I’m fortunate enough to own one of these bad boys , a qve45 . As a WW2 German re-enactor I purchased it in around 2001 for $1800 with 3 mags, a repro scope mount and Czech marked ZF4 scope. It’s been surprisingly reliable and it’s something I’ll never part with.
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The Germans were very fond of the SVT-40, they captured a lot of them on the Eastern Front. Had the Germans not attacked the Soviets in June 1941, the probably could have developed more on the SVT-40 making it more reliable ramping up the production, and to make it easier to service for the common soldier. This would probably have given the Soviets an advantage in firepower against the Germans on the Eastern Front. I would recommend the book Sniper on the Eastern Front, a book about the experiences of Sepp Allerberger. Sadly I had to sell my SVT-40, in order to get the permit for an Russian Tigr rifle (Civilian SVD), since I am not allowed to own 2 semi-automatic rifles in the same caliber. Or more than one semi-auyo centerfired rifle...
My favorite rifle from WWII - always has been. As they say, beauty is in the eye of the beholder - for some reason I always thought it was the most badass looking semi-auto rifle from the war. Love the vent hole sleeve and the muzzle device - just a sick looking rifle.
@@afinoxi They used BAR's too, do you dislike them as well, dumbass? upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Viet_Cong002.jpg And M2 carbines as well. file.alotrip.com/photo/vietnam/history/vietnamese-women-in-vietnam-war-329.jpeg Libtards blame guns for the actions of others, don't be a libtard.
I once saw a svt-40 on armslist for $250. Dude thought he had a mosin nagant...LOL...i messaged him roughly 4 hours after he posted the add. He said someone came to buy it 2 hours ago...😂
When developing a weapon that's going to replace one that's actively in use (or be used to supplement one currently in use) the less soldiers have to relearn on it the better. It's why the M1 Garand and the M14 look so similar in terms of sights and general controls but they're effectively different rifles. Or why the AK, in all of it's iterations up until today maintain the same general shape and sight style. You could give a soldier today who uses AKs on the regular an AK-47 literally made in 1947 and there would be very little, if any, hesitation at all in it's use. That's the problem with issuing radically different weapons to replace a currently weapon in use during war. You don't have time to train on those weapons and performance of the soldiers suffer because of it. Back on the AK, the Dragunov uses similar irons. The RPK, which is basically an oversized AK does the same thing, the PKM does the same thing, etc. I guess it's an early concept of the "one size fits all" weapon that some armies are trying to get now. That whole modular thing where you can swap barrels and ammo sizes to make an AR an SMG, or LMG, or DMR, etc.
Correct. It was supposed to be bolt action too. Well it technically was with the charging handle. Walther kind of gave german high command the middle finger when they made this
I’d honestly rather have an M1 Garand for that price. These are neat rifles and I love German weapons but the M1 just has that classic American allure and mystique about it.
You can get an M1 Garand for far cheaper. My local gun shop OCCASIONALLY gets a few in stock and they generally run about $1200. Again, depends on who's selling them and it sucks because I REALLY want one of those things but just don't have 1200 to shell on it.
@@BullsMahunny just do some research and be very patient and keep your eye out nice ones can still be had under 900-1000 they don't come up to often but they're out there. I picked up a Oct. 1943 Springfield with a tight 10/43 barrel for 800 within the past year. Just do your research and don't rush it they're really easy to overpay and come home with a boat anchor.
I want one of these so bad. Its on my top 5 Firearms bucket list. I've only ever held two (G43's with scopes). They were so expensive that I could never swing it. I'd be more than happy with one of these. I'm just like you MAC. I don't mind if my historical firearms are beat up. It gives them character and makes me wonder what they've been through, what battles they've seen...etc. Perhaps one day I'll be lucky enough to nab one of these.
I went to a local pawn shop about a year ago to ask the owner if he would accept a transfer. We started talking about milsurp rifles and he went to the back and brought out a SVT 40. I was blown away. I never expected to see one those in person it was a really cool looking piece of history.
The thing I remember about this rifle is that the Op rod comes back too far and the mouth of the brass is crushed as it is ejecting. The SVT40 is one of the most pleasant rifles to shoot. The open sights don't help in the accuracy department , but the tipping bolt design is much more intelligent than the two independent locking lugs of the G43.
When I was 12 years old (1970), I had the opportunity to shoot one of these. My dad's friend had one. He sold it in 2001, for $1000, at a gun show. It was in mint condition. I should have bought it.
a M1 Garand is a must for anyone interested in war history at all. Still a competent (though not ideal) platform. Thanks for the video Tim, I completely enjoyed it! God bless my friend
@Jonathan Spier I got two of them, one was a service grade for $650 and the other was an RM1 Special which was completely redone, have 500 rounds through each so far and have never experienced a malfunction. I use Privi for ammo
@Cody Sonnet The official and false narrative of WW2? What exactly do you mean by that? Nothing in the history books is ever all that descriptive, or even accurate, but I wouldn't consider high school history class to be all that official to begin with.
I remember a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge telling me that the GIs would throw an empty clip at rocks after a shot, and the Germans would pop their heads up, thinking the GI was empty.
You are right. The K-43/G-43 was issued with 3 magazines and a pouch that held two of them. The other of course was in the weapon. This pouch was worn of the soldier's left side. The magazine was loaded with the left hand and the the bolt handle was actived also with the left hand. This allowed the soldier to keep his right firing hand on the stock and ready to fire, once the weapon was loaded. On the right were the standard K98K six 5 round 3 pocket magazine pouch. I most cases unless in an extreme emergency the shooter kept the magazine in the rifle and and loaded the weapon with 2 5 round stripper clips using the right hand to place the stripper clips.
kool rifle, the 1 everybody forgets about...always thought they should have had Major Konig carry 1 in the movie.....since they got everything else wrong.
The Swedish Ag42 (Ljungman), the SVT40, the G43/K43, and the M1 Garand are amazing self-loading rifles of WW2. I’d love to own all of them but I’m way too poor to be able to do that.
I know it's been a while since you posted this video but I just stumbled onto it....And it brought back an early teens memory for me (I'm now 65 if that tells you anything). Two men, coworkers with my Dad, and I use to deer hunt with here in South Carolina. Both men were WWII Veterans and both had "procured" examples of the K43 while fighting in Europe and managed to get them back to the States after the war ended. Both men were excellent shots and used their milspec K38s to take, cleanly, many eatin' and wall hangin' deer over the years well into the late 1970s. Both men, like my Dad, have since passed away but their oldest sons inherited those K43s and continue, into late 2019, to take deer, and now feral hogs, with those 8mm K43s. One of them was used, in 2015, to take an elk....So something must be good about the K43.
Dziękuję za film, rzeczowy opis broni i pokaz strzelecki. Świetny kanał na YT i kopalnia informacji o przeróżnej broni. W Polsce przed 1939 rokiem też zbudowano karabin samopowtarzalny nazwany kb wz 38 M ( lub kbs wz 38 M). Twórcą tej broni był polski konstruktor Józef Maroszek. Wojsko Polskie miało szansę być trzecią armią na świecie wyposażoną w karabiny samopowtarzalne. Niestety tak się nie stało, wyprodukowano tylko niewielką ilość tej broni. Może zobaczę na kanale MAC film z kb wz 38 M? Pozdrawiam z Polski.
I had one without the bolt lock open once, and it was not fun getting it off and on. It's definitely much easier with it, so if you plan on buying one to shoot, then I would avoid the ones without them (which isn't hard to do since most of them have them).
They are all my favorite I have 2 k43 or g43 sniper with matching numbers I got them when I was in my 20:s 18 years ago I no they are worth money today but will never sell or give them up because they are like ,my kids you so right lol Keep up the vids
Considering how many years they spent working the bugs out of the Garand, the G/K-43 rifles were a relatively good effort by the Germans. Also, of course, these were developed while Germany was in the middle of losing a two-front world war.
I think of that sort of like manual vs automatic transmissions. Manuals are just more fun to drive than automatics, regardless of what you're comparing.
Unfortinatly a very expensive weapon, only built for 430.000 pieces in WWIi. I own a K98 k with a "zielvier" scope on top of it. It was constructed in the early 50er . Grwatings from Berlin, Germany.
Due to stringent design criteria , MAUSER could not use any holes in barrel. G41 was not the fault of MAUSER because the GERMAN army had specifically instructed them " Not to drill any orifices in the barrel". - Whereas the Soviet designers were not subjected to stringent criterias. - The SVT-40 uses the SHORT stroke piston for which " drilling of barrel is a must ". - The G41 used a cup at the muzzle which directed gases to a concentric slidable piston for self loading purpose.
It wasnt just that other countries couldn't get them into the field before and during ww2, it was also that they couldn't design and build a good one. Like the US had a choice of two semi auto rifles like the garrand and Johnston
My buddy that bought a G43 for WW2 reenacting had to buy a commercial gas system just to ensure the gun didn't ruin itself. Even then he has the gas tube held in place with some washers because he still doesn't trust it... it's a huge expense just to take care of the gun, not to mention the 200$+ dollar magazines.
Little late to reply I have a G 43 sn 9583. Has the bolt lock and spring cover that moves with bolt. Sun is also stamped into the wood on the lower side of stock. As far as I know it's all original except for sling. Also have the 3 magazine. Rifle was given to my father at end of War by his men as a going away present when he was transferred to Rainbow Division an assigned to military government. I've only fired it a few times.
I actually shot one of these quite a bit. My uncle brought one back from WW2 and hunted deer with it for decades. It worked great and he loved it. After his death it was sold...😢
It is something to have and hold a weapon that saw action is a war, and invariably you have to sit and contemplate how many "Enemy Combatants" were killed by the firearm in your hands. I had an all numbers matching British Lee Enfield Bolt action Rifle that was made in 1916, and when you look at the bore of that rifle all that was left were faint marks of the bore but that rifle was so accurate I could castrate a tick at 300 yards! I was so amazed at that rifle and because of the state of the bore, it most definitely saw action in BOTH world wars, but the stock was not is as good of condition as the metal parts of the weapon and eventually I was forced to sell the rifle because of the gun laws in my country. It was worn out but I have to wonder how many Germans were wounded or killed by that Rifle. It does give serious pause, and even though I am a WWII firearms buff, I truly hope there is not another World War that requires our Nations to switch peace time production to Wartime production like so many of the countries during WW2 were forced to do. But once again, if it does then we will do what we must. "Sic Semper Tyrannis" (Thus always to Tyrants)
The G43 really did copy from the SVT-40 (the K41 was pretty much junk). Feodor Tokarev... The Soviet Union's John Moses Browning. I need to get that Wolff Springs kit in my G43 so I can shoot it.
Not a fan of war. But it is crazy to me that we use to kill each other with rounds that can drop Elk or Alaskan grizzly. Thanks for keeping them around.
There is much more involved in full-power Battle Rifle rounds than the ability to: 'drop Elks and Alaskan Grizzlies'! Things like range, and penetration of light armor and cover, but you would neither care, nor know nothing about that. Because you don't like and don't care about firarms. But instead, you want to disarm citizens.
Use to??? Pretty sure our military still uses 30 and 50 cal machine guns regularly. Our snipers are using things like 300Win Mag, 338 Lapua, and 50 BMG. The average soldiers rifle may not be launching bullets with as many ft/lbs of energy as they used to but there are still people getting shot with rounds that would easily drop an Elk or Grizz or even an Elephant if need be.
Great video, love to see the G43 getting some love. I am one of the lucky ones, I found a duffle cut(perfectly clean, about 3” down from the front of the stock) bring back G43 ac44 that is in about 95% original finish with non sanded stock. Picked that baby up at the Tulsa OK show for $1,800 with an original sling. Unfortunately the guy I got it from didn’t have the capture papers from the vet he got it from 20 years ago, which it may never have had since it’s a duffle cut. Definitely proud of that one. Love your stuff man, hope to see your scoped example.
Rsc was the first major self loading rifle in the world not the Garand. I love the Garand but gotta give credit where it is due. There were 100,000 rsc in service in 1917 1918. Long before the Garand was even fired
The Germans didn't quite understand gas ports nor semi automatics. Had they just kept the pressure the same it would have been fine. The over pressurization is because the SVT-40 had severe reliability issues causing the shooter to constantly mess with the gas system. I would think gun makers could make a killing making parts for these old gewehr karbines.
