New Custom SVT-40 Upper Handguard! :D

[Travis Bickle]

My SVT-40 I received by mail a few years back came with a pretty ####ed up tip on the wooden upper handguard. It was not replaced during refurb. The wood was damaged so badly that there was insufficient pressure on the band to keep the whole assembly together during regular firing.
My brother is a skilled woodworker and I challenged him to fabricate me a replacement at my expense for labour and material.
He shocked me with this today

The one in the center is the original

He made them out Birch to be as true to original as possible and stained them to match the rifles age.
The Red Soviet Star embedded into it was an awesome touch!
He even put the brass reinforcement rods in.
We agreed on the circle cooling holes prior to him starting for ease of fabrication.
I'll get some pics with them on the rifle when I get a chance

 

[dimon]

Your brother did an excellent job!But IMHO there's no need for these red stars...Personally, I won't have them on my rifle. Once again IMHO.

 

[killa_454]

I like the stars they give it some character.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Your brother did an excellent job!But IMHO there's no need for these red stars...Personally, I won't have them on my rifle. Once again IMHO.

Aye. Your opinion is your own Sir
I'm keeping the original for sure.
I figured I would try and improve on the original design in the areas I felt it lacked.
He made the entire thing more robust as well. It's thicker in a lot of areas.
Like SVT-40 version 2.0 I guess

 

[oklahomaheat]

beautiful pieces, would look awesome on my own SVT. is it possible for him to build some more and have them shipped over to us ardent SVT fans? pm me...

 

[wd113]

Very nice!