Kovrov firing pin (UPDATE ON PAGE 5)

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

Pulled this out of my '41 Kovrov (Podolosk) SVT-40 and noticed she had some interesting markings on her, so I thought I'd pop a pic up here of the firing pin. Can't recall if I ever noticed this on my others, but I don't always pull the firing pin out. Last one I remember doing was on a '42 Tula (Mednogorsk) a couple months back and I don't remember seeing this then:



That was the best quality pic I could get on my Note 3

 

[haretrigger]

I can't say I ever recall noticing those kind of markings on any of my SVT 40's... Interesting. Paging Ratnik!

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

Yeah, Ratnik might know. I'm tempted to rip apart all of my SVT's and check out all the firing pins...but we'll hang off on that for a bit till some other people chime in. Maybe it's a Kovrov thing?

 

[Horilka]

Looks like Tula star to me.

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

There's three marks there and I don't think any of them look like the Tula star?? Are you seeing something else that makes you think she's from Tula, Oleg?

 

[Horilka]

Yes, I think middle marking is two lower left vertices of star.
P.S. Idea of taking apart all my SVTs scares me to hell.

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

Lol
That doesn't scare me but it will be very very time consuming

 

[Magellann]

The first two letters look like letters from the cryllic alphabet. The one one the right I'm not sure.

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

That one on the right kind of looks like an R inside a square

 

[silverfoxdj]

Interesting for sure

 

[Horilka]

That letter similar to "R" inside the square I often see on Tula parts. I don't think I saw it on Izhevsk or Podolsk.

 

[Magellann]

That one on the right kind of looks like an R inside a square

I stared at it a while longer and still couldn't figure it out.

 

[Horilka]

I stared at it a while longer and still couldn't figure it out.

Have you had 200gr of vodka before you started? It's minimum requirement when you deal with Soviet guns

 

[Rad Russian]

Have you had 200gr of vodka before you started? It's minimum requirement when you deal with Soviet guns

Horilka would help too

 

[Magellann]

Ive had enough of that and still couldn't read it.

 

[tootall]

Horilka would help too

Now it makes sense!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horilka

 

[silverfoxdj]

Have you had 200gr of vodka before you started? It's minimum requirement when you deal with Soviet guns

lol..How did you know

 

[silverfoxdj]

Now it makes sense!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horilka

A glass full with a plate of perogies and you have a gourmet meal

 

[Magellann]

Had those too!

 

[DJdeadlyDALEK]

I feel the urge to drink all of a sudden