They'll do that. Nothing you can do excpet maybe jig up a buffer with some tape.

 

Shoot surplus and throw them away ...
Disassemble bolt and extractor,close examination could reveal something like a fleck of brass stuck under it in the channel or some crud preventing correct tension and movement.
Encountered similar on PSL-54C where little chips and fouling got packed under the extractor making ejection erratic. Also, close examination of the recess for the rim in the bolt head.

 

As Vic said ... it is normal .... think that is bad try a Hakim ... they dent the cases worse than that.

Patrick

 

Normal for me also.

 

Normal, they will destroy a case.

 

So from all your replies it seems that this ejection isssue is completely normal for the SVT. I guess I should just use my mosin if I want to reload the brass later.

 

The SVT ammo was never meant to be reloaded. That's why they fling the casings 50 yards out. And yah. Hakims make SVTs look mild

 

If you don't mind the look, you could tape or glue a pad to the dust cover to cushion the impact. I would suggest trying something like a foam earplug arranged to project slightly in front of the edge of the cover.


Yes, Hakims usually DO bang up cases, but that heavy, usually bare, wire structure you see on the receiver cover was put there to hold a cushion. You rarely see the original cushions on the rifles (I believe they were leather), but they ARE out there.

I took a piece of fairly thick gum rubber tubing, split it, and slipped it over the wire. A wrap of electrical tape to keep it from slipping off, and PRESTO! no more banged-up cases. It looks like it belongs, and that wire and tube combination is now a pretty passable operating handle. (IMHO, one of the more annoying features of the Hakim is its lack of a proper operating handle.)

 

SVTs tear brass a new one.

Mine is strictly a steel case shooter

 

Most semis do that in most calibers to some degree. The only ones I have that does not dent brass are a FS2000 (no surprise there) and an Egyptian FN49 that somehow ejects the empties untouched.