Vietcong SVT-40

[H Wally]

Not a ton of info on this, but appears the Vietcong decided to improve on the SVT-40 design

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/11/17/strange-guns-viet-cong-svt-40/

 

[JasonGTA]

Fancy lookin'

 

[Cb750k]

Barf...

 

[antiqueguy]

the stock might have been broken and they did what they had too back then surplus was surplus

 

[Kevt28]

That's fugly.

 

[Dr.Islay]

Don't necessarily disagree that it's barf fugly. But why do I want one?

 

[DILLIGAF]

I think its time for a new project....

 

[Phat Eagle]

That mag might hold a few more rounds than normal!

 

[Goo98]

This would make the guys at Globeco blush.

 

[JTF#]

knowing how cheap SVT-40s are you could almost replicate one of those.

 

[Corry]

Don't necessarily disagree that it's barf fugly. But why do I want one?

Because its closing time and they all look good until you wake up with them in the morning?

 

[ipscgraz]

I have seen better guns bubba'd worse. Still...

 

[Chuck3436]

Implying that any of you could do better than a bunch of rice farmers in the middle of a tropical jungle working with hand tools in a rat infested tunnel by candle light.

 

[pdm80]

barf...

............lol..............

 

[SA85M1]

....barf x 2.......

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Interesting.

Most significantly, though, the crafty person who made it has augmented the weapon with a Bren magazine. No word on whether the rifle still shoots its original caliber, and the magazine is modified to accept the wider 7.6x54R cartridges, or if the user has rechambered the gun for .303 British, which would involve setting the barrel back and reaming an entirely new chamber. Also possible is that the rifle is fed .303 British, while still being chambered for 7.62x54R. While these calibers should absolutely not be mixed, given the history of local “gunsmiths” mixing and matching calibers in this way, I would not discount it as a possibility. - See more at: http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2014/11/17/strange-guns-viet-cong-svt-40/#sthash.OcyvpUck.dpuf

Grizz

 

[statixstorm]

I want the magazine, you keep the stock.

 

[4307]

Pretty sure the Vietcong that used it, wasn't shunned by his Comrades for not having a pretty Red Rifle.
It looks like it would be more user friendly in a tunnel with the folder stock. May go def, but that's another story

 

[Gunexpert007]

No doubt it was a matter of making do with what they had....as long as it went bang when they pulled the trigger , they were probabley happy....

 

[flying pig]

^and an SVT definitely would!

Wonder how the Bren mag worked out feeding up rather than down, let alone 762x54. Been a while since I played with an SVT, but sent they single stacked as well?