K43

[MajorSideburns]

Wow beautiful rifle SVT-40. Amazing how you can see every machine and cut mark, they were definitely rushing to get that out on the field. Does the qve45 code mean it was made in 1945?

[CALI-gula]

Some pic's of mine. It also has the East German sunburst mark on the receiver.

That's one of the nicest I've seen. Incredible. I assume considering the rest of the gun's condition, that's an original Durofol handguard. If so, do you think they were original produced in that manner, or might it have been polished out by a Volkspolizei recipient that Roger profiled?

It's so nice, it looks like Tiger's Eye gemstone. Absolutely beautiful, thanks for sharing.

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[Rogerbutthead]

Inside the VoPo's I have seen, there is a circular mark in their orangish phenolic handguards. Like this one:


In the German WW2 Durofols - I have seen a number and a diamond with the name "durofol" in it. Like this one:

[CALI-gula]

In the German WW2 Durofols - I have seen a number and a diamond with the name "durofol" in it. Like this one:

Same here. All the German versions I've seen have the Durofol in a diamond trademark mold impression. I've also seen a few bad reproductions with terrible attempts to replicate it but they are usually easy to spot, having other hints of being fake too.

(My '44 duv/Berlin-Lubecker Maschinenfabrik G43 has a Durofol handguard. It's marked "4 Durofol." and is in great shape, no cracks, definitely not a repro, but nowhere near as nice as SVT-40's.)

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[GunKraut]

The East German hand guard was most likely made from a domestic resin/cloth compound called "Duroplast". Similar in structure and application to Durofol, Duroplast was used for 1950's radio housings, electrical devices, food trays and most famous, in the production of body panels for East Germany's Trabant micro car.

https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-broadcast-radio-radio-sets-standardsuper-4-u-64-duroplast-body-made-110862913.html

[CALI-gula]

The East German hand guard was most likely made from a domestic resin/cloth compound called "Duroplast". Similar in structure and application to Durofol, Duroplast was used for 1950's radio housings, electrical devices, food trays and most famous, in the production of body panels for East Germany's Trabant micro car.

Very likely the case, as that does appear to be more like the consistency and grain of the German handguards. Regardless, all of those I've seen, without exception, are still so marked with the "Durofol" in a diamond logo, unless they were reproductions which are easy to spot.

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[SVT-40]

I collect East German guns, so this fit well in my collection. A few more pic's. Bought this in August of 1986 $399.00

[Rogerbutthead]

You have museum quality guns.

[CALI-gula]

Bought this in August of 1986 $399.00

I wish my duv were even HALF as nice as that!!

The is all on me, when I considered what I paid for it!

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[Rogerbutthead]

After Hitler's Garands came out in 2001, the prices of G/K43s skyrocketed.


....and they weren't cheap before.