1941 SVT 40 just had to have one

[Ridolpho]

Cheese Noodles: The restamped serial on the receiver is unusual. A photo of it would be nice. I have three of the so-called Bulgarian refurbs and they all have the serial # restamped vertically on the left buttstock. Two of them have distinctive cherry red "bluing" on bolt/ carrier. The lacquer finish on the stocks is quite distinctive close up. Many of the Bulgarian refurbs have mint bores which is not common in the world of SVT's.

Ridolpho

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[Cheese Noodles]

Here is a shot of the S/N on the receiver, it does not look correct. As noted, my knowledge and funds were limited when I got this, but I wanted one back then and they were few and far between.

[big bear]

Cheese Noodles: The restamped serial on the receiver is unusual. A photo of it would be nice. I have three of the so-called Bulgarian refurbs and they all have the serial # restamped vertically on the left buttstock. Two of them have distinctive cherry red "bluing" on bolt/ carrier. The lacquer finish on the stocks is quite distinctive close up. Many of the Bulgarian refurbs have mint bores which is not common in the world of SVT's.

Ridolpho

Lots of the Russian refurb SVT's imported into Canada have same reddish/purple bolt color.Lots of discussions about significance/lack of significance of the hue of the bolt. I have a few SVT's, fun to shoot. But.... and I don't care what anyone says, they are a real p.i.a. to strip for cleaning after shooting corrosive ammo. As a result I don't shoot mine as often as I'd like. Conversation goes like this... gee it would be nice to take the SVT to the range, if any chatty range bums interfere with my shooting I'll break out my SVT, the muzzle blast will give me a nice buffer zone so I can shoot in peace. BUT, do I really want to spend an hour cleaning the damned thing and putting it back together....

[Ridolpho]

big bear: Many experts now feel that "bluing" of the bolt/ carrier was initiated in '42 and is not simply a refurb characteristic. Unfortunately the key reference for the SVT, which discusses things like this, is in Russian (R. Chumak).

You're right about the muzzle blast- recently let another shooter fire one of my SVT 40's at the range and made the mistake of standing just to the side and rear. The later large window type aren't nearly as bad (or effective).

With regard to shooting corrosive, I have my cleaning regimen perfected to the point that I can do one of my SVT's about as fast as a Mosin. However, I've gotten the best accuracy by far with Wolf and PRVI non-corrosive (but heavier bullets than optimal for the SVT).

Ridolpho