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Just bought a SVT sniper. What should I do regarding getting a scope set up? Reproduction scope and mount? Reproduction mount and original scope? Or both original?
Should I get the same year as rifle(41) or what?
Or just spend that 500 or so bucks on something else?
 
themouser said:
Just bought a SVT sniper. What should I do regarding getting a scope set up? Reproduction scope and mount? Reproduction mount and original scope? Or both original?
Should I get the same year as rifle(41) or what?
Or just spend that 500 or so bucks on something else?
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Assuming that you rifle have the notch a the top rear of receiver, you need a repro mount(forget the original, they are extremely scarce and verrrry expensive), a repro mount cost $200-$300, depend were they are made. Repro scope is about $250, original SVT scope with the proper calibration is $500+. You will see SVT scope but many are calibrated for the MOSIN M91/30 sniper. The elevation turret will be marked CB, mean that they are calibrated for the Mosin sniper. The proper date fo a SVT scope should be 1941 and 1942. The 1943 and 1944 SVT scope are likely for Mosin sniper. Scoping a SVT sniper the right way is not cheap!

Joce
 
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How hard would it be to notch a non sniper? Machine it a bit and a spot of black paint. Would be cool if someone on here could measure the notch with calipers and let us know. So we could mount one on a non sniper. I read on this forum that a member just slid a scope mount on and used loctite and it stayed without notching it.

What fits in the notch a flat screw or a chunk of steel?
 
Nelson84 said:
How hard would it be to notch a non sniper? Machine it a bit and a spot of black paint. Would be cool if someone on here could measure the notch with calipers and let us know. So we could mount one on a non sniper. I read on this forum that a member just slid a scope mount on and used loctite and it stayed without notching it.

What fits in the notch a flat screw or a chunk of steel?
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Notch is easy to do but we dont need fake sniper around... Its a transversal pin that lock in the notch.

Joce
 
Money and availability.

Go all original if you can.

Original mounts are almost impossible to find and very expensive, which makes finishing off a SVT sniper with original parts a major challenge.

Then go for a repro mount with original scope and if you can't find a scope, go for a repro.

At the end of the day, it is still a refurb'd sniper, so finishing it off with repro parts isn't the end of the world.
 
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Good point agantcq. Although I dont want to spend $500 on repo everything and then sell it down the road for less. So Im leaning towards an original scope. I didnt know the mounts were that hard to find.
Thanks for the info guys
 
themouser said:
Good point agantcq. Although I dont want to spend $500 on repo everything and then sell it down the road for less. So Im leaning towards an original scope. I didnt know the mounts were that hard to find.
Thanks for the info guys
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There's gotta be another way to put a scope mount using the rails. I did some digging around and found a Russian discussing and fabricating such mounts for non sniper SVT40s. Take a peek here....i go with pictures and can't read Russian. Anyone know if possible to get any of the mount for the notch challenged?

http://forum.guns.ru/forum_light_message/164/644940-m25450072.html
 
Guys don't believe there are original SVT 40 scopes around. The originals are as rare as the mounts. What you see as advertised as originals are reproductions made from original drawings in Ukraine. Honest stores sell them as repros but most of the stores either do not want to admit ore are unaware they are Repros
 
I would beg to differ. Lot's of original scopes out there - several came in on the recent 91/30 sniper refurb'd rifles. The problem is that these original SVT tubes were re-calibrated for the 91/30 with a new adjustment top turret ring marked 'CB' (original unrefurb'd SVT scopes do not have this marking). It is much harder to find an original refurb'd SVT tube without this re-calibration/turret ring.

If really lucky....you can find an all original SVT scope that have not been adjusted and unrefrub'd but these are even rarer.

So...yes...original scopes are hard to come buy, especially if you want one that is unrefurb'd. There are fakes out there, but I have seen just as many original refurb'd SVT tubes or refurb'd SVT scopes out there as repros.



wojnar said:
Guys don't believe there are original SVT 40 scopes around. The originals are as rare as the mounts. What you see as advertised as originals are reproductions made from original drawings in Ukraine. Honest stores sell them as repros but most of the stores either do not want to admit ore are unaware they are Repros
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I need a reasonably priced scope mount for my svt 40 ! I don't care if it's not a repro and I don't want to drill any holes in the receiver, anyone ever make a custom one on here?
 
PU scopes for the SVT-40 can also be dated 1940.

By the way, please do NOT take an early PU scope off a Mosin 91/30 sniper rifle matched original or an arsenal refurbished original force matched (e.g. electric pencilled numbered or with some numbers ground off and restamped) . Besides, these scopes have the CB mark showing that they have been recalibrated for the Mosin 91/30 ballistics.
 
I just picked up a really great original SVT40 scope dated 1940, refurbed 1968, non-CB reworked from the Progress plant from this guy on ebay in Ukraine. It was just under $400.00 shipped to my door. Looks great in a repro mount on my 1940 dated Izzy "field converted" sniper rifle. Fast shipping. I think it took just over a week.

This one is $50.00 more than what I paid, but it is an original from the progress plant from 1941, refurb in 1968 and isn't marked CB on the elevation turret (so it is still calibrated originally for the SVT40)

Jump on it! Take the space out from between the HTTP and you can use the link.

ht tp://www.ebay.com/itm/WWII-Original-Soviet-Russian-SVT-40-SVT-38-Tokarev-sniper-scope-1941-LENINGRAD-/281163164387?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4176a16ae3

Cheers,

Ian
 
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