svt 40 1944

44 is no where near as scarce as 45.
45 they only made them til Jan 6th or something.
44s aren't as common as 41/42/43 but they are around.
 
The 1944's are around, tougher to find than a Kovrov or Sniper in my opinion but not as close to being as rare as a 1945.

Heck, I have handled dozens of Kovrov's, owned four snipers, and currently own 2x 1944's, but I have never seen a 1945 first hand.

I think the only rarer SVT than a 1945 would be a 1940 Kovrov or a 1942 Izzy, except for experimental models.

I only know of 2x confirmed 1945's in Canada.
 
the reason i ask is i was at a local gun shop yesterday to pick up a svt 40 shipping crate,was looking trough the supply of svt 40 and found a 1944 dated one so i bought it along with the crate.
 
gordonlbyrne said:
the reason i ask is i was at a local gun shop yesterday to pick up a svt 40 shipping crate,was looking trough the supply of svt 40 and found a 1944 dated one so i bought it along with the crate.
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Good buy! 1944 are somewhat hard to get but no where close to a 1945(wich i have and NO is not for sale) The SVT 40 production ended january 3 1945,possibly less than 1000 rifles completed that year. I recently bought a IZZY 1940 and Tula 1942 and 1943 and 2 IZZY SKS a 1953 and 1954. Now i am broke but happy,will post pics soon as the 1940 IZZY get here:D

Joce
 
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jongun said:
Congrats on the new acquisition. Joce,how long you think you'll be happy? Hopefully it lasts till you're no longer broke :p
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Well, thoses recents purchases weren't planned( i always say that but at the end,make no difference,i must grow my collection anyway) I should be good for somes times unless a SVT 38 show in my face,would round up my SVT collection pretty well. Ooops,i need a Kovrov too but since they are not so scarce, i will wait to let the wallet recover:p
Joce
 
The majority of my firearm purchases aren't planned and I certainly don't regret any of them. Waiting for my firearm fund to rejuvenate as well. With me getting my RPAL within the year there's a whole lot more milsurps out there for me to acquire.
 
i have a Kovoro on the way from Weimajack,i have the sniper version,the 1940,41,42,43and now the 44 just need the 45 and svt 38.Think i have enough sks ,its been a while since i have seen any of them as they are in storage for now only keep my shooter sks close its one i fitted with a choate side mount and a weaver red dot ,its a blast to shoot
 
Another variation which seems to be rare are 1940 snipers. The 1941 and 1942 snipers come along, but I haven't seen a confirmed 1940 sniper.
 
just got mine out to have a look at it its a 1941 Tula it has the repro mount and repro scope although one of my pu91/30 rifles as an original svt scope.The repro svt scope works just fine and i might add the rifle shoots great so thats the way im going to leave it.This rifle is a blast to shoot ,very little recoil and functions great.
 
agentcq said:
Nice to see a 1940 sniper, but I think the variation in the sniper notch supports the theory that Tula was the only factory to make production snipers and that any Izzy or Kovrov snipers where more than likely 'field replacements".
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Where do you take this theory?Just because she don't have a cartouche stamp in the notch? I'm sure on my IZZY that the notch was not made in the field.
When you look at some Mosin sniper , Tula have some marking that IZZY don't have but they still real sniper and not 'field replacements".
 
I'd love to get a 1945 SVT-40. I know at least ONE came in in the current batch and I like to think there's more out there from this batch, maybe sitting in the shelf of a Canadian Tire somewhere where no one knows her value...
 
thats quite possible and someone will buy it and the fact that its a rear 1945 build will mean nothing to them .Thats the way it goes there are lots of priceless peices of history being turned in to law inforcement agancies and destroyed all the time but its up to collectors to keep some of them safe from such a fate.
 
jpboivin said:
Where do you take this theory?Just because she don't have a cartouche stamp in the notch? I'm sure on my IZZY that the notch was not made in the field.
When you look at some Mosin sniper , Tula have some marking that IZZY don't have but they still real sniper and not 'field replacements".
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I believe that you Izzy is a WWII sniper, I just believe that it was an Armour's conversion (perhaps even done at a depot). There are very few Izzy and Kovrov snipers and even fewer 1940 dated snipers which is supported by the following statement:

"I just said that officially sniper SVT's were produced only in Tula (38006 in 1941 and 14220 in 1942). But some number of Izzy and Podolsk (yes, Podolsk, not Kovrov, SVT's never were produced in Kovrov, it's a mistake) rifles were converted to snipers in army workshops during war. If they have lack of sniper rifles, they just take rifles with best accuracy, and add notch for mount fixing to them (because rails were almost at all SVT issued in 1940-1941).
Some of such rifles were found in the ground at battlefields, so they certainly exist.
You could read more here, use Google translation, it's Russian forum."
http://forum.guns.ru/forummessage/164/959884.html
 
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