svt 40 sniper price check
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450$ give or take 100$ each way depending on what dealer or who is selling, I think it was Corwin had afew of the sniper ones recently for 500-550$ but I may be wrong if it was them or another dealer. Mine has sniper groves only and I paid 320$, No notch up top tho atlest not that I remember.
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They still have them. Some staff members might not be willing to show them though, don't ask me why. Try and get Blair, he's nice.
They sell them for $650-$700 so take off $150 and you have your secondary market price.
I am sceptical about above estimates. There is strong demand and almost no offer, I havent seen snipers on EE for quite a while. I seriously doubt 750 will get you authentic 1941 sniper unless you're lucky and seller doesnt know, not to mention 1942 one. With 450 retail price for regular rifle and no new imports will have to get use to new reality. Mind you there are very good C marked fake snipers out there too, coming straight from the crates (probably made for German dealers but never retrieved by them). Consult with with knowledgable person before the purchase.
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It's not an estimate, I've seen the snipers for sale at Lever Arms and their prices are $650 and $700 depending on condition. Some of them look to be "field notches" and others are possibly fake, I don't have the expertise to tell. Lever Arms also sells SVT-40s for $310 and they have a lot of them. Reality of $450 is just the typical gouging of east coast dealers.
Last time I called LA 2 month ago they had couple of _legit_ refurb snipers for $750 + another $100 in taxes for most of the provinces + S&H. Maybe you guys get better prices as you walk in, I don't know. And that price tag for snipers did not change since they had $199 sale. But that makes $850-$900 market price for the sniper that most buyer would not be able to see in person to check its authenticity. If LA still have some snipers then it's the only real offer on the market, there are no other. Actually LA don't advertise them at all. Last sniper on EE was sold in a minute at the end of 2014 for slightly below $700. I guess seller was very modest person. I simply don't see snipers for sale and see lot of ppl asking for them. Which means demand exceeds supply.
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
If you walk in to Lever and ask about an svt40 sniper they will tell you they have some in the back in crates and that when you're ready to buy they will be happy to get you one, this is what they told me a while back. At the time they had 5-7 of them not on display, no clue what the number is now though.
DJdeadlyDALEK
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If you guys really need one, snag them from lever while they still have a few. Guys like me buy 'em and never sell 'em...could trade an authentic sniper from '42 for a regular '45 dated one, though 
Curious to see the notch and other markings of those Leverarms svt sniper. Curious to see they're not ads on their web site. Normally, Levers used to ads them with detailed pics and price. The fact that they have many in the backdoor make leaves me with some weird impression.. Whats the purpose of not showing detailed pics of such rare birds on sale coming forma dealers ?
I own 5 Svt snipers. I pulled them myself from the crates. I live in Vancouver so when they were plentiful it was not that difficult. In mean time I made 2 snipers myself, I put notches on 2 myself. Just out of boredom 2 months ago, I send photos of all 7 notches and rifles to get second opinion. I send it to 2 so called experts, one is even on this forum. Guess what guys that experts said that 4 out of real notches are fakes and both took 2 self made notches as reals. Just go figure. Guys trust your gut on this subject. That sniper list someone posted on this forum few years ago, it looks fake.
That maybe because somebody in the country of origin is screwing around adding stuff they shouldn't have ie fake German proof marks. Kind of hard to tell what is real and what is not when people are messing with them at the source.
gewehr76
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Any railed receiver svt40 can be made in to sniper. That's what was the idea behind it up untill 1942. Then this sniper idea was left alone and AVT40 came about. Dealers call all of them snipers when they see the rails on receiver. That's where confusion starts.
Where people need to draw the line is that authentic snipers were listed with their serial numbers and if more surface then they are fake or field made snipers. There is no markings as all of them were scrubbed and refurbished with other rifle parts. So when someone scoping svt40 is the same as puting a scope on any other surpluss rifle and calling it sniper.
Where people need to draw the line is that authentic snipers were listed with their serial numbers and if more surface then they are fake or field made snipers. There is no markings as all of them were scrubbed and refurbished with other rifle parts. So when someone scoping svt40 is the same as puting a scope on any other surpluss rifle and calling it sniper.
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- Blaster land, Okanagan BC
Lol, if I had crates of svt40's in the back I wouldn't be in a hurry to sell any of the snipers either. Id sell the regular versions and when the market drys up I'd flog the snipers for top dollar, they only made so many of the real thing after all.
I also consider myself "so-called expert", you did not send pictures to me, did you? But picture of the notch is not always enough. There are several other places I look for when checking authenticity of the sniper. Sadly with increasing numbers of fakes "pulled out from the crate" I'm always glad to assess the rifle but reluctant to share this knowledge except for other advanced collectors... but you can test me with your quiz.
Sniper list BTW is legit, if you have anything to support your claim it's fake - please do. I will be glad to look into it.
P.S. I have several snipers that came from Lever, one from the crate I got from them, two I paid full retail sniper price. All are authentic. It doesn't mean you'll get authentic one. One of the theories about the fakes is that they were made in Ukraine prepared for shipping to Germany, where there were a lot of fake "field" snipers sold and were never claimed by German importer. But it is also possible that snipers are faked in Canada. Anyway, no guts can help you - only the knowledge and experience.
I picked one up on Friday at Canadian Tire in Gander, NL. It was right on display among the others. Serial number: ИК510, Tula, 1941. Notch is present and stamped etc... I dont collect SVTs, but could not walk away from this one-there is always somebody who is looking for one. No, they dont have any more snipers, nor 1945 SVTs, 1942 Zlatoust SVTs or 1949 SKS...I asked, because there are board members who are looking for these. So, with any amount of luck you can get the sniper one for the price of the regular SVT.
DJdeadlyDALEK
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I would always ask Horilka if you're unsure of something. He is 100% trust worthy and knows his stuff
