SVT38 and SVT40

[TheSteamingPile]

Not to get off track but note that the inventor/designer of the M1 Garand was John C. Garand, a CANADIAN! Typical for Canada, he couldn't get what he wanted for work here so went to Springfield Arms in the USA and never returned. Just like most of our unrecognized Canadian talent! (and that includes most of those that formed NASA too)

That's not true at all, his family moved to the US when he was a little kid.

@sean69, he's talking about wedging the punch between the recoil spring and the back of the receiver so that you can more easily remove the dust cover without permanently indenting your thumb.

like this, but with the punch instead of a round

 

[Nelson84]

Not to get off track but note that the inventor/designer of the M1 Garand was John C. Garand, a CANADIAN! Typical for Canada, he couldn't get what he wanted for work here so went to Springfield Arms in the USA and never returned. Just like most of our unrecognized Canadian talent! (and that includes most of those that formed NASA too)

They could have turned the Ross rifle plant into garand plant. But I think Canada would have said what go we need a semi auto rifle for? Just shoot a Bren it's full auto semi is for girls.

 

[sean69]

@sean69, he's talking about wedging the punch between the recoil spring and the back of the receiver so that you can more easily remove the dust cover without permanently indenting your thumb.

oh - cool! more of a redundant step since the bolt cover is off there so quickly. but neat. [I was wondering where that callus [callous?] on the end of my thumb came from!]

I had seen a few years back the operations manual from a WWII Yak9 [I believe, it was a while back]. It was mostly pictures! I'd love to see [if there ever was one] the field manuals for one of these things....

 

[Nelson84]

oh - cool! more of a redundant step since the bolt cover is off there so quickly. but neat. [I was wondering where that callus [callous?] on the end of my thumb came from!]

I had seen a few years back the operations manual from a WWII Yak9 [I believe, it was a while back]. It was mostly pictures! I'd love to see [if there ever was one] the field manuals for one of these things....

But then we would have to take it apart and give it a thorough cleaning. Svt-40 is a truck gun.

 

[sean69]

But then we would have to take it apart and give it a thorough cleaning. Svt-40 is a truck gun.

yea - It doesnt seem to care much if it's clean or not ... then again it was always meant as a single use weapon, From Russian Military Doctrine:

"take rifle, fight until dead. Repeat."

 

[TheSteamingPile]

Ask and you shall receive: http://stevespages.com/pdf/svt_40.pdf (hope you can read russian)

 

[sean69]

Ask and you shall receive: http://stevespages.com/pdf/svt_40.pdf (hope you can read russian)

Sweet! thanks, that's really cool. though I'm guessing that's an armorer's manual Y& not the paperwork they gave the average grunt?

Wish I did read Russian, that looks like range data near the end!

 

[gewehr76]

Its a standard field manual for SVT40 and 38. I believe Red army published these manuals for all weapons that they used. Nice read thank you for posting.

 

[Travis Bickle]

Shhhh, the American brain shorts out if you ever dare say that the SVT-40 was anywhere near the same legue as the Garand. The Garand s the end all be all of creation don't you know. If it's not American it's Crap!! I can't wait to get rid of this snow and get out to the range with my SVT.

lol Same here!

I may actually take her out this weekend anyhow.

I have a 1942 Tula in mint shape with a mirror bore.

She has a Naval AVT stock on her as well. A lot beefier and extra weight.

There is nothing about the SVT40 that I don't like

 

[Travis Bickle]

oh - cool! more of a redundant step since the bolt cover is off there so quickly. but neat. [I was wondering where that callus [callous?] on the end of my thumb came from!]

I had seen a few years back the operations manual from a WWII Yak9 [I believe, it was a while back]. It was mostly pictures! I'd love to see [if there ever was one] the field manuals for one of these things....

I have a copy of the actual Soviet manual.

It's in russian though

There was a site that hd the official translated version but they sold out years ago and never updated the site again.

 

[tootall]

Ask and you shall receive: http://stevespages.com/pdf/svt_40.pdf (hope you can read russian)

Thanks for the link!
I'll have to get my Ukrainian friend to translate it for me.