SVT40 - pics added

[Power Surge]

Well...I certainly wasn't looking for one, but you guys here have a way of influencing someone, lol.

Local guy posted one for sale on the local trader page. After talking to him, I made a deal for $850 and he's giving me the gas system adjustment tools also. I don't know crap about this gun. But he said he shoots it often and it functions perfect, so that's got to be a good sign.

He claims it's numbers matching, and supposed to be a 1941 model from the Izzy plant. Again...i don't know if that means anything. This was a pretty quick buy as quite a few people were interested. Hopefully I made a good buy. Picking it up Friday, I'll post pics when I get it.

[Phosphorus32]

That's about $300-800 below the going rate depending on factory and condition. Can't imagine you went wrong on that purchase. 

Looking forward to pics!

[armedhippie]

Its hard to go wrong with a SVT  Congrats man, That's 1 to cross off the ole bucket list....even if it wasn't on yours 

Yeah you gotta be careful, We definitely have no shortage of "enablers" here 

[Greasemonkey]

Yeah you gotta be careful, We definitely have no shortage of "enablers" here 

Enablers?    Whatchu talkin bout Willis?



850 is a pretty good price these days  and it doesn't help make it any easier to clean...

[Power Surge]

I just picked up the svt40. The guy was telling me something about its a converted full auto version and that's why it has a plum bolt carrier and double notched stock by the trigger. This sound like something feasible? 

[Justin Hell]

Dude...you are killing me here. Your totally stealing my bucket list and in only a couple of months. An SVT is a coveting issue I have been dealing with for quite awhile. Hope that it is functional legally n stuff....but a FA x54....kinda stiffens things below the belt line.

[CARBINE]

Where are the pics!! 

[Dannyboy53]

Where are the pics!! 

Yeah...what Carbine said?!!

[Greasemonkey]

Sounds like a Russian refurb purple bolt SVT-40 in an AVT-40 stock. Which is a completely normal find, Russia simply used left over AVT parts inventory, due to the phase out of the AVT. The AVT had a slightly beefer designed stock, as well as two notches at the safety, seeing that was the select fire switch vs. one notch on a standard SVT safety/semiauto fire..

Ok, I'll back the others....pics, or it dont exist

[Power Surge]

Sounds like a Russian refurb purple bolt SVT-40 in an AVT-40 stock. Which is a completely normal find, Russia simply used left over AVT parts inventory, due to the phase out of the AVT. The AVT had a slightly beefer designed stock, as well as two notches at the safety, seeing that was the select fire switch vs. one notch on a standard SVT safety/semiauto fire..

Ok, I'll back the others....pics, or it dont exist

Yep, think you nailed it. Posting pics now...

[CARBINE]

Sounds like a Russian refurb purple bolt SVT-40 in an AVT-40 stock. Which is a completely normal find, Russia simply used left over AVT parts inventory, due to the phase out of the AVT. The AVT had a slightly beefer designed stock, as well as two notches at the safety, seeing that was the select fire switch vs. one notch on a standard SVT safety/semiauto fire..

Ok, I'll back the others....pics, or it dont exist

Yep, think you nailed it. Posting pics now...

[Power Surge]

Ok, here's some pics. From talking offline with GM, and just a little online info searching, my best guess is that this is a 1941 Izzy model, that has been refurbished along with an 1943 Tula AVT stock. Pics below....please tell me anything you can about what you see

Overall rifle:



Front end, metal and bluing is really nice on this gun:



"A" on the right side of the stock...I'm guessing that marks it as an AVT stock?:



Another hint of AVT stock...select fire dual notches:



Restamped serial over old AVT serial:



Receiver serial:



Top of receiver and bolt carrier:



Bolt from underside:



Closer shot of right side of stock. Note the Tula star, and looking very closely you can see "1943" under it. Looks like they did a quick sanding job during rearsenal:



And lastly, the magazine. Not matching, but still an original mag which from what I understand is crucial to the operation of the SVT40:





Any info or thoughts welcome   . Let me know if you want to see anything else specific.

[Justin Hell]

These things are more frustrating to me than having a hottie cousin.....I covet yet shouldn't.

It does kind of give me an idea for that extra cheese grater and junky SKS stock....silly bubba thoughts. 

Congrats on the new addition nevertheless....happy for ya!

[bbush44]

Nice! I too long after a SVT-40. You said you got this locally?

[Power Surge]

Nice! I too long after a SVT-40. You said you got this locally?

Yeah, guy posted it on one of the local facebook gun trader pages. He was about 3 hours from me and we met midway.

[bbush44]

I find very little C&R locally, congrats on your find. 

[Loose}{Cannon]

Looks great!    Maybe I can talk my ole man out of his.     

[Greasemonkey]

And it's got the bayonet lug    Bayonets are always fun to find, and not cheap by any means, especially for the SVT.  Izhevsk only made the SVT from '40 to '42, so they are not as common as the Tula.

Yup, that's an AVT-40 stock.  Very nice example you got, for the killer price ya paid.   

Now, what you said about the magazine, that's correct, if it feeds good, don't molest it, actually, I use strippers to load mine. They were made to be reloaded by hand in the rifle, or with Mosin stripper clips. Don't skimp, use the good milsurp ones, a metric crap ton of these things exist from surplus ammo imported in the past few years, skip the junky flimsy commercial made ones trying to save a buck or two. The magazines were fitted to the individual rifle, which is why they numbered them. Loading from strippers or by hand, reduces wear and tear on the magazine and mag latch from constant removal and reinstall. Aftermarket reproduction magazines are usually expensive and can require some nerve racking tweaking, but even a factory magazine from another rifle, again, even more expensive may, or odds are, it may not work in yours without some tweaking.

I covet yet shouldn't.

It's ok, to be jelly "Smuckers"    I got one, and seeing another still causes movement....

[Power Surge]

Awesome. I feel better about this almost impulse buy. I notice is has the grooves for the slide on scope mount too. Not sure if they all did or not.

What other advice is there on the SVT40? I have already done my research on the gas operation, and I got the adjuster with the gun. What about preferred ammo? I know dollar wise, surplus is the way to go, but also is corrosive. You also have modern Tula and Wolf, with non-corrosive primers, but a bit more money. Does one work better than the other? They both seem to be steel cased and same bullet grains.

[Phosphorus32]

What about preferred ammo? I know dollar wise, surplus is the way to go, but also is corrosive. You also have modern Tula and Wolf, with non-corrosive primers, but a bit more money. Does one work better than the other? They both seem to be steel cased and same bullet grains.

Your choice.  1. Pay more for modern ammo, clean less often, or at least less diligently. 2. Pay less for ammo, clean thoroughly every time.

I would assume the light ball (LPS) would be the way to go on these...but I'm talking from a 0% level of experience with the SVT-40, so take that with 147 grains of salt 

That was a killer deal      I want one