just to have the complete kit it would have been issued with.

To the op, if you look at the price of corwins svt and bayonet combo it's actually a good deal. The bayonet is a nice item and you will be super happy with the quality of martins svt40's. I can't say the same for what you get at wholesale sports.
 
Well they had a few at WS. This is the specimen I chose. Everything looks great and a nice stock too. This one is a 1941.
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All of the guns at Corwin seem to be excellent quality and I'm going to them for a 7+1 Asil 12 gauge when they come in as well as anything else I need for this Svt. This one seems to be in really nice shape though. I'll be keeping it in this condition. I'm putting my old green milsurp sling on it that I still have from my sks. So far I'm pretty happy but still haven't fired her yet.
 
Hey nice looking rifle, good choice on the SVT i am sure you will like it, make sure you clean your gas system if you shoot corrosive ammo.
 
Good looking rifle, let us know how the bore looks when you strip all the cosmoline off. Take note of any play between the stock and receiver once you release the trigger group, front barrel band as well.

But it's a nice looking rifle you picked out, with a receiver rail as well. Corwin sells a great mounting rail that doesn't modify the rifle if you ever decide to mount a scope on it.
 
Fair warning, once you start, you never stop...

This picture is a bit old now... There are "more" in this family now...

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That's a nice collection! ^ You should update the family photo.

I think I have figured out how to read the gas adjustments. Just in case could someone give me a run down on it to make sure I'm understanding correctly? I noticed there is a small hole on top of the gas port. Is that how you tell that you are lined up on the inside with the bore?
 
Yeah, I read that sticky. Its a good guide, buddy did a good job on it. I've already taken the rifle down, de-cosmo'd it and put it back together. I user the method shown in that sticky where you use a unfired round to hold the recoil spring while installing the receiver cover. I didn't have much trouble at all. The rifling in the bore looks sharp and fluid. I think I got a good gun. No corrosion found either. Super easy to get the firing pin out of the bolt, and I didn't even need a hammer for the retainer pin. I'm pretty stoked. I'll try to post another picture with a better shot. Since I know we all love some show and tell.

I also have 100 rounds of this ammo that was given to me. Is it Czech surplus?
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And here it is cleaned and ready to fire
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I also have 100 rounds of this ammo that was given to me. Is it Czech surplus?
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Silver or Gray - "LPS" 147 grain mild steel core bullet. The Czechs called this the type 59 bullet, the Chinese, the type 53. With the green box, I would say it's Czech ammo.

Corrosively primed. Clean after use accordingly.

I've found it shoots "hotter" than the 182 grain heavy ball surplus - basically the same amount of powder pushes the lighter bullet a lot faster - so it hits high relative to the 182 grain stuff (like, a foot high at 100m), so you'll need to adjust your sights back and forth a bit... Or there is a trick I've had some success with.

1. Zero with the Czech silver tip.

2. If you switch over to the heavy ball, or commercial 54R hunting ammo, adjust your rear sight to 300meters, and that will bring you back to zero for the heavier, slower ammo at the 100m line.

Cheers.

And thanks for the compliment on the collection. Yah, I really do need to update that family photo.
 
grelmar said:
Silver or Gray - "LPS" 147 grain mild steel core bullet. The Czechs called this the type 59 bullet, the Chinese, the type 53. With the green box, I would say it's Czech ammo.

Corrosively primed. Clean after use accordingly.

I've found it shoots "hotter" than the 182 grain heavy ball surplus - basically the same amount of powder pushes the lighter bullet a lot faster - so it hits high relative to the 182 grain stuff (like, a foot high at 100m), so you'll need to adjust your sights back and forth a bit... Or there is a trick I've had some success with.

1. Zero with the Czech silver tip.

2. If you switch over to the heavy ball, or commercial 54R hunting ammo, adjust your rear sight to 300meters, and that will bring you back to zero for the heavier, slower ammo at the 100m line.

Cheers.

And thanks for the compliment on the collection. Yah, I really do need to update that family photo.
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Thanks for the ammo tip, that will save some fiddling around. Oh man is this a fun gun to shoot. Actually I lied about finding no corrosion, there was a tiny amount around 1.3 gas value hole so I figured that was what the gun was being used on the most and I decided to try it on that same setting. It seemed to work excellent but very very smokey through the hand gaurds and I did have one malfunction on about the 22nd round which was a click instead of a bang. Im not too worried about it yet, it might be that one round or might have something to do with the cosmo I couldn't get to heating up for the first time and seeping around. It was only one round out of 99 and it was the 22nd. The dent on the primer looked normal compared to the others but did fire on a second try. I also noticed a bit of a ding in the side of the casings at this point. When I took the gaurds down to adjust the gas I noticed the threaded gas nozzle(?) Came a bit loose. I turned the gas setting down a notch to 1.2 after that the casings would either have a very small ding or no ding but a tiny scratch instead. No issues cycling, cases were ejecting anywhere from falling close to my feet to being thrown 6 or 7 feet away. No other ftf's but just the one.
 
Another question since I'm a newby Svt owner. Do you guys lube or grease the threads on the gas valve that screws into the gas block? Because I did, is that okay?

This is my first adjustable gas system. What do you think of my last post about the dings in the side of the casings? Do you think I made the right adjustment?
 
I clean the threads on the gas spigot pretty thoroughly, oil it, then wipe off the excess until it's almost dry, then when I re-install it, I tighten it right the heck down with the SVT wrench/tool.

If it starts to work loose while firing, it isn't tight enough, and you'll eventually come to (very minor) grief. That spigot is also what holds the gas adjustment do-hicky in place. If the spigot comes loose, the do-hicky can start to wander/rotate. Eventually, it will rotate until none of the holes are in alignment, and cut off the gas entirely. At that point, the gun won't cycle, and you'll end up with an extremely stiff straight pull bolt action rifle. And by "extremely stiff" I mean "you might need a rubber mallet to knock the bolt carrier back to extract the case" stiff, especially if you're shooting lacquered case ammo. Once those cases have fire-formed to the chamber, and the lacquer has a few seconds to cool, it's really, really stuck in the chamber. And unlike a turnbolt action - which gives you a fair bit of mechanical advantage when turning the bolt to begin extraction - you don't have any mechanical advantage with a tilt block action when drawing the bolt back to extract.

Learned that all the hard way.
 
Thanks for the helpful info. So I wonder if I should put the gas setting back to 1.3. It works at 1.2 but I get a lot more cases at my feet. At 1.3 there was few landing really close but most were being chucked about 9 or 10 feet forward and to the right as opposed to anywhere within 7 feet at 1.2. Also, say I come across some hotter rounds like 170 - 180 grain. Does that mean I should turn the gas down?
 
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