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Post by Hardrada55 on Sept 29, 2008 19:17:12 GMT -5
Ya'll heard of the Globco Mohawk 555? In the late 1950s, some enterprising person in Canada imported SVT-40s from Finland. He sporterized them and converted them to .303 British with used Enfield barrels.
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Post by Sasha88 on Jan 3, 2009 8:16:11 GMT -5
That Enterprising person in Canada these days is a complete NitWit for doing that to a SVT 40.
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Post by Hardrada55 on Jun 6, 2009 8:50:32 GMT -5
Everything I read, the guys in Canada just rave over these rifles. Cobbled up SVT-40s converted to .303 in the 1960s.
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Post by molasses on Aug 11, 2015 17:36:44 GMT -5
Well! Doing a search on today's edition of "What in the world just followed me home from the LGS?" led me right back to a familiar place. Should've thought to look here first.
Anybody got a source for some good, reliable info? Right now, there are nearly a half dozen YouTube videos open in tabs on the top of the screen that are waiting their turn to be watched and not a whole lot else came up in the initial search.
I'll post a picture or three later, after it gets smuggled past The Warden and into the house... (not that the pictures are very necessary; it looks pretty nearly exactly like the one in Hardrada55's pictures)
Right now, the plan is to take it to the range tomorrow, unless there's sufficiently bad news somewhere online that changes my mind.
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Post by Hardrada55 on Aug 11, 2015 19:33:33 GMT -5
Which picture is it just like? I'm jealous. Kinda. If they shoot reliably, a semi-auto .303 would be very cool.
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Post by molasses on Aug 12, 2015 9:05:57 GMT -5
Which picture is it just like? I'm jealous. Kinda. If they shoot reliably, a semi-auto .303 would be very cool. Specifically, the one in the first post of the thread. It has the exact same type of stock, sling swivels, everything right down to the abbreviated Weaver base on top of the receiver cover. After looking around online, I'm not so sure about being in a hurry to shoot this thing. Starting to sound like relocating the gas port far to the rear wasn't the best idea ever. One video review I saw was advising the viewers not to shoot it if they had one. At the very least, need to familiarize myself with the SVT gas system; learn how to adjust, take apart and clean it and then do so, adjust it to the minimum amount of gas release before trying it out.
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Post by molasses on Aug 12, 2015 22:07:06 GMT -5
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Post by wildman on Oct 17, 2015 11:24:12 GMT -5
Hey guys. I have one and never had a problem with it. My grandfather bought it new and its been in the family ever since. The only thing that I notice is it pinches the brass as it ejects the shells. It's taken many deer and elk and been very, very reliable.
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Post by blackbahart on Oct 19, 2015 11:31:47 GMT -5
one use for a glut of surplus arms that would possibly gone into the smelters .After all mohaks did offer the hunter a more eye pleasing more powerful semi auto rifle that did not look like a battle field pick up .The bright side is the original svt rifles are more valueable now, any where from 200-300 cdnfor regular and 600+ for snipers wearing scopes
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Post by cc on May 21, 2019 8:40:05 GMT -5
Does anyone know the height of the front sight? I just bought this rifle but the front sight is missing. the ramp is there but not the blade. Thanks for any help.
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Post by Hardrada55 on May 23, 2019 9:05:11 GMT -5
I imagine the best way to find out what the correct height for the Globco 555 is just to experiment with different heights of front sights.
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Post by cc on Jul 15, 2019 9:38:11 GMT -5
I just bought one of these but the front sight is missing. It has the ramp but not sight. Can someone give me the measurements of the sight so that I can buy a replacement?
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