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What would a non refurbed, all matching, all original and correct excel. condt. as issued Russian SVT go for in Canada? Ray
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11-29-2014 06:05 AM
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See Lever arms site(Vancouver) for prices...they have them as new. They list them as $310 I think. I've seen lots at other shops at that price too. The scoped versions were available in Edmonton at P&D for just over $400...no big thing. They all looked as new.
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I'm sure I wouldn't know an original Soviet from what's on the rack in Edmonton right now Brian. There aren't many that seem to care about Russian around us here...mostly just because they're cheap shooters.
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What is ur price I will pay .
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I like the SVT, finding them to be very straight forward and simple. The prices I've payed (here in Canada) range from $200.00 to $750.00. The $750.00 was for a probable non-refurbed example in a private sale while the $200.00 was for a nice re-furbed '41 Tula that has proven to be an excellent shooter. Typical refurbs run $300.00, including the odd Podolsk, and display quite variable quality in bore condition and fitment of the repacement stock. It appears that upon arrival at "the plant" each gun was stripped of easily removed parts (not barrels) which were then sanded or linished to remove stamped numbers. It also appears that bolts and carriers were blued in the refurb process, resulting in shades of purple to red or even bronze due to the composition of special steel used in them. Bolts/carriers/triggerguards, etc were electropencilled to match the rceeiver number during refurb. The important bolt locking insert in the receiver is similar composition and usually matches bolt/ carrier in colour. The inserts in mine vary from new looking to obviously worn but I have yet to have a headspace problem so the factories seem to have done a good job matching bolts (which have slightly different lengths) to inserts. Less satisfactory is the fit in the stock which ranges from excellent to very sloppy. Occasionally a stock may still be attached to it's original rifle but most are re-stamped or quite obviously brand new replacements. Original sniper versions received the same treatment and usually the only thing left to distinguish them is the characteristic "notch" as machined at Tula.
Judging from what I see on Gunbroker, original or non-refurbs (and Finn captures) are rarer up here than in the US and I suspect they would easily get $1,500+ if placed for sale in the open market.
Comrade Ridolpho
Last edited by Ridolpho; 11-30-2014 at 11:46 AM.
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There are a lot for sale here in Canada; Switzer's auction sold three for 275, 400 and 400 about two weeks ago. Agree with Ridolpho's comments about condition. One can find the different variations in factory, muzzle brake design, etc. I tend to be somewhat wary of the "snipers" since while they were made up as snipers, none of them escaped refurb. As far as I'm concerned the notion of a "Factory original, non-refurb" Russian ANYTHING is a load of vegetable matter which has been predigested by a horse. It's like the folks who are advertising "non refurb" original Russian SKS's. I'm not truly sure such a thing exists.
Anyway, they may start to become somewhat more scarce here in Canada too. Apparently, further imports are not happening, either because the supply has dried up or because of political issues re Putin/Russian/Ukraine and embargoes. It does make sense that the supply will eventually dry up--they were not manufactured in the same vast quantities as Mosin Nagants, were more delicate that Mosins, and weren't produced post WWII.
Ed
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