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

Id run it at the lowest gas setting it will properly function at, then adjust it as needed depending on the ammo you're shooting at the time. Easy to adjust when you have the proper wrench at hand.
 
Ok, judging by the ejection and condition of the casings 1.2 is probably it. Any lower and it might get stove pipes. Do you find yourself changing your setting when you change ammo? I'd imagine more grain but a heavier bullet wouldn't make much difference. Nothing a little trial can't figure out.
 
grelmar said:
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.
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When adjusting mine I always turn it up (or down I can't remember now sitting on the couch without it in front of me but easy to figure out once you can look at it)
Say I want to go from 1.4 to 1.3 I go all the way around not just turn it down the .1. I found that this way, because the fitting inside holds the gas adjustment in place, you are always tightening it and you don't have to keep taking it apart.

I also found my SVT hated "good" ammo. It wouldn't cycle even on the highest setting and more often than not I had to grab the bolt handle and bump the butt on the seat at the range to get the stuck casing out. I finally got my surplus ammo in, adjusted the gas system and AWAAAAAY it went not a single issue.
 
ShotgunNut said:
Ok, judging by the ejection and condition of the casings 1.2 is probably it. Any lower and it might get stove pipes. Do you find yourself changing your setting when you change ammo? I'd imagine more grain but a heavier bullet wouldn't make much difference. Nothing a little trial can't figure out.
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I don't find I have to fiddle with the setting much between ammo, my first 1941 svt was set at 1.3 when I got it and it's run through new norinco, Bulgarian silver tip, mfs fmj & soft point and recently Czech surplus without any hicups at 1.3 My seconds 41 was at 1.3 and it would fte every 2-3 rounds with now norc and Bulgarian, I turned it up to 1.5 and it stopped the fte. Now it runs through anything at 1.5, next time I'm out I'll try 1.3 again and see what it does.
 
It's such a huge round and a gun that cycles it reliably in semi auto is pretty freeking awesome. Although it gave me a head ache but that also probably had to do with the cosmo seeping out of the front sight glaring the sun into my eye. Pretty powerful though I love it.
 
Buy a Mosin AND his older brother the SVT-40 !!

I do not regret buying either and it is fun at the range to alternate between the two !!

Don't listen to the haters... the SVT-40 gas system is super easy to clean. There are several YouTube videos on the subject.
 
greywolf67nt said:
BOTH
Just do yourself a favour and buy both and a crate of 7.62X54R and giv'er.
The only words of advice I can give you is in my own personal experience the SVT hates good ammo. I had some "good" (can't remember the make) ammo for my Nagant and it WOULD NOT work in the SVT. The case kept jamming in the chamber. Bought a crate (well actually 4) of surplus and it runs through it like water.
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I would go along with the good ammo comment. I tried some modern hunting rounds and the SVT didn't really like them. Hard to get the gas dialed in but with milsup works every time. Love that SVT. Easy shooting with a pretty heavy bullet and its cool factor is of the chart. Also have a hex receiver Mosin but the SVT is more accurate and much more fun. 7.62x54R with no recoil pad is not a lot of fun.
 
Butcherbill said:
Slap a maxi pad on there and you're good to go!

You made that too easy and I couldn't help myself, x54r and a mosin has given me a few bruises but it's worth the grin it puts on my face. Last outing I put 100+ rounds through it.
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Yup. I have put so many rounds through my Mosin that it was melting the cosmoline out of the wood and spraying it everywhere. Lots of fun but (pun intended) a pretty sore shoulder the next day.
 
grinder08 said:
Yup. I have put so many rounds through my Mosin that it was melting the cosmoline out of the wood and spraying it everywhere. Lots of fun but (pun intended) a pretty sore shoulder the next day.
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I just grabbed a rubber butt pad for my mosins, installed them but have yet to try them out. Will be interesting to see how much less the felt recoil is, in inch more lop is always nice on the Russians though.
 
Maybe I have fleshy shoulders, I don't know, but no gun has made me sore yet. Not this caliber, not 300 win mag, not 1600 fps slugs not even 338... I'm lucky I guess, blessed with recoil tolerant shoulder. Or maybe its technique that saves the arm?
 
ShotgunNut said:
Maybe I have fleshy shoulders, I don't know, but no gun has made me sore yet. Not this caliber, not 300 win mag, not 1600 fps slugs not even 338... I'm lucky I guess, blessed with recoil tolerant shoulder. Or maybe its technique that saves the arm?
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I have a bad right shoulder so any recoil significant firearm gives me trouble. Any full power .30 and up, semis are OK, I even have trouble with a box of 44mag which is a pity because I rather like 44mag revolvers. The joys of getting older and abusing your body.
 
Thresher said:
The l.o.p. increase can be helpful but are you shooting an M38 or M44? I never found the full length 91 or 91/30 really hard on recoil.
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Both are 91/30's, I don't find the recoil terrible but it's a two part reason for buying a pad. 1" longer LOP & and a old shoulder injury. After about a 100 rounds out of a mosin my shoulder is pretty sore, I'd like to shoot more sometimes but don't want to be a wreck at work the next day. I find if I shoot with a sling and get things braced nice and solid it's not usually an issue, the extra LOP on my sks was nice so I figured I'd give it a try on the mosin's
 
grinder08 said:
I have a bad right shoulder so any recoil significant firearm gives me trouble. Any full power .30 and up, semis are OK, I even have trouble with a box of 44mag which is a pity because I rather like 44mag revolvers. The joys of getting older and abusing your body.
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HAd two surgeries on mine, I know where you're coming from
 
I have a shoulder injury too but most of the damage is in the back. I had the pleasentry of falling head first off a roof and bringing a ladder down with me with my arm through the rungs and landing on it on a stairwell. I knew the meaning of pain that day. Give me a few years, I'm sure the recoil will start to wear on me. I can't arm wrestle anymore unless I know I'll win. My arm goes back so far and then my whole body starts to go with it because of the way it healed.
 
ShotgunNut said:
Maybe I have fleshy shoulders, I don't know, but no gun has made me sore yet. Not this caliber, not 300 win mag, not 1600 fps slugs not even 338... I'm lucky I guess, blessed with recoil tolerant shoulder. Or maybe its technique that saves the arm?
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Yes you are lucky. Technique helps but a bad shoulder is a bad shoulder and the recoil still has to go into the shoulder area. I don't really get pain at the point where the butt rests but it still rattles the shoulder around pretty well. Not going to stop shooting it but the SVT is certainly much easier in terms of recoil.
 
For me i got a mosin ,, love it ,, got a sks ,, love it ,,wanted a svt but just never got it ,, guess my Russian its got scratched enough
one thing for sure , you could always sell it and not lose a penny
safe shooting
 
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