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I have watched the Gun and Knife Forum on the SVT-40 Carbine question continue. I had to cut and paste this last post by Jeff L. Almost sounds like the guy has a law degree.


Karl

Its clear to me that what you are talking about here in the above two posts is not clear at all. What does the last two posts mean and what do they have to do with the subject matter here. Maybe it does just let me know.
Like I said earlier there is a lot more to this than what meets the eye. One thing for sure is evidence of the SVT-40 Carbine is weak at best.
It is very difficult to keep you away from what appears to be emotional attacks and the task at hand. But lets try Karl.

But lets see what we have here so far.

1. An article by *** ***** saying it is so. (Yes we do have that, but we have no Soviet records or data to back up this hypothesis.)

2. A Museum Director telling a group of Collectors it is so and that production numbers were made (little confused on the numbers per the witnesses here. Maybe the production part was confused too) Along with a picture with no markings
To tell us if it was a production model or proto type.

3. *** saying on ***** Talk radio shows evidence is in Boltons extended writings (possibly *** was confused because it is not there either).

4. The selling of these as real by advanced collectors and the talk of refunds being made.

5. None of these Finn Captured Carbines are in any Museums or Collections in Finland that people can prove. This is the place where they were imported.

6. No pictures have been posted from books or other records showing their use.

7. Some very emotional/vulgar attacks when someone questions
collecting data and enters into a conversation in regards to this subject matter.

You decide from the evidence. I would not buy one of these guns as real no matter what "expert(s)" told me that it was real. As a collector, don't be sheep. The Sheepherder may lead you off a cliff.

I am now in possession of two e-mails to two collectors from Markku Palokangas. They state he could never find any documents from any of his life long Finnish rifle research to prove the SVT-40 carbine which is "SA" stamped are real. When he says real it means the Finns did not modify any. Some have been converted in Finland to hunting rifles but this was done well after the war. He goes on to state the only known proto-type of Real SVT-40 carbines examples are in Russian Museums only. I believe he staed that there are few of these there. Thank you Markku Palokangas for your true and accurate information to the world wide collecting community.