SVT-40 Sniper Rifle *pics*
- Thread starter skirsons
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- Leduc County, Alberta
Beautiful rifle Skirsons!
But, the real question is... How does she shoot?
But, the real question is... How does she shoot?
Beautiful rifle Skirsons!
But, the real question is... How does she shoot?
If I had a range membership and enough money to buy ammo I would tell you!
Actually I do have some ammo kicking around... nowhere to shoot it tho
Buck Turgidson
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looks great!!! I was also thinking of getting a PU scope for my SVT. One question though. My SVT has the scope rails. but doesn't have the secret "notch". does the rear of the rifle need a notch? did yours previously have this. or did you have to machine it a little?
- Location
- Leduc County, Alberta
If I had a range membership and enough money to buy ammo I would tell you!
Actually I do have some ammo kicking around... nowhere to shoot it tho
Ouch...
I like that my "Gun Room" faces out onto 240 acres of prime shooting land.
I hardly ever go to my range which is 1 hour away, even traveling on 110km/hr highways... But at least it costs under $100 a year for a membership. I sure don't envy you Ontario folk.
I am curious as to how well the "sniper" aspect of the SVT-40 works. I was going to get a mount and scope setup for my SVT, but had heard that it is not quite a great setup for optics. Kinda like the 1st and 2nd generation scope mounts for the SKS that replace the receiver cover that wobble all over the place.
If I had a range membership and enough money to buy ammo I would tell you!
Actually I do have some ammo kicking around... nowhere to shoot it tho
I think there's a gun range near Kingston isn't there? Frontenac?
Yes you do need the notch. Mine previously had it because it was a sniper rifle. If yours does not have it, it is not a sniper rifle whether it has the rails or not. The rails were standard, like the G43, but does not make the rifle a sniper rifle on its own.
Yes, I had 2 of these SVT sniper rifles. The different mounts out there hold the rails with differering amounts of pressure. One mount I had had to be tapped on with a mallet. Another was quite loose. That protrusion at the back of the mount is a spring and plunger in a housing, which bears on the rear of the receiver to push the mount back out when it moves on firing.
Basically, when these rifles are fired, whatever mount is on it using the rails does move. That is basically no matter how tight you think it is.
The Sarco mounts on ebay are castings. The cross pins fail fairly quickly I've read.
And, with this design, you have to remove the mount to clean the rifle, and with corrosive surplus ammo, that had better be quickly afterwards.
And, with this design, you have to remove the mount to clean the rifle, and with corrosive surplus ammo, that had better be quickly afterwards.
I found that you don't ever need to remove the mount. It even has a cut so that you can flip the back cover to the side and fit the cleaning rod in. It makes sense, since the snipers would not have removed their scopes during the war for fear of losing zero. I have completely field stripped the rifle without removing the mount. Do the repros have the little cut for the back flip cover?
I wasn't aware of that feature. So I have no idea.
I found taking the bolt cover and bolt off challenging enough as it was with the mount off.
Oh yeah, the action also moves fore and aft in the stock, so you have the action moving and the mount moving...kind of an overall rubber chicken scenario...
