The SVT 40 Tokarev ***updated april 12th***

The thread is very much appreciated, bud. Finally got around to shooting mine on the weekend along with a couple others. Disassembly would have been very tricky without your guide. Thanks much.

My experience on Saturday -

Nagant: BLAM. BLAM.

My .45 ACP Enfield: Pop. Pop.

The SVT: KABLAM! KABLAM! KABLAM! KABLAM! KABLAM! <giggle, reload> KABLAM... etc. When we shot it, the birds stopped singing. Sumbich is LOUD!
 
An excellent writeup for those of us new to the SVT series.

Does anyone know if the US Army produced a manual similar to the one they printed for the Mosin-Nagant series of rifles?

Also, what did the typical Soviet (or Wehrmacht) soldier carry as far as magazines/ammo go into battle??
 
Anywhere to explain how to put the sling on? or am I the only one struggling with it
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I think in the Red Rifles forum here, either in the SVT or SKS stickies you can find some information about those Soviet slings with a closed loop end and a snap/hook on the other.

Basically, it confounds many people because they don't think the hook will fit through the buckle. It will. Just un-string the sling even though it seems impossible, pass it through the rear swivel, and jam the hook back through the buckle. Now the closed loop is attached to the rear, and you can snap it on the front.

(Unless you're talking about a stock with an in-set rear escutcheon, commonly called a Navy or Marine stock. Use a Mosin -style ‘dog collar’ sling there.)
 
I have a question regarding ammo. I own a SVT 40 from 1941 and it almost refuses to run with surplus (but seems to like modern manufactured boxer primed ammo). I have tried cleaning out the inside of the bolt, different surplus ammo (Czech and Chinese) which has failures to fire where if you give the bolt a half #### and fire the same round again it sometimes fires and other times you have this heavily struck primer which won't fire. The half cocking the gun to try to fire the round again takes most of the fun out of the rifle when you don't even know if it will shoot. If someone has a trick to make it work with surplus ammo, I'm all ears.

Thanks
 
shredder said:
An excellent writeup for those of us new to the SVT series.

Does anyone know if the US Army produced a manual similar to the one they printed for the Mosin-Nagant series of rifles?

Also, what did the typical Soviet (or Wehrmacht) soldier carry as far as magazines/ammo go into battle??
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The US Army DID create a manual for it. They didn't think too highly of the SVT. PM me and I can email it to you (PDF).
 
Eaglelord17 said:
I have a question regarding ammo. I own a SVT 40 from 1941 and it almost refuses to run with surplus (but seems to like modern manufactured boxer primed ammo). I have tried cleaning out the inside of the bolt, different surplus ammo (Czech and Chinese) which has failures to fire where if you give the bolt a half #### and fire the same round again it sometimes fires and other times you have this heavily struck primer which won't fire. The half cocking the gun to try to fire the round again takes most of the fun out of the rifle when you don't even know if it will shoot. If someone has a trick to make it work with surplus ammo, I'm all ears.

Thanks
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Check the tip of the firing pin, if it sticks out enough to strike. Try soviet surplus rounds for a change. Should be no issues with surplus.
 
This is kind of random but I figure belongs here.

If you find that your upper hand guard is loose and rattles/slides back and forth from wood shrinkage ect. you can just use some leather and glue or pin it on as a shim in the U shaped part that wraps around the rear sight block.

The leather is strong, can compress, blends in the stock well and reduces movement/vibrations overall increasing accuracy. You can use it to take up movement of the lower metal barrel shroud as well by cutting and pinning a U shaped piece onto the end of the stock. You will never see it as its encased in the shroud cap.

This has made my gun very tight and improved the feel and functionality of the rifle.
 
Wow! An outstanding article! Thanks very much! I am in the market for an SVT 40 after sitting on the fence for quite some time. I had always wondered about the general reliability as a combat rifle and your info is GTG!
 
speaking of reliability I've shot hundreds of rounds with no issues. Like previously mentioned, tune you gas setting for the ammo, and I clean it after every shooting especially since i use mostly corrosive ammo and it's quite dirty, I like to keep the moving parts buttered up nicely with mil com grease
 
These guns are awesome. I just realized you can tap the gas regulator out to set it. You just have to take off that gas tube (5/16" wrench). I tried different pliers on it before with no luck, yikes!

Mine is the 4 port muzzle brake now I need to find a 12 port.

.308 is for rich folks or those that don't shoot enough.
 
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