SVT40 vs. the derivative 555 Mohawk ... your thoughts

I've owned a bunch of SVT40s and still have a couple in my collection. To that end I am very well versed in maintenance and adjustments to make them run. The Mohawk I owned was immaculate. Obviously the mangled gas system is/was adjustable. It wouldn't reliably feed, the heatshield would fall off. I've heard that mine wasn't the only one that had these issues. I briefly thought of stripping it for the spares for my other svt40s and in hindsight should have. It would have prevented subsequent owners from suffering the same agony I went through with it.
 
I don't actually get this post. You acknowledge the that the gas system is adjustable but don't actually answer the question of whether you tried different settings. Did you? Different loads? Most people make an honest effort to dial-in their guns and figure-out what load work, etc.

My 555 Mohawk has the opposite problem. The heat shield is too tight. I have to take the stock off to get it out. Not a big deal either way. A 10 minute fix - adding or subtracting material.

I posted an ad showing that Globco made an honest effort to sell collectible SVT -40 to the public in un-modified form (a hard sell, since they had to provide a source of the "oddball" ammo and had to offer a money back guarantee) - and presumably Globco used ones that wouldn't pass their grading approach to make 555 Mohawks - i.e. guns received with rotted bores, damaged barrels, etc. got a second life as .303 sporting semis. Good for Globco. Too bad that so many of these resuscitated guns suffered a second torment - as a result of what I call of bubba ownership. Please read my earlier post to get an idea of what I mean by bubba ownership.

Reddcarr said:
I've owned a bunch of SVT40s and still have a couple in my collection. To that end I am very well versed in maintenance and adjustments to make them run. The Mohawk I owned was immaculate. Obviously the mangled gas system is/was adjustable. It wouldn't reliably feed, the heatshield would fall off. I've heard that mine wasn't the only one that had these issues. I briefly thought of stripping it for the spares for my other svt40s and in hindsight should have. It would have prevented subsequent owners from suffering the same agony I went through with it.
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I was considering converting my 555 mohawk to 7.62x54R either by running a 7.62x54R reamer into the chamber and putting-up with the weird fired cases from the hybrid chamber - per tiriaq's method or rebarreling it with a modified M-N take off. THEN, at a recent gun show I picked up what seems to be a clean factory 555 Mohawk in 7.62x54R!

Before finding this I had no idea that such a gun had been made! I have found only one reference to thsi pattern on the web - where the owner said he had a "555a" Mohawk see the comment by shannon smith 5 years ago at this youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzWq4VpxFp4

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Nice rifle. i just picked up a 555a in 7.62x54R.

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Don't get confused - I'm NOT saying the one in the video is a 7.62x54R gun - it isn't. It is a a guy commenting on the video says he has a Mohawk in 7.62x54R.

Now I do too.

I'll review the two Mohawk variants in a separate thread when I get a chance to shoot and disassemble both.

Mean time, anyone else ever heard of a Mohawk in 7.62x54R?

Probably as rare as unicorn n*ts.

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Mumbles Marble Mouth said:
If you want to see a interesting gun, look at the Swiss AK44. An experiment rifle modelled heavily after the SVT-40.
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Yes that is a totally cool gun and, I believe one with an interesting Canadian connection - inasmuch as I am sure that it provided a basis for the EX-2 rifle used in Canadian trials see LINK.

In fact, if you check you'll see that the EX-2 rifle has obvious lineage back to the SKT-40 - which I consider to be the best battle rifle field in WW2 - bar-none
 
steelgray said:
Fedor Tokarev's AT-44 was ready for field testing in early May 1944. The AT-44 utilized a gas regulator mounted to an integrated unit providing the gas block, front sight, muzzle brake, and bayonet lug. Versus the SVT-40, it had a shorter receiver, smaller bolt face, relocated trigger (to accommodate a pistol grip), and a selector lever located on the lower rear portion of the trigger guard. The automatic fire mechanism of the AT-44 was very simple, with the position of the trigger itself determining semi- or fully-automatic fire.

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Huh, that's really interesting - I had never heard of the AT-44. It looks a lot like the one in the video below, though obviously they have very little in common internally...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XE3m1C4gWHU
 
Thought this would be a good place for this question.

Does any one know if Globe Co. fluted the chambers of the 555 Mohawks? I have an SVT 40 I wanted to challenge myself rebarreling / rechambering, and was wondering if the action needs that original chamber fluting to work right?

Would be great to just know out of curiosity if they bothered with that, or if modern ammo and sporting conditions just don't demand that kind of extraction insurance.

Regards,
 
They did not, but they also revamped the gas system so it might not be representative - unfortunately. The Revelli fluting is supposed to help with extraction but if I remember what I read correctly it was a later addition post-protoype testing - _I_ think you will be fine without them for the most part as long as the rifle is used under range conditions.
 
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