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To: FreedomPoster
That's a very nice-looking rifle she has there.


40 posted on 03/22/2003 5:50:45 AM PST by meyer
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To: meyer
That is a russian made Dragonof sniper Rifle...I think it is 5.56 I am not sure about it...But it is sweet looking.
42 posted on 03/22/2003 5:53:51 AM PST by DAPFE8900
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To: meyer
Dragunov sniper rifle. I read an interesting article once that tested these with the special 7.62x54R sniper ammo that apparently exists for these things (in Russia, I've never seen any here). It was amazingly more accurate with the special ammo than with garden-variety 7.62x54R that you might buy for a Moisin-Nagant. If you could get the special ammo here, I'd buy one in a heartbeat. They used to be fairly reasonable here, haven't priced one in a couple of years.
45 posted on 03/22/2003 5:58:04 AM PST by FreedomPoster (This Space Intentionally Blank)
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To: meyer
SVD Dragunov. 7.62 x 54R rimmed cartridge; ballistically similar to a 30-06. The action is pretty much a scaled-up AK w/ 10 round box magazine.

With the right ammo, capable of 1000 meter center of mass man-sized shots. Even with broken-up machine gun ammo, capable of well-placed center of mass hits at 400 meters plus. Still in production in the former USSR and China.

105 posted on 03/22/2003 12:35:13 PM PST by drachenfels ("Cry Havoc, and Unleash the Pundits of War!")
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