SVT 40

[rice 123]

I was in a pawn shop they had a SVT 40 for sale. It looks clean and it has a good bore. I passed on it they were asking $1100. I have never seen one for sale locally before are they hard to find in the US

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[mdarnell19]

Refurbished SVT 40s are not hard to find at all in the U.S. And $1100 is typical price.

Now factory original SVT 40s are extremely difficult to find every where. $1100 for a factory original rifle is a great price.

[Aragorn243]

I'm hoping the new administration will allow their importation again and bring the price down. No guarantee on that but I'm very unwilling to pay $1100 for one when they get less than half that in Canada for the same rifle.

[browningautorifle]

they get less than half that in Canada for the same rifle

Way less in some cases...staggering to think you guys have to pay so much at times.

[Eaglelord17]

I paid 450$ for my SVT-40 about 5 years ago. Soon afterwards a massive amount came in and they were selling for 200$ a rifle, now they have gone back up again.

I would gladly trade the cheap SVT-40s for the cheap ammo and other firearms you can get in the States. For a milsurp collector the variety and price just can't be beat in the US for basically everything except Soviet arms.

[mdarnell19]

I'm hoping the new administration will allow their importation again and bring the price down. No guarantee on that but I'm very unwilling to pay $1100 for one when they get less than half that in Canada for the same rifle.

I agree. Refurbished SVTs should not cost this much. But often times can sell for this much. I to am waiting for the ban to be lifted and prices to fall to Canadian prices.

[Ronbo6]

What drives the prices is their relative rarity here. Importation to the US was banned by the Clinton Administration and relatively few SVT rifles made it to the US before they clamped down.

Importation was never stopped to Canada and a lot more rifles ended up being imported there.

Unfortunately, word is the SVT's have pretty much dried up n russia, and even lifting an import ban wouldn't significantly change the supply situation here.

[browningautorifle]

What drives the prices is their relative rarity here. Importation to the US was banned

Yes, we were aware.

[Ovidio]

Here they run at 400-600 € in pristine conditions.
Seems to be a quite cheap rifle, oddly........

[Ridolpho]

On a Canadian forum, today, a '43 "Bulgarian light refurb" for $850 loonies (X 0.76 USD). All original stamped, matching parts. It appears these are not keeping pace with the price increase on the refurbs.

Ridolpho