SVT40 sniper rifle
The SVT38-40 has always been a fairly rare item in the US (especially the 38), the only ones in the US until the 90's were the few guns from Finland (not all the Finn guns were SA mkd), in the 90's there were a fair number of SVT40's imported, these were arsenal refurbed guns, some of the distinguishing features are:
1/ importers mkgs, usually very small & on the side of the recvr, along w/an importer serial (usually begins w/t1xxxx8 etc) on the recvr.
2/ most bolts were a "plum" color
3/ most parts are pencil etched matching (all original guns had bright bolts & the full serial, including crylic prefixes were stamped on the recvr, trigger guard, bolt carrier, bolt & stock)
4/ Most had mixes of early/late features, bands, muzzle breaks, stocks etc.
1/ importers mkgs, usually very small & on the side of the recvr, along w/an importer serial (usually begins w/t1xxxx8 etc) on the recvr.
2/ most bolts were a "plum" color
3/ most parts are pencil etched matching (all original guns had bright bolts & the full serial, including crylic prefixes were stamped on the recvr, trigger guard, bolt carrier, bolt & stock)
4/ Most had mixes of early/late features, bands, muzzle breaks, stocks etc.
Other Sizes: Original