SVT40

[highpower]

There is a lesson to be learned here. I had many opportunities to get one when they were under five hundred. I kept telling myself that I would get one later when the price went down. Guess what? The price never came down and the supply dried up.

They seem to be stable at around $1200 right now and I told myself that I wasn't getting any younger, so I just went ahead and bid it to what I was comfortable with. Quite honestly, if the guy I was bidding against had made one more bid it would have been his instead of mine.

[huntingsocal]

Nice score

I had my eye on this Finn capture ended up at $1,725

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=539473875

[joefrank64k]

Congrats!! Not bad for a drunken bid at all

[SonofWWIIDI]

Nice bidding work!

Don't forget the range report.

[Enfield47]

Congrats, sometimes it pays to drink and bid.

[delfino]

Sweet rifle! Congrats!

[DennisCA]

Not great, but not bad

You'd hate me for what I got mine

Armistice - (since no one asked)
How did u pay for yours?

[Capybara]

$1,200.00 to me seems reasonable for what it is. Not as low as they used to be but what is? A nice Garand would cost you the same and this is a beautiful, interesting rifle that shoots "relatively" cheap ammo.

[Drabnor]

I paid 1300 ish for mine with no qualms... Damn bayonet was expensive too!

[beerman]

I had an SVT pretty muck identical to yours. I bought it for $239 from SOG back in the day....felt like a con when I got $750 for it about 15 years ago. Its the only C&R I ever regret selling. Mine was finicky about a clean chamber and would lock up from time to time, but it was fun as hell to shoot. Congrads on your find HP.

[Paulie Lugnuts]

Looking at Gun Brokers is like a drunk going into a bar. My son and I keep trying to stay away, but it keeps pulling us back.
An SVT 40 is a must for any Russian collection. We found ours on GB a few years ago. Ended up paying $830 for it. Here's a pic with our other Russkie rifles.

[95t-100]

Nice rifle, congrats OP! I still need to get one of these. Thanks for sharing!

[allright]

Beautiful, and a pretty good deal.

[Grendl]

Yup, nice rifle. I see scope groves but I can't see a notch on the back of the receiver. Is it there?

@Rickrock1, what's a "SAB?"

[joefrank64k]

FWIW, looks like Bill Berg made some more stainless piston sets: http://www.ppsh41.com/SVTitems.html