1941 SVT 40 just had to have one

[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....