Re: SVT-40 advice and assitance
Posted: Thu Oct 14, 2010 7:03 am
Since your bolt appears to be the usual plum color - that story is most likely false. SVT-40's left the arsenals with bolt carriers in the white, they were reblued in European armories during the refurbishing process.
===I am always suspicious of what people who want to sell me something tell me. The little old lady who hardly ever drives her car is always the former owner of every used car.
Ukrainian arsenals seem to have done quite a lot of this. Does the serial number on your bolt carrier match the side of the receiver at the chamber?
===Yes, it is a match. N (backwards) L 1801
Is it stamped on the underside or electropencilled on the top of the handle?
===Both.
What about the trigger guard? If you see any electropencilled serial numbers, that's a dead giveaway it's been refurbished.
===It's stamped onto the bottom of the triggerguard, not electropenciled. The same number has been burned into the stock plus their are some round stamp marks on the side of the chinrest U N C M in little circles.
This is not a bad thing as the rifle leaves in near-new condition, lengthening its service life.
===There seems no doubt it was refirbished...there is a major crack in the stock in the palmwell, but it has been expertly repaired.
Your rifle was made at Izhevsk arsenal in 1941.
===That's interesting, Is this a common year? A nice year to have?
The cleaning rod button looks to be from a later year, though. Nice use of a Vz.58 sling - I used one on my rifle for quite a while.
===It came with it...
I found a Bulgarian RPD sling and have been using that since. It's similar in design to the WWII era slings but is adjustable for length.
===I'm going to use your instructions to try to clean it as soon as I get those tools...so don't go too far away.
===I am always suspicious of what people who want to sell me something tell me. The little old lady who hardly ever drives her car is always the former owner of every used car.
Ukrainian arsenals seem to have done quite a lot of this. Does the serial number on your bolt carrier match the side of the receiver at the chamber?
===Yes, it is a match. N (backwards) L 1801
Is it stamped on the underside or electropencilled on the top of the handle?
===Both.
What about the trigger guard? If you see any electropencilled serial numbers, that's a dead giveaway it's been refurbished.
===It's stamped onto the bottom of the triggerguard, not electropenciled. The same number has been burned into the stock plus their are some round stamp marks on the side of the chinrest U N C M in little circles.
This is not a bad thing as the rifle leaves in near-new condition, lengthening its service life.
===There seems no doubt it was refirbished...there is a major crack in the stock in the palmwell, but it has been expertly repaired.
Your rifle was made at Izhevsk arsenal in 1941.
===That's interesting, Is this a common year? A nice year to have?
The cleaning rod button looks to be from a later year, though. Nice use of a Vz.58 sling - I used one on my rifle for quite a while.
===It came with it...
I found a Bulgarian RPD sling and have been using that since. It's similar in design to the WWII era slings but is adjustable for length.
===I'm going to use your instructions to try to clean it as soon as I get those tools...so don't go too far away.