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I've always wanted to get one but I had a few questions

What is the average price of one?

Is 7.62x54r corrosive?

And does anyone have any links to one or is anyone selling one?

Thanks in advance!
 
Not sure about your other questions, but always assume any surplus 7.62x54r is corrosive. Commercial stuff should be non-corrosive, but treat bulk milsurp stuff as corrosive and clean accordingly as soon as you can after a shoot.
 
The average price is steadily increasing, buy now before it goes higher and they will if I had to guess. My first was $299 and my second was $350 ish and this was a few yrs ago.

Pretty much any surplus x54r will be corrosive, just means you have to clean the rifle when you get home. Not a big deal, worth the price per round vs. commercial ammo.
 
First things first you should post an intro in the Greetings and introduction forum. Then apply for the EE and you will be able to look for SVT 40 for sale.
Now for the SVT price depending on condition its around 550$ right now.
7.62x54r are usually corrosive,you could get them non corrosive but cost more.
Welcome to CGN
 
While the price of SVT-40s has basically doubled since they first became widely available, in retrospect $300 for a historically important and interesting full power military self loader was ridiculously cheap. I consider myself very lucky to have gotten in on a cheap one. It is worth noting that we still pay way less for an SVT-40 than Americans do.

As for the rifle itself, I quite enjoy shooting mine. While they are quite long, they are actually surprisingly light and svelte. The action does a decent job of taming the recoil. Accuracy in my particular rifle is ok, nothing spectacular. I've heard it repeated that the SVT-40 wasn't overly rugged, and can have parts break, I don't know if this is true. Reliability wise, I don't recall ever having a stoppage. Finally for ammo, if you want to avoid corrosive surplus, buying factory 7.62x54r is cheaper than most of common milsurp calibers.
 
SVT 40 is my favorite red rifle. When buying one watch for repro mags as I have had trouble in the past getting them to feed with out issues. There is a ton of information on here regarding different production year changes etc.
Shooting corrosive surplus ammo through an SVT is not worth the hassle of cleaning unless your gonna shoot enough to make it worth your while!!

Cheers
 
I will be using an Izvesk SVT40 with scope to hold the line against any incoming deer

They are great rifles once you figure out their quirks .... expect to pay at least 600-650 For a decent SVT40 and 750+ at retail. Only get a podolsk if you want a more expensive rifle or are holding on to it for collecting purposes they are pretty much the save as a tula or Izzy save some milling patterns. So if you just want to shoot one a tula will give you an equal experience.

Podolsk rifles do have nicer millingon the muzzle breaks and many other parts (in my collection for comparison). I have not shot my podolsk versions so I can not however compare accuracy. Be careful these are rabbit hole rifles with many variants versions features where you can never really have the whole set lol.
 
I am thinking of acquiring one myself. The prices I see here on EE is between $550 - $800. One thing I notice (I'm new and still learning) is that sellers of the SVTs sometimes don't mention if they're factory matching or electro matched. Does that affect the value/price by any chance, whether they match or not?
 
I have one myself. Nice rifle and very reliable once you have the gas setting set. Then it's hands off that. Corwin arms was selling a great assortment of old and aftermarket accessories for it. Repro mags are very hit and miss as to if you can get them to work at all. And on one of mine one of the little tabs that lock it into the rifle popped off due to a weld that clearly wasn't thorough. I have 3 vintage mags and they are all flawless. At the last gunshow I saw the price on those at 110 to 125. The repros were already 99 so if I had needed more I would've jumped in the vintage ones.
That dealer I mentioned had also had made for them a bunch of stainless steel piston cups and pistons etc. So if they still have any you can protect you gun a little more with a stainless set in case you do end up shooting corrosive.
 
Great rifle love mine. Just a comment: the recoil mechanism is really designed around the standard 150gr Russian military cartridge. They have a long recoil rod. If you use heavier bullets and more modern commercial cartridges they can have more power and may bend the rod among other types of damage. The SVT is not a particularly robust rifle so don't shoot 180gr hunting rounds. Work great of you stick with 150gr.
 
grinder08 said:
Great rifle love mine. Just a comment: the recoil mechanism is really designed around the standard 150gr Russian military cartridge. They have a long recoil rod. If you use heavier bullets and more modern commercial cartridges they can have more power and may bend the rod among other types of damage. The SVT is not a particularly robust rifle so don't shoot 180gr hunting rounds. Work great of you stick with 150gr.
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203gr MGS SO and 196Gr FMJ work just fine. Honestly I am more concerned putting 150gr ORC as it's much hotter than my big grain rounds. Main issue is that the rifle cycles well. On inspection all parts are just fine. I did pick up some 7.62x54r S&B I hear the ABT eats brass it chews on steel. Whatever cycles better will be going in the woods with me either the S&B or the MFS. The SVT40 was made for war it can handle deer hunting. It's a fine machine and I intend to enjoy my favorite rifle.
 
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