SVT 40 magazines are a bear to find.......inexpensively. I bit on one on GB just so I could have a 2nd mag, then, at the huge Phoenix gun show in Dec 2011, I found one on a table and they seller only wanted $50 for it, so I bought. Anyone know the philosphy of use for the SVT 40? Were soldiers not issued extra magazines or just a couple to be used in a fire fight? I have found that strippers can be, with practice, faster to use than magazines.