Manual

SOVIET RIFLES AND CARBINES
May 1954
IDENTIFICATION AND OPERATION
ORDI 7-101
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Release the firing pin by holding the bolt handle and jarring the bolt. Cock the
bolt by pulling back on the bolt handle.
NOTE: No further disassembly of the bolt is necessary for cleaning and oiling.
Remove the feedway cover shutter from the receiver grooves by pulling it back
along the grooves of the receiver.
Separate the stock from the barrel and receiver. Hold the trigger guard up and
unscrew the rear guard screw.
Make sure the spring catch, which prevents the
screw from loosening, becomes disengaged. Remove the screw and separate
the barrel and receiver from the stock.
To separate the handguard from the barrel, remove the pins and push the hand-
guard forward.
b. Assembly is accomplished in the reverse order of disassembly.
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c. The
Make certain the forward end of the trigger mechanism is under the sear nose.
If the rear guard screw catch does not seat properly, unscrew it until it jumps
into place; then tighten the screw.
Check the trigger mechanism to see that it is properly assembled, by squeezing
the trigger; this action should depress the sear nose. After releasing the trig-
ger, the sear nose should rise. When the trigger is squeezed and the disconnect-
ing paw1 of the sear lever is depressed with the finger, the sear should rise.
Place the bolt in the receiver. First, depress the bolt handle stop with the thumb
of the left hand and the firing pin stop with the index finger; at the same time
hold the rear portion of the bolt with the thumb of the right hand, and pull the
bolt handle back with the index finger until the bolt stops are depressed into the
sides of the bolt; then place the bolt in the receiver.
Move the bolt forward.
Set the bolt cover in position and assemble the pin (change lever).
care and cleaning of this rifle is extremely important because the rifle is of com-
plexand fragile construction. Wear and breakage of parts are common causes of malfunctions.
d. Each rifle is equipped with a one-piece cleaning rod. The oil can and attachments for
cleaning rod are carried in an accessory pouch by each individual rifleman, as is the case with
the accessories for the rifle M1940.
74. SEMIAUTOMATIC RIFLE Ml938 (SVT)
a. Disassembly of this rifle is almost identical to that of the M1940.
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Set the rifle on safe.
Remove the magazine (figs. 60 and 61).
Make certain the rifle is not loaded.
Remove the bayonet.
Remove the cleaning rod.
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