Interested in Dragunovs...

[deadite]

Where can you get one and what should you look for? Don't see much in my internet searches. Thanks for any help!!!

deadite

[kalashnikovluvr]

Good luck finding a Russian SVD. They're out there but hard to find. I believe the easyist Dragunov copy to get a hold of is the Romanian version(copy) of the rifle.

[LanceS4803]

Some thoughts for you:

Soviet military issued SVD - $9,000
There are only about a dozen in the US, rarely on the market.
California Armory SVD - $5,000
Imported version of military SVD, about 100 in country.
Russian Tiger SVD - $2,000
Quite a few around, some modified to look like original SVDs.

The Romainian PSL are not SVDs at all, just overgrown AKs.

Check dragunov.net and gunsnet.net (AK forums, Combloc Sniper Rifles section) for tons of info.

[Johnnyvegas]

Originally posted by kalashnikovluvr
Good luck finding a Russian SVD. They're out there but hard to find. I believe the easyist Dragunov copy to get a hold of is the Romanian version(copy) of the rifle.

There is no Romanian copy of the SVD, your reffering to the PSL maybe? The PSL is an overgrown AK, no where close to an SVD (mine is fairly accurate though). If you want an actual SVD your stuck with either the Dragunov, or the Chineese NDM-86, either way it aint gonna be cheap.

My $0.02

John

[kalashnikovluvr]

Originally posted by Johnnyvegas
There is no Romanian copy of the SVD, your reffering to the PSL maybe? The PSL is an overgrown AK, no where close to an SVD (mine is fairly accurate though). If you want an actual SVD your stuck with either the Dragunov, or the Chineese NDM-86, either way it aint gonna be cheap.

My $0.02

John


You may be right, with all do respect, then what is this? I thought a overgrown AK would be 7.62X39, this rifle is 7.62X54R

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/programming/expand.asp?Prodid=112

[LanceS4803]

An AKMs Big Brother?
The differences are in the trigger group, bolt group, recoil system, gas system (short vs. long), etc.
Externally, they kindof, sortof, look the same. Not even the magazines are interchangeable (although I heard someone has some some sheetmetal work to get the PSL mags to fit an SVD.)

[Johnnyvegas]

Originally posted by kalashnikovluvr
You may be right, with all do respect, then what is this? I thought a overgrown AK would be 7.62X39, this rifle is 7.62X54R

http://www.atlanticfirearms.com/programming/expand.asp?Prodid=112


It's not a Dragunov that's for sure, it's a PSL, Romak-3, FPK, whatever you wanna call it (maybe someone else can explain why they are being called Dragunovs, only thing I can think of is "a lie told enough times becomes the truth"), except for Dragunov. PSL's are actually built on a lengthened RPK reciever (LMG version of AKM), and your right, it's 7.62x54r, not 7.62x39, but the only thing it has in common with an SVD (Dragunov) is looks, nothing is interchangable between the two except the optic. PSL (Romak-3) shares trigger parts with an AKM, and field strips exactly the same way.


John

[kalashnikovluvr]

Thank you for clariflying(spell check) that for me. I haven't studied other weapon system like this. All I've read is on the Russian AK-47/AKM-47 as that is the weapon that interest me the most out of all weapons. I stand corrected.

[LanceS4803]

If you are in the market for this type of weapon, seek out a Tiger.
Genuine Russian/Soviet, and in the original caliber.
You can get Soviet wood for it for authentic appearance. And if you really want, you can swap out gas adjustment, front sight and rear sight. The only difference then would be overall length of barrel, which would still be a few inches short. BUT, with the shorter barrel, you might pick up a little more accuracy.

[454]

Tiger has different numbers of grooves. IIRC SVD has 4, Tiger has 5. Russian government requires different groove patterns in their civilian rifles to differenciate fired bullets from the military issue guns.