VERY much a pain to clean if you use corrosive ammo as the gas system is arduous to disassemble during routine maintenance. For troops in the field with hours at a time to sit around and scrub small bits between offensives, it's fine. Yuo, on the other hand, will before too long be inclined to look for non-corrosive ammo and clean the gas system less frequently.
These SVT's currently on the market are all refurbs from the Ukraine that came to Canada by way of Germany. they all have modern German proof marks lasered into them and the caliber lasered onto the barrel. Most parts will be force-matched with electropencil, much like a russian Capture K98k.
Pricing is usually $450-550 depending on retailer and rarity/featues/condition, etc.
Not a bad buy, really, if you like SVT's. I've had a couple and no complaints, but I stuck to reloads and Igman non-corrosive.