Scope mount for SVT-40

[Chicken Thief]

Is there a scout type scope mount for the Tokarev SVT-40?
Or at least a repro "original" with Picatinny?

I have fount nowt at the Google ruled part of the interweb.

[Skrenos]

Havent seen any scout mounts for the SVT40. Does yours have the rails and notch for the original scope?

[Chicken Thief]

It's not for me but i do believe the ansver is no!
As i have read the rails are universal but the notch has to be ground if not there.

[UBER7MM]

Chicken Thief,

Good question and interesting weapon. I started looking at images of the SVT40 on the web. The original scope mounts appear to be side mounts and towards of the action. The rear iron leaf site is mounted very close to the front of the action. You might be able to manufacture a scout style base your self (or adapt a mauser or other military rifle scout scope base) that fits on the rear site mount when the the leaf spring is removed. That might work assuming there is enough room for a scout scope to mount away from the action. I really am guessing at this point, because I can't even remember ever handling one of rifles before.

I hope this helps,

[Skrenos]

The rails are not universal. I have a late war SVT40 and it has neither the rails nor the notch.

[Gtek]

Years ago a B-Square made a mount with rail on top. It was aluminum with screws 90 degrees for pinch on receiver. The sniper version has the rails and notch. Market probably not worth tooling up for. If a fellow really wanted one, it would not be that hard to have machined up a saddle with a flat top and then put universal flat bottom rail on top. Gtek

[5 RING]

Chicken Thief
This is my SVT-40 with a reproduction scope and mount on it. The gun doesn’t have the notch on the top of the receiver for the mount pin but I have over a 1000 rounds thru it and it never moved.

As for putting a scout mount in your SVT, I guess it can be done if you get one for a Mosin Nagant. It looks like the rear sight is held on the same way as the Mosin. I don’t know if that would put the scope over the action or not. It could be worth a try.
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[Chicken Thief]

Thanks for the replies guys, loads of help

[Mauser man]

Years ago a B-Square made a mount with rail on top. It was aluminum with screws 90 degrees for pinch on receiver. The sniper version has the rails and notch. Market probably not worth tooling up for. If a fellow really wanted one, it would not be that hard to have machined up a saddle with a flat top and then put universal flat bottom rail on top. Gtek

To the person who used a repo scope mount on his SVT 40 without a notch on top. Did you push the mount all the way forward and stop when the locking key stopped it from moving more? I had thought of doing this myself and using my original scope without cutting a notch into the rifle.