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Ahh, you want to get personal? It's not very mature, you know. What was you response to me at first? get jaded? Why envy rifles? I'm sure you're proud of your possessions but why spark an argument over it?

If you care to read my initial post you might see that I merely considered the SVT-40 being pretty common item (as few other posters wondered why the oohs over SVT), and stated that an AVT-40 would get a lot more oohs. I could put up the pic, but it looks exactly the same, externally, as SVT. And I did say a few nice things about SVT. It's not bad rifle, in fact it was highly regarded by well trained troops. Enough so the Germans made their G43 after it.

Those Mosins with non-PU scopes. They look familiar (I could almost say that the optics look like Finnish sniper rifle ones, but mounts don't look the same), what are these? At last, the shooting results look good, something to expect from that weapons class. My question about shooting was meant to be that are you simply collecting them or do you take them to a drive once and in a while?
 
Medusa, I think some of the conflict here may have just come from a simple misunderstanding of your original post. :) The SVT-40 may be very common where you live, but here, I may only see one or two SVT-40s at a gun show, and they may not always be in the best condition.

I would say that most of us here on The High Road do not like to collect "safe queens." When we get military surplus firearms, we like to clean them and keep them in good working order, because we enjoy shooting these pieces of history!
 
quote;I would say that most of us here on The High Road do not like to collect "safe queens." When we get military surplus firearms, we like to clean them and keep them in good working order, because we enjoy shooting these pieces of history!

Well regarding that generally I shoot most of my rifles,though some I do shoot sparingly.There is one I have though I just never could come to fire,a mint FN49 Venezuelan....not rearsenaled....just practcally mint.I have only seen 2 others in that condition on firearm websites since I got it several years ago.

Most that have been listed or at shows have abuse on them,I just put it back in the safe and look at it sometimes.....sounds like a waste maybe but....
 
RE: the SVT-40: a little research on the internet and I am beginning to understand why the SVT-40 just *might* be the most desireable rifle on the planet. ;-) Thanks Dr. Venkman.
 
I was first shown the SVT in school in 1966 till then I didn't know what it was called and I impressed the instructor by warning him about the recoil springs shooting across the room. We never found ammo for this rifle in the 1950's.

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MJ--how many times do we all have to tell you that you suck and we hate you (as does HK by the way, except I'M kidding and don't mean it, they do :D) before you stop tormenting us with your sweet, enviable collection? You need to do a THR lending program with that rifle as pennance......:D
 
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quote;MJ--how many time do we all have to tell you that you suck and we hate you (as does HK by the way, except I'M kidding and don't mean it, they do ) before you stop tormenting us with your sweet, enviable collection? You need to do a THR lending program with that rifle as pennance

na,the only time I'll get jealous of a member is when they post some beautiful gun of theirs being shot or posed with by some beautiful busty voluptuous scantly clad lady......then we can talk about a lend-lease program and I ain't talkin' ' bout the gun.:p
 
should post a picture of my svt gas adjustng tool.

am happy to see any svt bayonett though.
 
MJ

thanks for posting, very intresting old rifles, I'v never seen one before / never bother to look or knew to look for them. they are not a rifle people talk about much on here or any other board its nice to see something "new"
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Never heard of them? Well it was callled tyhe Iron curtin for a reason.

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MJ.

Thanks for some neat pictures.

My last shot at a SVT40 was around 1981. A Marine Candidate showed up at our Army college ROTC 50 foot indoor range with one. He had a box of ancient US made hunting ammo and wanted to try it out on our .22LR range....

I explaied that while it was true we did have a 4.5 inch thick steel backstop that his rifle might make divots or crators on the plate than might cause a .22LR to put someones eye out at some point in the future. Later as he neared graduation he offered it to me for $200.....which I did not have.

As to comonality, I have not noticed them falling out of trees here abouts (North Central FLorida) and have seen only a few at the larger shows from time to time.

My wife claims I whine more about missed opertunities with guns than with girls. Well duh.....

-Bob Hollingsworth
 
I think a lot of wives around here have heard that whine.

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Why just today the whining could be heard in the halls of my castle and some wimpering.

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dang MJ,I'm beginning to wonder if there is a military rifle you don't have.You know what I'd like to see from you or any member,a Turk mauser in excellent to like new condition,it seems the only ones I ever see have hard use to them.
 
Oh lordy, I was tryin' to hold back, but he did foolishly and specifically ask for Turks...

And not just Turks, even, *nice* ones. So I'm specifically obligated...

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And the worst part is tomorrow I'm going to the gunshop to pick up two more tigery Turks, which I paid $125 shipped and $155 shipped for respectively.
 
Vaarok,you are a man who delivers.:cool:

Did you refinish the wood or did you actually score these Turks in such great condition?Hows the barrels on them?

I might be persuaded to invest in one of these if I could either recondition it to this fine condition or a source that actually has one in nice condition.

I see and hear about Turks all the time and how budget they are but they always seem as if they were dragged and stepped on by a camel thru the desert.

the wood floor makes a great background for the photos btw.The antique look.That would also be a great background for western arms also....ala levers and hoglegs.
 
Refinishing is bad, mkay?

I simply am picky. I watch trader boards, I watch auction sites, and I buy the best I can find. Not just Turks, either. I've got a crapload of other stripey guns.

Too often people go for a representative piece of a milsurp, and accept one that's meh or worse. I did that when I was a newbie, and have two ugly Turks that I love to death and can't bear to part with- but when I shop for a shiny collectable, I'm picky.

My two cheats are that A) I poach trader boards, buying rifles from other collectors who've already pre-screened what I buy, and B) I know what I intend to get and don't argue with my rules for purchasing. If it has stripes, and is priced right, I like stripes, and I will buy it. If it doesn't have good stripes, or it is priced too high, I pass on it.

Also, remember the triangle- cheap, good, fast. You can only have two. I stick to cheap and good, so I have to be patient and vigilant for when one comes up for sale.
 
I missed out on the Turks

Shame as they have a long and classic history. And a dark side also.



I was just looking in another direction when they came by.

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And the worst part is tomorrow I'm going to the gunshop to pick up two more tigery Turks, which I paid $125 shipped and $155 shipped for respectively.
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Those are some nice looking turks. I wish I would have bought a dozen more of them when they cost around $49/ea.;)
 
I might be persuaded to invest in one of these if I could either recondition it to this fine condition or a source that actually has one in nice condition.

I see and hear about Turks all the time and how budget they are but they always seem as if they were dragged and stepped on by a camel thru the desert.
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There are two types of turks that I've seen imported:

1. Beat to heck, sometimes with what looks like field expedient replacement parts. Stocks impregnated with cosmoline and dirt.

The standard SOP for these was to wrap them in newspaper and either warm them up in an oven or on a hot asphalt driveway to melt the cosmoline, towel off the cosmoline, and repeat. I simply stood mine up in front of the fireplace with newspaper under it to sweat the cosmoline out. Once cosmoline was removed, many coats of BLO was to be rubbed in.

2. Arsenal refinished rifles with nearly 100% bluing, but with a clean unfinished stock. By 'unfinished' I don't just mean a lack of wood protectant/sealant, but the stock being oversized and not completely filed/sanded to its final dimensions. I passed up on some really nice examples of these, and I wish I wouldn't have.
 
Laquer thinner will pull grease out of the wood also.

But I like it when you don't have to work on them at all.

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