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Offline omaharj

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What's this?
« on: May 23, 2012, 07:35:37 PM »
Anybody able to identify this? Posted in an Audio forum as part of a story and I was curious as  to what it was.  Thanks in advance, RJ
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2012, 07:41:50 PM »
SVD Dragunov with standard looking PSO glass. Soviet "sniper" rifle. Weapon of choice for the TB, AQI and JAM fighters that call themselves "snipers."

Several different variations there of. This one seems to have a fully integrated suppressor. Glass appears to be standard, but there are several variations of that as well.
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2012, 07:59:18 PM »
Thanks, that was fast!
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #3 on: May 23, 2012, 08:01:21 PM »
SVD's don't have magwells like that.  Seems more like a HK 91 magwell.

Looks like a photoshop-created gun to me.

http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/rus/dragunov-svd-e.html

This is an SVD:
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #4 on: May 23, 2012, 08:05:39 PM »
The magwell on the SVD does seem to be farther forward of the trigger guard.



I got nothin' else.
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #5 on: May 23, 2012, 08:10:38 PM »
It's a VSS Vintorez.  Integrally suppressed, select fire, used by Russian Special Forces.  I would trade a kidney for one.

http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/rus/vss-e.html

It fires a 7.62x39 case necked up to 9mm.  I believe subsonic performance is very similar to a .300 Blackout.
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #6 on: May 23, 2012, 08:14:33 PM »
Quote from: bkoenig on May 23, 2012, 08:10:38 PM
It's a VSS Vintorez.  Integrally suppressed, select fire, used by Russian Special Forces.  I would trade a kidney for one.

http://world.guns.ru/sniper/sniper-rifles/rus/vss-e.html

It fires a 7.62x39 case necked up to 9mm.  I believe subsonic performance is very similar to a .300 Blackout.


Cool.  I guess I need to take a stroll through world.guns.ru more often.

I'll take 2, please.   8)
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #7 on: May 23, 2012, 08:15:59 PM »
World.guns.ru is like porn for a gun nut.
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #8 on: May 23, 2012, 11:27:32 PM »
I stand corrected. I was going off of memory only.
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Re: What's this?
« Reply #9 on: May 23, 2012, 11:43:32 PM »
Yeah, you can definitely see the SVD influence in the design.  When you actually see a picture of a guy holding one they're absolutely tiny, though, unlike the Dragunov:



Dragunov:

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Re: What's this?
« Reply #10 on: May 24, 2012, 06:37:14 AM »




That is one nifty little gun.  Ok, now I want one.  Thanks a lot, folks. 
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