which way does lever swing on svt-40?
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If your safety swing both way, may have been replaced with an AVT 40 safety during refurb, no big deal.
Joce
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Why are you asking us this AGAIN?
sorry bout the question, wasn't answered the first time I asked. How can they come in both trigger guard thicknesses? Shouldn't a proper SVT-40 only have the narrower trigger guards? Only the AVT-40 had the wider trigger guards? How can SVT-40 swing left to right (only) shouldn't they swing from safety position(straight up and down) only being pushed to the left for fire position?
Somes members here have SVT 38,non refurb and they have the wide trigger guard. The narrow trigger guard likely appear later, the date is not clear when the modification was adopted. An early matching SVT 40 with a wide guard could have been assembled with a SVT 38 left over guard. As for the safety, i will disassemble a SVT safety and post pic later. The SVT 40 safety is made in such way so cannot move in other way like a AVT safety would.
*****EDITH******
The SVT safety is removed after drifting the the flat piece of steel at the rear of the guard. care must be taken since there's a little spring under. Once the spring is removed, the safety can be slide out of guard.
Here,s the safety in details
The safety have 2 flats spots were the safety spring put pressure on so the lever rest in position. The green arrow is safe position,the red arrow is fire position.
The high spot marked with the red arrow rest against the trigger guard when the safety is on safe so the lever cannot be put on the right position.If the lever can be turned to the right, the high spot may be dammaged preventing the safety to stop in safe position(lever down) or the safety is machined differently,probably an AVT safety. An AVT safety lever could have been used during refurbishment to replace a dammaged one.
I dont know if thoses pics will help you but without any pics of your safety and trigger group, i cant say more.
Joce
*****EDITH******
The SVT safety is removed after drifting the the flat piece of steel at the rear of the guard. care must be taken since there's a little spring under. Once the spring is removed, the safety can be slide out of guard.
Here,s the safety in details
The safety have 2 flats spots were the safety spring put pressure on so the lever rest in position. The green arrow is safe position,the red arrow is fire position.
The high spot marked with the red arrow rest against the trigger guard when the safety is on safe so the lever cannot be put on the right position.If the lever can be turned to the right, the high spot may be dammaged preventing the safety to stop in safe position(lever down) or the safety is machined differently,probably an AVT safety. An AVT safety lever could have been used during refurbishment to replace a dammaged one.
I dont know if thoses pics will help you but without any pics of your safety and trigger group, i cant say more.
Joce
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DJdeadlyDALEK
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That's about as in depth an answer as you're ever going to the get. Hopefully in a couple months we won't see "Which was does your safety swing on your SVT-40?" again
WOW, That's a hell of a good answer about the safety lever. Thanks a lot for it. I have field stripped my svt, cleaned it good and looks in darn good shape. I guess the next thing i must shoot it, see how it works. In the fourth pic down, i know for sure mine don't have that stop notch your refering to, mine is fully round shaped. Is there any significance for having the hole in the safety lever or not having the hole? So an AVT safety lever must have three flat spots whereas the SVT safety lever must have the two flat spots? So my safety lever must be from an AVT. So during the refurb process, someone must have really wanted my gun to look like an AVT it isn't funny. This is the best way to educate myself about unknown is to ask questions. Thanks again, your a BIG, BIG help.
I cant say if the AVT safety have a hole or not and doesn't matter. Its my guess that an AVT safety should have 3 flat spots on it so the safety would hold the position. During manufacture or refurbishment, they took whatever parts on hand, somes could be left over AVT parts, again no surprises there. There,s maybe a way you can check without going to the range. First be sure your rifle is unloaded,remove the mag, close the action, flip the safety to the left and pull the trigger. Your rifle will goes click, its the way must be. Next, #### the action again and move the safety fully to the right,the rifle will goes click again since nothing block the trigger. Now again with the safety on the right, #### the action close it and pull the trigger but keep your finger pressing on the trigger,with your free hand, pull the bolt fully to the back and let it go foward. In an automatic rifle, soon as the bolt is locked, the hammer will drop but on a semi auto, the hammer wont drop unless the trigger is released then pulled again. So in your rifle, with safety to the right if you dry fire it and keep pulling the trigger,pull the bolt again and let it go, the hammer shouldn't follow but soon as you release the trigger, you will ear click, that's the trigger that reconnect,pull it again and the hammer will hit the firing pin. I hope you understand what i'm trying to explain
Joce
Ah Yes I know just what u've explained, and will try that. I have 80-some-odd rounds that I got with the gun, and would like to shoot it just the same. If I really like shooting it I will find somemore milsurp ammo and have fun once in awhile. I know I've already dry-fired the gun with the safety both to the left and right, with a click both ways. You sure are knowlegdeable of these guns. Its kinda cool knowing I own a weapon so close to a machine gun its not funny. And the closest thing most people will ever get to owning a machine gun. That would be unreal if a person had both the SVT and AVT trigger group. With the SVT trigger group in the gun--its legal, swap it out for the AVT trigger group and it's illegal. wow that is mind-boggling. So a person can have an AVT trigger group but no gun and everything is legal because there is no prohibited gun parts. LOL, what a way to get around that. Thanks again for your help.
