SVT 40 value estimate

[joefrank64k]

[19K]

[joefrank64k]

Yes, you'll be good.

All I have is corrosive, haha!!

[Russian Bot]

Only way I'll ever own a Thompson is if I move to a free state and get the NFA version. Id keep the SVT, then again its on my list of guns I gotta have.

[SVT-40]

Obviously one of my favorite C&R military firearms.

[Fate]

I had a matching Finn capture, non refurb. Sold it for $1200 about 15 years ago. Kinda regret that. Fun to shoot. Less fun to clean (I shoot corrosive surplus).

[EasyAmbition2310]

This is an arsenal rebuild. It looks like the numbers are matching, but they're not the original parts. Rebuilds are 60% guns. It's worth about $1,800 to someone who knows what it is. It's worth up to around $3,000 to someone who doesn't know what it is.

As a rebuild, you should be shooting it to enjoy it. 7.62x54R is a heckuva round. If you're not shooting it, and you're going to shoot the Thompson. Get the Thompson. If you're not going to shoot the Thompson often, keep the SVT-40 because it will appreciate much more than the Thompson over your lifespan. If you are shooting it, keep it because it's cooler than just about any repro.

[userformerlyknownasfitty]

REALLY wish I bought the one I saw for $1400 in 2017/18. Now I don't think I'll ever buy one. I just don't think these are $2k+ guns to me.

[echo1]

REALLY wish I bought the one I saw for $1400 in 2017/18. Now I don't think I'll ever buy one. I just don't think these are $2k+ guns to me.

I picked this one up in 2017. I was helping my FFL buddy out at the first Lodi gun show in years. He had this SVT & a Winchester Garand out (both for $1300) and didn't get any hits by Sunday. I asked him if he was up for some horse trading on the SVT and he said maybe. I ended up swapping 2 ratty SKSs and 2 Big 5 Mosin's for it. Later that same year, I picked up the M1 too. For the same price he'd been asking, he threw in 300 rounds of FMJ on clips and gave me an H&R Sportsman I'd been eyeballing. He hung up his shingle after we did the 4473. I've bought bunches of stuff from him over the decades. PAX

[TRAP55]

I've emailed 3 times over the last two years and have not gotten a response.
Asking if he was still making them, if there was a timeline for back in stock, and/or preorder. No response.

That's worrisome to hear, I hope he's alright, I haven't talked to him in years now. One of the most interesting people I've ever met.
We were on the same mission, trying to find an economical way to make a working gas system.
I was looking into hard chroming the piston and cylinder, after getting quotes for machining new ones in stainless that were ridiculous. Bill found a guy to make them at a third of the cost, ...of the lowest quote I got!
I got two sets of the first batch made, and put one in the rifle to torture test. 1200rnds of the nastiest corrosive combloc surplus I could find. Had to add a broken case extractor to my tool pouch from shooting that crap. Cleaned the gun, but didn't touch the the new stainless parts. When I finally did clean it, the carbon soot wiped right off with a paper towel and CLP.
That set is still in the gun!
The other set is still in the little ziploc bag it came in. I've got two more factory sets, that worked fine when I pulled them, a bolt, and a trigger group, if anyone is looking for parts.

[paratroop]

Don't mean to brag, but I just picked up my first svt 40, my first arisaka(with intact mum), and an old 12 gauge pump, for 1500.

Neighbor said he was going to sell it, I asked how much, he said 800, I said sold! The last I remember they were going for around 1200?

So, he went on gunbroker, and found out they were going for much more! But he kept the original "deal" we had! I'm going to give him a bit more, so I don't feel like I stole it!

It looks pretty good, magazine is beat up, no numbers match.

Arisaka looks good, no numbers match,

The 12 gauge is cool, he was going to find a cowboy action shooter to sell it to, but I'm a sucker for old American guns.

[echo1]

Nice score p. Numrich has repo mags that work if yours is shot. PAX

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

I wouldn't make that trade.

[LAKA90034]

Don?t do it. One of the few guns I regret selling is my SVT. Bought it from SOG back in early 90s for $239 and thought I made a killing selling it for $750 in late 90s.

^^^^^^^^^^^^
This. Although there are also other guns that I regret selling.