svt40 gas adjustment wrench
- Thread starter olympia
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- South Shore, Nova Scotia
Of course, the gas block can be adjusted without one....by taking apart the front of the rifle, removing the gas rod and cup, and then a standard wrench to loosen the threaded part under the cup, and the gas adjustment then spins easily by hand.
I had to set mine to 1.5. At 1.3 I was getting stovepipes, and the even more dreaded 'rechambered empty casing', which would then jam, including the bolt.
I had to set mine to 1.5. At 1.3 I was getting stovepipes, and the even more dreaded 'rechambered empty casing', which would then jam, including the bolt.
I ended up using a 5mm socket and bumped it up to 1.5, it looks like if I used the socket too many more times the gas nut might get stripped since this one kinda had some marks on it after I turned it, I did find a place that sells svt40 wrenches. I wrote this post as an FYI for other svt 40 owners
