glad to see that there are others who think this is a gazelle of a rifle,not a doorbuster longbranch but a service rifle with the lines of a old school sports car.i have all three of the factory fabrications my prize is a 41 tula sniper with a darkwood stock(not birch,walnut?) i put repro scope and mount on it(russian scope,made sure to find any thing but a firefly)westrifle has good quality scopes and i could only find Taiwanese mounts, through research found the tiawane stuff good,would rather have,russian but thems the breaks.any way hope somebody out there has tryed to find how the russian armourers shimmed the recievers to the stock im sure they all fell out at the refurb arsenel,if you look on the rear of the reciever there is a v notch cut into the back plate that accomadated this shim,ive gone the cardboard route but would like to set up my shooter as origanal as possible,cardboard(cartrige box)does the trick for awhile but moister and a couple clips(10 rounds )takes the space back,any accurizeing tips out there,or links?i even wrote the tula arsenal but they didnt bother,(they still make firearms,not svts but aks and stuff)
The SVT 40 Tokarev ***updated april 12th***
- Thread starter svt1940
- Start date
- Location
- Steel Town
Found a 1941 SVT-40, sniper with groove on top of cover. Is this a rare variant? Looked to be in very good condition with nice sharp rifling, but I didn't look close enough to determine if it was a refurb, though I assume it is.
If you mean a nocth on rear top of receiver and also with grooves on each sides of receiver, its an ex sniper. About 55 000 SVT 40 were issued as a sniper rifle,utilizing a mount that slide on receiver and locked on the receiver notch with a cross pin, but thoses snipers versions were no longer made after 1942 because of accuracy problems.
Joce
- Location
- Steel Town
I suppose I will pass on it though. I have to admit, I'm having a hard time getting excited about the SVT-40. Perhaps I need to borrow one and ring its neck at the range ! 
- Location
- morris manitoba
these things are really fun shooters. actually my first gun purchase. dont regret buying it at all. be a little careful when you buy one, some of them have cut down mags. ugly and troublesome if not done right.
I just bought an SVT today and I'm having trouble getting the operating rod removed - the trouble being that it is stuck in good, as if the old cosmo is gluing it there. I have it sitting under heat right now in hopes that it will lube it up a bit, but it is really going nowhere at this point. Has anyone had this problem? Any suggestions?
I use regular gun oil,very very sparingly and in cold weather,no lubricant at all.Unlike somes others semi-auto rifle, the Tokarev function perfectly without lube. I will add fews pics about lubrication soon as possible.
Joce
No problem at all, you put the safety on "fire" and you install the trigger lock, that's it.
Joce
Got my first SVT-40 from Frontier Firearms, it's a 2 port muzzle brake, has a "Navy Stock" which means it has a Mosin Nagant style "slot" on the butt an a Hook on the front, so the Mosin Nagant style sling that comes with it fits very sloppy, so I took an SKS sling modded with a one of the Mosin Leather Sling loops on one end an with the hook on the front it fits as good as it'll get. Has a nice finish, bolt is in "Plum" color. Have not fired it but barrel looks near mint.
Will do a lot more business with Frontier Firearms in Sask. Love the Soviet surplus, plan to buy a few more SKS, SVT-40's & Mosin's as well as Schmidt Rubin K-31 and a 8mm Czech Mauser.
Will do a lot more business with Frontier Firearms in Sask. Love the Soviet surplus, plan to buy a few more SKS, SVT-40's & Mosin's as well as Schmidt Rubin K-31 and a 8mm Czech Mauser.
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Hi Joce,
First off nice information thread, I find it very usefull.
So here's my story, my local CT store just recently started selling Russian surplus. After a few purchases of SKS they marked down the SVT 40, $259.99 plus tax
I have been collecting firearms for 3 or 4 yrs now and I have quite the collection. I was never very interested in the SVT for some odd reason, until now.
There must have been 20 or so SVT's to choose from, and me never being very interested had little knowledge. So just like when I bought the SKS's I had the young guy at the store
unchain all of them because I had to be picky. I looked at every single one, all were 1940 to 43, I had a 1941 all picked out when buddy pointed out another 6 or so in another rack.
So I laid the one I had down on the counter and started going through the other's. The very last one I picked up was beefier because as it turns out it has an AVT stock it is a 1942 and has the sniper groove, After getting home with it I began to google the crap out of SVT 40
I didn't know anything about the Groove on the receiver, I knew it was there and I knew there was something different with this rifle ie: the stock, and groove
But the big question on my mind was what? Then I here people talking about this groove but won't show pic's so I'm like what!
Long story short I found your thread and it summed up alot of my linguering questions.
So it turns out I have a 1942 Tula re-furb SVT 40 sniper, in a 1944 AVT stock. over all it's in great condition, with dark bore of course.
The gas system is nice and clean, prob new parts. and a plum bolt. Not bad for less than $295 bucks
I haven't fired it yet, can't wait though I am picking up my RC k98 tomorrow from the post office.
Once I clean it I'm taking them both out together, I'm gonna have myself a little match up. Stalingrad
I will take pics and post them, If I can ever figure out how.
Why is CGN so complicated to add a photo anyway.
Cheers
Hi Joce,
First off nice information thread, I find it very usefull.
So here's my story, my local CT store just recently started selling Russian surplus. After a few purchases of SKS they marked down the SVT 40, $259.99 plus tax
I have been collecting firearms for 3 or 4 yrs now and I have quite the collection. I was never very interested in the SVT for some odd reason, until now.
There must have been 20 or so SVT's to choose from, and me never being very interested had little knowledge. So just like when I bought the SKS's I had the young guy at the store
unchain all of them because I had to be picky. I looked at every single one, all were 1940 to 43, I had a 1941 all picked out when buddy pointed out another 6 or so in another rack.
So I laid the one I had down on the counter and started going through the other's. The very last one I picked up was beefier because as it turns out it has an AVT stock it is a 1942 and has the sniper groove, After getting home with it I began to google the crap out of SVT 40
I didn't know anything about the Groove on the receiver, I knew it was there and I knew there was something different with this rifle ie: the stock, and groove
But the big question on my mind was what? Then I here people talking about this groove but won't show pic's so I'm like what!
Long story short I found your thread and it summed up alot of my linguering questions.
So it turns out I have a 1942 Tula re-furb SVT 40 sniper, in a 1944 AVT stock. over all it's in great condition, with dark bore of course.
The gas system is nice and clean, prob new parts. and a plum bolt. Not bad for less than $295 bucks
I haven't fired it yet, can't wait though I am picking up my RC k98 tomorrow from the post office.
Once I clean it I'm taking them both out together, I'm gonna have myself a little match up. Stalingrad
I will take pics and post them, If I can ever figure out how.
Why is CGN so complicated to add a photo anyway.
Cheers
First, congrat for joining the SVT club
Pretty much all SVT had the sides grooves for scope mounting until end of 1942 but the SVT selected for sniper use also had a notch on the rear top of receiver to secure the scope mount so unless your rifle have the back notch, she wasn't issued for sniper use so you must keep that in mind. Dark or frosted bore are very common on milsurp but most will shoot very good. Looking foward to see pics!Cheers, Joce
