SVT-40/Globco Mohawk 303 parts question

I can remember seeing those converted Svt's displayed on a table in a Woollco store in Scarborough many, many years ago. I bought a sporterized Enfield at the Globe location in Ottawa 40 years ago. It was my first centerfire rifle, still have it. If I do my part it still shoots a 3 inch group at 200 yards with my handloads, not bad for a rifle that is older than I am (but not by much).
 
cantom said:
Wow...and adjusting the gas piston doesn't mitigate that?

Wondering if the right thing to do in that case would be to convert it to manual straight pull by closing off the gas port? Better that than killing it with violent recoil damage.

I've been trying for years to get some pictures of the internals of one of these Mohawk 555's. No luck at all.

The people selling them either can't take pics or are in too much of a hurry.

That would be very important if as jb mauser says they get battered to death.
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I'm sure that modifying the gas system or using appropriate loads would help big time. Maybe even just a simple adjustment would make a big difference. I've never played with any long enough to find out.

Years ago when I was actively searching for one of these to shoot, I had to examine quite a few to find one that didn't show signs of being hammered half to death. To be fair, maybe some of the damage had been done to the actions before being converted to .303? They were surplus svt-40's after all. Does anyone know if this type of hammering to the bolt and internals is common on original svt-40s?

I did eventually find one that was like new and shot it a little with factory .303 rounds. It was extremely hard on the brass, if you could even find it afterwards and I decided it wasn't for me and sold it.
 
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