Picked up a SVT-40

[dugedug]

Added my first SVT-40 to the stable. Thanks to jamesob for a quick and easy sale on a great rifle.

I've torn it completely down and gone through the rifle. The bore is in excellent condition with the sharpest land & grooves I've seen on a surplus rifle. It was dark but after a dozen patches it is starting to lighten up. No import marks, no electro-pencil, no purple parts. Only a few parts are non-Tula. The only cartouche on the stock looks like a very very faint boxed "sa". Anything particular I should watch out for during the first range session with it? The regulator is set on "2" and I will be shooting out of a 440rnd tin of 149gr Bulgarian copperwashed. What kind of spares should I get? I was looking at picking up a piston, regulator, magazine (if I can find one for decent $) and an adjustment tool.

[Fate]

Get the Blackriver Gunsmithing adjustment tool ASAP. You don't really want to be shooting the rifle on "2" if possible. You'll want to dial it down to the lowest setting that it works reliably to save it from being beat to death with the recoil.

One thing most new SVT owners don't have at their first range trip is a rubber mallet. You'll need that to get the bolt open if you dial it too low

That's a sweet looking Finn capture from the Continuation War. Do some research on the history and you'll love it even more.

Check out this link: http://mosinnagant.net/USSR/SVTsection.asp

[Seesm]

That thing only sucks a little cuz you own it and I do not... Nice.

[glennsche]

great lookin' non-russian refurbed. nice pick up!

i just finished cleaning mine about an hour after a hard weekend with it at the range. pumpkins explode beautifully when hit by this gun, just so you know.

[jamesob]

i am crying right now dammit. i didn't want to see it again because i knew i would ball my eyes out.

[Spiggy]

Get the Blackriver Gunsmithing adjustment tool ASAP. You don't really want to be shooting the rifle on "2" if possible. You'll want to dial it down to the lowest setting that it works reliably to save it from being beat to death with the recoil.

One thing most new SVT owners don't have at their first range trip is a rubber mallet. You'll need that to get the bolt open if you dial it too low

That's a sweet looking Finn capture from the Continuation War. Do some research on the history and you'll love it even more.

Check out this link: http://mosinnagant.net/USSR/SVTsection.asp

Or have a mosin nagant handy