My Plan! or: SVT to SVD. it SHALL BE DONE.

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Ok.
so after some thought, I've basically decided that this is my plan.
I will find an SVT-40 that was preferably bubbad, but with metal intact..
(don't want to mess with an original)

and acquire the various needed parts, SVD stock, SVD magazine body (to cover the SVT mag) perhaps replacement top metal (or just something added or over top) and I'll use my POSP scope that I have..

here's a quick photoshop I made to show how well it'll work.

the only thing missing after just the stock, scope and mag are added is to strip the wood from the receiver, alter the top metal to be more rearward, and do a bit of extra trimming.

also, perhaps remove the front heat sheild..but maybe just keep it. it looks cool
take a gander:

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rough, I know, but it just shows that the SVT is definately a good place to start.
also, considering I can probably find a bubba'd SVT for cheap, and I already have the scope, the rest of the parts are very cheap.
the hardest part will probably just be fitting/tweaking/embellishments

Personally, I think it's a pretty solid idea. and I'm gonna start on it right away (by finding an SVT bubba for sale,)


Neato!

-Derek
 
Oh, sweet Jesus. :bangHead:

What sort of "bubba SVT" do you expect to find?

FWIW, you'd be better off using a .303 Globe Mohawk 555 for the bubbaversion. The gas block is much farther to the rear than the SVT so it will maintain the 'long barrel' look. Plus, the 555 has already been ruined. I know where you can get one.

Or why not just build a new stock to drop the SVT action into. No need to ruin a real stock too.
 
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well, If I had a complete SVT-40 of course i'd just make new stuff for it and drop the action in..

my 'plan' is assuming the use of a bubba'd one..

take a look at my picture and collection list.
of course I'm not going to ruin a complete milsurp.
 
BBq_Woa! said:
well, If I had a complete SVT-40 of course i'd just make new stuff for it and drop the action in..

my 'plan' is assuming the use of a bubba'd one..

take a look at my picture and collection list.
of course I'm not going to ruin a complete milsurp.
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Back to my "what kind of bubba SVT" to you expect to find question.

There aren't many and most are the two Globco sporters; the .303 Mohawk and the econo-chop-job 7.62x54R. What do you have in mind when you mention "bubba SVT"?

Like I said, building one off a Mohawk wouldn't hurt anything, it may even be an improvement.;)
 
SVT40 is not precision weapon, and the bubba's already in this country are even worse. By all means get yourself an ugly 303 british hack job and have fun!
 
well, since I've never seen a globe mohawk for sale anywhere ever. at all.
i don't think i'll consider that at the moment.

as as for "what kind of bubba do I expect"

there was an svt for sale recently , totally in tact, but an owner had cut off the muzzle break.
get that, take off the wood, leave it intact,
restore the muzzle break,
do my additions,
no harm done.

something like that is what I expect.
 
also,
i'm not looking to necassarily make a "precision weapon"
i'm looking to make a fun, neat firearm project.

actually last time I checked none of us own weapons,
if we do we should be tried for murder, since a weapon is something that one uses to kill someone else.
 
I'm with ya buddy! Ignore them all, make it, show em what it's like to exist in the real world. They'll be interested once it's done, they're just afraid of something new. It would be nice to see a disgraced milsurp rise again as something unique and different. (especially those globe monsters)

Disclaimer: I do not condone any direct bubbafying of restorable milsurps. If they have been defaced to the point it is uneconomic to bring them back to original condition, I condone making them as good as possible, and using them as special projects; being a better alternative than destroying a true milsurp.
 
Here's a pic of the econo Globco sporter:

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They can be cosmetically restored by screwing on a new muzzle extension.

Here's a pic of a Mohawk 555:

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Unrestorable without a pile of work and money.
 
The SVD was not an improvement of the SVT. Apart from Soviet manufacture and calibre they have nothing in common and are unrelated mechanically.
Get a Mohawk 555. You won't be destroying anything that is restorable.
 
Stevo said:
Here's a pic of the econo Globco sporter:

1svt.jpg


They can be cosmetically restored by screwing on a new muzzle extension.

Here's a pic of a Mohawk 555:

attachment.php


Unrestorable without a pile of work and money.
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Exactly. Take something that has been irretrievable messed, give it a better purpose. On that note, can rifled barrel extensions be made so that they aren't purely cosmetic? If so that would mean you could make it look even more like an SVD without wasting a lot of money on an cosmetic extension.
 
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