Mechanical Problems with SVT 40's?

I have a 1942 and the only thing wrong with it is sometimes i get a light primer strike. But when i take those rounds and put it in my Mosin they go bang all the time.

It's fun to shoot and a ##### to clean...
 
The SVT design may have been advanced for it's time, but the execution was crude and results were inconsistent.
 
I own 2 SVT-40s and both work flawlessly.

The only issue I have is re-attaching the trigger assembly after a thorough cleaning... but have figured out a way that works for me.

For those of you who say that cleaning an SVT is PITA... you aren't doing it often enough to get good at it. I shot black powder flintlock muskets for the first 10 years of my "shooting life" so I think nothing of cleaning my SVT-40s after a nice long range session.
 
VuDu666 said:
Bolt on my rifle randomly grabs dust cover, drags in forward and gets jammed. Doesn't happen during dry cycling. I posted a question on here and got couple of suggestions. I will try it out next time I go shooting.
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Sounds like the bolt cover notch or rear spring guide are out of spec and the guide is popping out of the notch. If you get replacement parts from Numrich (both in stock) you can swap them out one at a time (or potentially both) to see which is the problem.
 
I've had or continue to have several. No real serious issues. I think a lot of these were done a little sloppily at refurb time, most of the issues are related to fit. I sure would like to have seen an original one, the way it was when it left the factory.... Hard to say just how they may have performed in WWII otherwise. The Germans and Finns sure seemed to appreciate them.
 
In the hands of experienced, well trained and mechanicaly savvy soldiers, the SVT is probably a great rifle. In the hands of the average joe
this rifle would be a disasterous failure. When I first got mine, the mag popped off when I pushed the release and went skittering away
taking me a long time to find it, the casing extractor has popped off during cleaning - flying away, same with springs and other little bits.

The SKS has none of these complications, why, I bet an ignorant hick could handle the SKS without too much trouble!:wave:
 
Butcherbill said:
I don't find the svt much more involved to strip down than the sks, couple more steps/parts to the gas system but that's about it.
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Wasn't directed at you, just a general sentiment about people who moan about how complex the SVT is and finicky to clean and maintain.

A lot of modern firearms make it look like a two-piece lego kit in comparison.
 
grelmar said:
If you find stripping and cleaning an SVT challenging, you obviously don't own an AR.
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How is at all challenging and easy to lose parts on an AR??
You pop out 2 captive pins and pull out a bolt.

The svt has springs and parts that can easily shoot off into oblivion if not careful, but is still not too bad IMHO
 
grelmar said:
Wasn't directed at you, just a general sentiment about people who moan about how complex the SVT is and finicky to clean and maintain.

A lot of modern firearms make it look like a two-piece lego kit in comparison.
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Cheers. I didn't think it was grelmar, I was agreeing with you. After the first or second time I pulled my svt apart to clean it I realized how easy is is to do. I'd like to count the number of parts you end up with when field stripping the svt vs. the sks, for comparison sake.
 
gewehr76 said:
Svt was always and fore most advanced rifle design of its time. As such it always required constant attention, cleaning and fiddling. If soldiers didn't do those things then it failed them in combat. When SVT was properly cleaned and each rifle was set to operate with particular brand of ammo, then it had no rivals on the battle field.
Even though rifles we get are refurbished, they are essentially new and will require filing and sanding to fit parts to the rifle for them to function properly just as it was done in the field in 1940's.
The more you shoot the better it will be.
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:agree: mine works perfect on 1.5
 
wbaad said:
How is at all challenging and easy to lose parts on an AR??
You pop out 2 captive pins and pull out a bolt.

The svt has springs and parts that can easily shoot off into oblivion if not careful, but is still not too bad IMHO
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You don't have to be careful, you just have to do this as per manual, not as per youtube videos.
 
I ended up purpose building my own out of 5 different rifles and then bought another one from the same factory and year for parts/use. I never really had too many issues to begin with, most of them ran pretty good but It was more of a project and I just like knowing that I truly hand selected my rifle.
 
grelmar said:
Wasn't directed at you, just a general sentiment about people who moan about how complex the SVT is and finicky to clean and maintain.

A lot of modern firearms make it look like a two-piece lego kit in comparison.
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Some of you guys know guns really well and probably have more natural mechanical aptitude than some others of us (me). I can take an SKS apart
in two minutes with my eyes closed, but when it comes to the SVT, my eyes have to be open and I still struggle to get the bolt recoil spring out.:wave:
 
wbaad said:
How is at all challenging and easy to lose parts on an AR??
You pop out 2 captive pins and pull out a bolt.

The svt has springs and parts that can easily shoot off into oblivion if not careful, but is still not too bad IMHO
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For a basic cleaning, maybe, if all you want to do is clean the barrel and surface carbon from the bolt. But do a full strip on an AR, including the trigger pack, bolt breakdown, cleaning out the gas tube assembly... You rapidly head down a much more complicated rabbit hole with the AR than the SVT.
 
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