SVT40 shooters feedback wanted

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Anybody try the canam non corrosive 7.62x54R in their SVT40? I would appreciate hearing about your experience. Thanks!
 
some guys say they have trouble to fire with the norinco ammo in their svt , personally i stay with the Russian/Bulgarian stuff , im probably around 400 round in mine and all work fine
 
what kind of accuracy are you guys getting, from the youtube slo-motion videos and the way the barrel whips around I'm guessing it'd be around 4-6" at a 100 meters?
 
tinbird said:
what kind of accuracy are you guys getting, from the youtube slo-motion videos and the way the barrel whips around I'm guessing it'd be around 4-6" at a 100 meters?
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That's about what I get. But give me a shoulder fired laser, with iron sights, and that's about what I would get. 4-6" at 100 yards is about what I get with any decent rifle at 100 yards, shooting off sandbags.

Take the "muzzle whip" slo-mo videos with a grain of salt. Pretty much anything short of a varminter heavy barrel is going to do that. The main thing is how quickly the barrel settles, and how reliably it settles to the same spot.

These are 70+ year old rifles that, in most cases, saw hard service on the Eastern Front. There is going to be a ton of variation from one to another. For my money, I think it's a decently accurate WWII vintage battle rifle, on par with most rifles from that era.

I did some 200 yard shooting with it a month or so ago and posted results. I was very happy with them. I blame the grouping (or lack thereof) on my abilities, not the rifle:

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/1078340-Trying-the-SVT-40-%28and-my%29-Accuracy-at-200-yards-for-the-first-time-%28pics-included%29
 
I love mine and am able to ring gongs and pop cans with it all day long, for a rifle that has been used and abused on the bloodiest battlefields, it still does pretty damn good.

I have not tried the norinco non corrosive stuff, I use bulgarian, russian ect. or Privi and mfs for clean burning.

I have heard some having issues with their SVT's not setting off norinco primers properly.
 
I use the Chinese Corrosive in my SVTs so far seem to run the same as my russian and bulgarian surplus but havent had chance to try the new Non Corrosive Chinese yet
 
Already ran through 1/2 crate of Chinese, 1971 manufacture, picked up a crate of Bulgarian silver tip, (purely by coincidence, 1971 manufacture as well) going to give that a try, hopefully it won't change the point of impact much, or at all. We'll see.

Anyone know if the Bulgarian is as dirty as the Chinese ammo? Man that stuff ate through the patches after firing 100 rounds or so.
 
gewehr76 said:
Chinese ammo should be the same or better than any Warsaw pact nation, because China was supplied with all Russian equipment for weapons and ammo production. This theory of Chinese ammo being crap is far fetched. In my experience it is on par with Russian or Checz.
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Equipment is the same, probably. Quality control is different.
 
Remove the cleaning rod from your SVT for a little more accuracy,it saves it rattling when you fire it.
My mate also bedded my SVT 40 with a layer of glass fibre when he was bedding his own,I can't fault the rifle at all,I love everything about it.
 
I was thinking of buying a crate this week. Hope some more will chime in for feedback. I have a sniper with reproduction scope and mount and have not fired yet. I have a bunch of random surpluss rounds but I been told switching rounds may need gas adjustments. Hopping to stick to one round.
 
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