hey guys I have an svt 40 with and I was wondering if its normal for these milsurp rifles to wiggle back and back about a 1/2 mm?, I noticed I can move it slightly back and forth when I hold the stock on the handgrip and grab the barrel and do a back and forth motion.
svt 40 loose action hurting groups?
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"First shot dispersion" was the reason SVT sniper rifles were largely abandoned in favor of Mosin snipers during WW2. Dispersion was attributed to looseness of the action in the stock. Yes, a loose action will contribute to inaccuracy.
Just put a gasket-paper shim at the rear of the receiver to tighten it up. Some of mine are tight out of the crate, some are really loose. In the Russian book (R. Chumak) he talks at length about the accuracy issues and suggests the Soviets concluded shifting of the lower front metal handguard between shots was the main culprit as it affects the way the barrel is pushed up on by the forend tip. I've also found a good number of my refurbs are floated- whether intentionally or not is the question. Chumak says that "two point" bedding (which I assume is floating) was tested but he didn't suggest it was ever implemented. Since the factories doing refurb must have been working to some sort of official specs, I would suggest that floating may have been officially implemented as an option, perhaps. My very lightly (possibly) refurbed '43 is very nicely floated with careful inletting of the upper rear deck of the stock which rotates the barreled action around the cross-pin. I replicated this in a cheap (Lever Arms $200.00) '41 and saw a definite improvement in accuracy (5 shot groups just inside 2 inches) and no flyers. The bore on that rifle is only fair- well worn rifling with dark grooves.
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Hightrailtracker
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Especially a half mm. My sks is loose as well and I shimmed it with photo paper, but I have no idea how I would take a picture of it lol.
Hightrailtracker
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
I did not mean to take a pic of the wiggle lol just a nice pic of your Rifle for us to enjoy .
I gotta say, as an accurate rifle, the svt never impressed me. I've had 3 of 'em and no matter what I did they would never shoot minus of barn door. I got so sick of it I sold 'em off and went back to the mosin and haven't looked back. Now I have a rifle I can hit a 8" gong at 200 yds with open sights all day long, and I'm confident if she was scoped she'd reach out there a lot more. I'm sticking with the bolt action now, easier too maintain and seems to be a lot more accurate.
Moist Nuggets are so boring though.... had to say it XD
I agree. The SVTs I have are not as accurate as my Mosins. The real limiting factor with SVTs is ammunition. Its pretty time consuming to clean an SVT, compared to a Mosin, after shooting corrosive ammunition; ten minutes and done with a Mosin since there is no gas system to clean. SVTs are hard on brass. The fluted neck limits stresses the cases and ejector leaves a dent in every case. You can't get many reloadings out of expensive ($75/100) brass. Best choice is to shoot inexpensive non-corrosive ammunition.
SVTs are interesting rifles but they are "Saturday" guns - take them to the range when you have plenty of time to clean them when you get home.
Sorry to hear about that... both my SVTs hit the gong at 200 yards with open sights... with surplus ammo to boot !!
Mosins might be boring, but they sure bring a moose to his/her knees pretty quick, my rifles feed me first, no room here for overpriced toys and gadgets.
Mosin Nagants are FAR from boring... and, yes, they make great hunting rifles... the deer meat in my freezer can attest to that.
Of the 3 SVTs I have, 1 was nice and tight in the stock and the other 2 had considerable for and aft slop. Probably 1/16 of an inch or better, shimming the rear of the receiver helped settle them down enough that the 300 yard gongs don't stand a chance. If I had to lay money on one shot it'd still be a Mosin though.
