Svt 40?

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Hey guys,

I have really been considering the purchase of an SVT for a while and was just wondering as to what your experiences are with them? are they as complicated and fussy as I have been told? are they strong like the mosin/sks? are they accurate? reliable?worth the money etc??

any help would be appreciated
Thanks!
 
I have an svt-40 and i love it! With practice, accuracy is good. With proper maintenance,the svt is a reliable rifle and will fonction in any kind of conditions. There 1 thing: the gas cylinder must be kept tight so the gas regulator will hold his position correctly then no malfunction will occur. Buy one now!:D
 
Really nice rifles and there was a batch at a great price few months ago. I was able to buy 2 at 279+tx each at my local gunshop. I just think the gas system is a little complicated vs the sks, but a great rifle and i suggest you to buy one!
 
They are a lot of fun, and really, about as cheaply as you can enter into the full power autoloading military rifle game. It is especially interesting to compare them to thier little cousin, the SKS. However, as others have mentioned, cleaning is definately a chore. At $400 and under, you shouldn't hesitate to buy one!
 
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Take care when buying your svt40. I have come across a few that have a very sloppy stocked up, ie "play" when you grasp the pistol grip and the barrel and try to get fore and aft movement. anyone else notice this?
 
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Fore and aft movement are quite common on SVTs. It's more of a design flaw than an individual problem.

Also, if you're buying one, be sure not to buy an improperly registered AVT-40 as now, thanks to posters in this forum, we know they are lurking out there and are registered as SVT-40s when they should be converted auto prohibs. The most obvious thing to watch for are the large cutouts in the muzzle brake. This is not 100% way to tell since late SVT muzzle brakes looked the same, but a stamped matching example with an AVT stock and AVT muzzle brake should be avoided.

I'm really not sure how the authorities would ever find out it was an AVT unless you told them but I'd rather be safe in my home than safe behind bars.
 
AVT on stock and muzzle brake means nothing, Russians took the AVT's out of service because of numerous problems they had in combat and stripped them down for parts Post-War. The parts were re-used during the SVT-40 re-building program in the 1950's.
 
Theres no way to tell an AVT from an SVT, except one goes auto and the other doesn't. Design improvements like the thicker stock and simpler muzzle break were carried over into SVT production as well as the parts being used in post war re-builds.

I have two stamped number matching 1943 dated SVT-40s in AVT stocks with the late pattern muzzle break and the safety flips to both sides. They are both semi-auto only and have never been FA as far as I can tell (i.e. no visible conversion).
 
You guys didn't see the post that was deleted earlier? The guy had a stamped matching AVT stocked rifle with an AVT muzzle brake. Don't tell me that's not a converted auto, especially since it was not a rebuild! (would have been modified to semi only by the Soviets).
 
All the SVT-40's that have been imported are rebuilt rifles from Ukraine starting in the 1980's , except for a small number from Finland in the 1970's and those are SA Property marked. Sometimes the numbers were restamped other times they were electro-penciled by the Ukrainian Depots.
 
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You guys didn't see the post that was deleted earlier? The guy had a stamped matching AVT stocked rifle with an AVT muzzle brake. Don't tell me that's not a converted auto, especially since it was not a rebuild! (would have been modified to semi only by the Soviets).
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It's not a converted auto! As has been repeated time and time again the stock and new pattern muzzle break mean nothing. They were re-used in late war SVT production.

You're making a drama out of nothing and spreading false information. If you actually knew how SVTs were modified to select fire you'd appreciate this.
 
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It's not a converted auto! As has been repeated time and time again the stock and new pattern muzzle break mean nothing. They were re-used in late war SVT production.

You're making a drama out of nothing and spreading false information. If you actually knew how SVTs were modified to select fire you'd appreciate this.
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Did you see the pictures? There was a reason the mods deleted the post.
 
Sometimes gun owners are our own worst ennemis it seems. Ukrainian Arsenal restamped numbers and recycled obsolete stocks and flash-hiders on a few photos and another false crisis in the making.
 
No, but I don't need to. What I do know is how SVTs were converted into AVTs and once the conversion is removed there is absolutely no way to tell that your semi-auto SVT used to be full-auto.

I also know that moderators like to err on the side of caution (rightfully too considering the public nature of forums) and will remove a post if there is even a hint that something might be amiss or give the powers that be another reason to clamp down on shooters. I personally suspect that the latter reason is more likely and all your assertions of AVT stocks and muzzle breaks aren't helping.

Do you know how FA conversion works in the SVT?
 
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No, but I don't need to. What I do know is how SVTs were converted into AVTs and once the conversion is removed there is absolutely no way to tell that your semi-auto SVT used to be full-auto.

I also know that moderators like to err on the side of caution (rightfully too considering the public nature of forums) and will remove a post if there is even a hint that something might be amiss or give the powers that be another reason to clamp down on shooters. I personally suspect that the latter reason is more likely and all your assertions of AVT stocks and muzzle breaks aren't helping.

Do you know how FA conversion works in the SVT?
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So you didn't see the pictures. You might want to see them before you prounounce your expert deliberation.

The FA mode on the AVT was done via an FA trigger group. The sear was tripped by the safety when flipped to the right.

It may be that 99% of them are impossible to trace back to an AVT, but when I saw the pictures with the clear, unrefurbished AVT cartouche, I was quite surprised! The AVT cartouche on my SVT-40 is obliterated by the new coat of shellac and the sanding that was done during refurbishment.

It wasn't me who first chimed in on that post, but a gunsmith who knows much more than I do about milsurps.

If it were me buying an SVT-40, I would likely stay away from those examples, but some experts out there may want to take the risk.

My Kovrov SVT-40, despite being refurbished, has stayed somehow together with its original Kovrov trigger guard. If they were completely assembled from parts piles, I find it to be quite unlikely that so many Kovrov parts would find their way back together.
 
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The FA mode on the AVT was done via an FA trigger group. The sear was tripped by the safety when flipped to the right.
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You're wrong, thats not how it works. That is the line thats normally given on the internet and one I always puzzled over since I never saw room in the trigger group / receiver for the modifications needed to turn a simple safety lever into a selector switch. Yes the safety acts as the selector but not in the way you think.

I would PM you the information but given how alarmist you are over a stock cartouche I'm having second thoughts.
 
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