Airsoft Atlanta blog: Dragunov SVD Airsoft Rifle

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Dragunov SVD Airsoft Rifle

First seen here!

The Dragunov SVD airsoft rifle is coming soon to Airsoft Atlanta. Its a full sized, full metal, wood, spring rifle! Unlike the APS2, vsr10, or other sniper rifles - this one uses Marui aeg springs!

We have a sample at our Atlanta store we've been screwing around with for a few weeks now. So far, its held up just great! FPS? 540 w/.20 BBs - out of the box! Mag holds 20 bbs. It comes with an actual real Russian (well, Belarus) powered scope too!

This is also a spring rifle, which keeps the price down a bit - at least for a Dragunov! $650 is going to be our retail price, give or take once we get them through customs ;) ETA will hopefully be the end of July, possibly earlier! Overall, this is an awesome gun that shoots one hell of a distance. Its the perfect 'out of the box' spring sniper rifle for many people that have always wanted one. Plus, its Russian ya know. Anyways, its 11pm my time - if I'm forgetting any data or forgot to answer an obvious question, feel free to post a comment.

84 Comments:

That's a beautiful gun...
Bit pricy though, heh.

By MegaMan3k, at Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:27:00 PM
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By drunkvader, at Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:59:00 PM
Awesome gun, and a springer as well, that rocks. I am not much of a sniper person myself but untill i read the price (I simply can not afford a spring of such price and, no offense, find the money put well worth in a AEG or two), I thought it would be a buy for me personaly, if only. Maybe another day.

By Friend and Admirer, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:54:00 AM
Excuse me for getting impatient, but...

WHEN WILL THE BLACK UHC 1911s BE BACK IN STOCK???

By YouGotShot, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 1:18:00 AM
Very nice, I was just looking for a Dragunov too. So who manufactures them anyway? I am some what disappointed it's a springer, would have been nice to have a semi-auto like thePSG-1 but I imagine that would have kicked the price up a lot.

By Jackal, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:43:00 AM
two words describe this OH SNAP. I love the dragnove but am way to poor to afford this or the 1000 dollar gas dragnovs. I'll stick to the mauri vsr and the kj m700.

By trigger happy10, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 12:50:00 PM
Oh that thing looks so beautiful *drools*. It reminds me of the AK-47. Thats the first thing I thought of when I looked at it. Well this is awsome for a if your looking for a preupgraded sniper rifle. And since a lot of Airsoft groupies have the AEG FPS limit at 400 and bolt-action sniper rifles at 550 FPS, this preupgraded 540 FPS is perfect, a bit pricy, but awsome

By RedSpartan5, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:00:00 PM
http://www.binocularsmart.com/scopes/svd-rifle-scopes-posp-8x42.shtml

considering the scope worth a bit of money (cheapest one online is $143 + $20 s/h), its not too bad.

By Airsoft Atlanta, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 3:50:00 PM
yea, yougotshot has a point, ive been reading all the comments, and hes asked( very politly i might add) a lot of times and still has recived no answer.

By callofktulu, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:37:00 PM
Read some of the first posts on the blog. They won't answer any of the stock questions Normally. However there are tons of places to get UHC 1911s for 2-7 bucks. Especially fleamarkets and various sporting goods places. But thing is they're gonna be clear. Just use some krylon semi flat (matches ICS mp-5 Bodies) and spray paint the thing.

By Wolf-keeper, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 4:54:00 PM
i did not think of that, i totaly forgot, thank you.

and by the way, its probably just me but i have never known how to pronounce tokyo marui. i always have said it like tokyo (the place, asia) maury. well its probably just me

By callofktulu, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 5:12:00 PM
I pronounce it the same but I think you are supposed to say Ma-ru-e. I still say maury. But that SVD is plain silly. Why spring action? Can you prove the outrageous fps that you are stating. Because with how you state other fabulous guns fps, I can not tell if you are telling the truth. That SVD should have been Gas or at least electric. Spring is not worth it.

By detective john kimble, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:17:00 PM
yea i know. yea it probably is prononced marue, but maury sounds cool. lol

By callofktulu, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 7:26:00 PM
red spartan: it is russian so naturally it would remind you of an ak and they sell conversion kits from ak to svd.

Dective: alot of the high fps guns are spring. Gas guns are nice but are snipers in my opionon are just horrible

By trigger happy10, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 10:02:00 PM
We have a chronograph at the store. We'll even videotape our guns being chrono'd if that'll prove anything. If our guns are 'overstated' on the FPS, please post them. We'll retest and repost the correct numbers if we're wrong. Sometimes what the box says, other retailers, and what our chronograph say are all different. We'd LOVE to double or triple check our numbers to ensure accuracy on our given specs. Again, please provide us the guns you think are wrong. The SVD is a solid 540 FPS gun (w/.20), we're not BSing this.

1911s coming this Friday or Monday. again, please call us if you have a question like this... 770-449-9991 - sales dept ext.

By Airsoft Atlanta, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:15:00 PM
as stated by trigger_happy10, the Dagunov is a russian attempt to solve the problem of the AK-47's lack of medium-range accuracy. comparing it to other sniper rifles at the time, it didn't shoot nearly as far.

in response to being expensive, you should see the prices of full metal/wood AEG kits. and those are for smaller guns, the Dagunov is pretty big.

it is kind of strange how a semi-auto sniper rifle is remade as a springer. although, it is full metal/wood, so no complaining. besides, with a gas sniper, you tend to lose power towards the end because there's less pressure. springers are more consistant, which is what you'll want as a sniper.

by the way, it's pronounced "MA-RU-EE". trust me, i've taken a few japanese classes. if all else fails, just call it "TM". much shorter, just like saying "KJ Works" instead of "KJW"

By a100gab00ga, at Thursday, July 14, 2005 11:50:00 PM
another thing, does anyone know what uhc hfc kjw ics or any of those abrieviated words mean? just wonderind

By callofktulu, at Friday, July 15, 2005 1:13:00 AM
Oh I know you just didn't call gas guns inconsistant!

Of corse the modern GBB systems are goning to be inconsistant but look at the G&P system. It takes the big 20 oz tanks they put on paintball guns, The Guns power regulated through a "Palmers Regulator" Twist a Hex key to acheive more power turn it back to get less power ( For the educated 120-130 PSI for the Dragonov and SP m-16 carbine, other guns you wanna keep it under 120 PSI) Theres also a small dial on the side of the gun similar to my toy-tec p-90. Turn up the dial get more ROF, Turn it down and getless ROF.

BTW Those tanks are VERY consistant and in the right hands gas guns can run circles around marui's POS guns. But if you still think your springer is more consistant and gives off more power, and can acheive a higher accuracy than my lowely little classics I'll be glad to put my gun up against your gun any day.

BTW 2 Back in the day full metal and wood was standard even on springers, then they introduced new laws which prohibited japenese people to own full metal replicas in fear that they would convert them to .22 rimfire. YES it was done with a ashai M-40A1 and it could be done with any other airsoft gun counting on the fact that you ruin the gun to get a "zip" gun.

Plus its cheaper to produce plastics than metals, Look at crossman pellet rifles. All plastic nothing but plastic now and it makes me sick to see that quallity has been replaced by quanity. I also find it disgusting that you pay 500 dollars for a gun and its not even metal,wood,vynl. On top of that the new guns don't have the range or power they're older brothers did before the ban on using c02 in airsoft guns happened in Japan. (exceptions being the Spring sniper rifles such as the KTW L96's system which the UHC super 9 is based on, and this dragonov that is if you guys arn't BSing us like JT likes to)

In the philipines durning the late 80s after the ban most people had japenese airsoft guns that had powers of up to 860 fps on unregulated c02. Sure its a little much to play with but it would sure be a lot more fun to actually shoot the guns. Right now marui guns whine on the otherhand most classics sounded like paintball guns, Loud booming reports and even the capabillity to eject real 9mm/7.62/5.56 shells (TM Walther MPL, TM Mp-5A5, KHC L96 AWP, Ashai Blade bullet M-40A1)

Now I know Im starting to ramble but my general point is.

Where did quallity go? Where did all the good stuff go? Why does everything made after 92 have to be made of crappy materials? Why don't you people demand more out of a 300 dollar gun than plastic?
Are we all losing our minds? Why do most guns breakdown after 2 magazines now days? Is the world moving backwards insted of forwards? I pose the question again ARE WE LOSING OUR MINDS?

I know I won't buy anymore modern airsoft guns unless they are fully metal/wood/vynl and feild strip like the real thing.

By Wolf-keeper, at Friday, July 15, 2005 1:42:00 AM
Damn you know alot.

By drunkvader, at Friday, July 15, 2005 8:03:00 AM
i can tell you defantly kno your crap, butwhen you talked about useing co2, the 20 oz. paintball tank, thats where i disagree. im a paintball player, im very into it, and i think co2 is the worst thing ever for a gun. when released it turns to water, its so cold it makes everything condensate, and the lower the tank the less distance and power you get. if you have the bottom line that exepts a co2 tank, id get a compressed air tank, it doesnt have to be one of those real high qaulity ones, just a ceap one, and i garantee you'll like it a lot better

By callofktulu, at Friday, July 15, 2005 1:22:00 PM
Marui is pronounced Mah-loo-ee. the japanese "r" is pronounced like an "l". or you could say like a rolling "r" kinda thing, almost like spanish.

By TheJapaneseGuy, at Friday, July 15, 2005 2:19:00 PM
Call,
the c02 may not be the best thing in PB guns but in airsoft guns it works a lot better since its regulated to a lower pressure and less is released to propell the projectile (less cool down since theres less gas being released from the tank) . The main reason people have cool down in PB guns is because the c02 is running probally unregulated or around 560-800 PSI and they're firing what 20 RPS out of a autococker. (Correct me if Im wrong)

(ok maybey I should rephrase the last umm 30 lines?, PB guns take more c02 to power which = more cool down which equals = less shots and less power, in airsoft the guns require little to no c02 to propel the projectile so it would give more power less cool down and more consistancy than any other source in any weather or any position on the body be it in a backpack or attached to your ALICE belt. )

As for HPA I have looked into it but I have found that HPA is actually weaker than c02 in airsoft guns. I wouldn't know about having a paintball style rig with HPA but I do know that the existing airsoft HPA units made by ashai and FTC, JAC, KTW ect (Sherman M-4 for refrence) are very heavy and you only get 500 shots before refilling the tank with a bike pump. I also know that HPA is stored at a higher pressure than c02 and would require a diffrent kind of regulator and tubeing. The tubeing on classics is your basic 6mm clear vynl tubeing, commonly found in fish bowls. I doubt you could even run HPA through tubes like that and exspect it to stand up to the higher pressure untill it can reach the regulator.

Take into account that currently I've had to use super glue, epoxy and electrical tape to secure the fittings to a existing gun just to run greengas without the hoses blowing off and losing all the gas. on my other guns I have QD attachments but I have yet figgured out how to use them so for now I can only run propane/GG in my classics at 90PSI ( that is unless I want to keep my guns connected to the c02 untill I use all the gas which I dont )

hmm Im rambling again. anywho HPA would be Impossible to control in 6mm hoses without some kind of beaded metal materal for the hose like they use in most PB guns. Sadly those don't exist in 6mm or 8mm so untill someone developes one we will never have totally free energy for our classics.

By Wolf-keeper, at Friday, July 15, 2005 2:27:00 PM
i can tell you kno your crap, but i for one of many have a bottle reg and a inline reg, ( the bottle reg is an air america apocolypse, and the inline is a torpedo) and most guns no a days are set to about 350 psi, especialy atoucocker being that they are a low preasure marker. spyders on the other hand tend to run at the hing preasures( like 850).

but i have never ran co2 or hpa through any airsoft rifle, i was asuming through my experence through paintball that hpa would work better, seeing that you are a much more experienced airsofter, i belive you are correct. sorry if i seem like a cocky know it all

By callofktulu, at Friday, July 15, 2005 3:07:00 PM
Ashai>Marui: I agree with you about the quality of airsoft guns. Thats why ca and ics are more pouplar now. But they have weaker gear boxes but that can be fixed cheaper than putting a metal body on a gun is. But some of the real steel guns are not plastic but fibers like the FAMAS, G36 series, and the P90.

By trigger happy10, at Friday, July 15, 2005 3:22:00 PM
I would've called, but I didn't know if there would be long distance charges or something. I'm also new to the blog, and I had no idea that I wasn't supposed to post questions like that here, sorry about that.

By YouGotShot, at Friday, July 15, 2005 4:02:00 PM
hey, we all make mistakes, i think its cool that your apoligizing for your mistake

By callofktulu, at Friday, July 15, 2005 4:17:00 PM
Here is a list of guns I have found off various internet forums, where people have claimed that you over exagerate the fps ratings:

DPMS M16A1
KJW Mk1 Carbine
IMI Desert Eagle HW
SRC SR4 Rifle

And as for the "using what the box says", the SIG spring rifle says different than what you put on the site, it seems the gun was more powereful in airsoft atlantas hands than in the hands of the makers.

Also, how are all of your spring guns HIGH QUALITY. I was in your store one day and held them all and the only one that was of decent/good quality was the Deluxe DPMS A-15. All the others felt like they were going to break. I know well enough what and what not to buy from yalls site because I know what a High Quality product is. But for others, they may not know. And when they ask about a gun on a forum and get flamed and people talk bad about you guys and your exagerated fps I think it is stupid. Again, I really like you guys and always recomend you, I am just doing this to try and help your reputation as a great Airsoft Retailer.

By detective john kimble, at Friday, July 15, 2005 6:19:00 PM
maybe its just mine but the FPS for the CA M15A4 might be a little off too. mine chrono'd at 280 FPS.

By Sgt Killmore, at Friday, July 15, 2005 6:36:00 PM
Call,
no you don't sound cocky I may sound.. Arrogant in my posts but Im just posting what I know. I might mention that I know nothing about paintball guns besides what I've worked on for my friends (Replaceing burstdisks and o rings) and yes they do have the Spyder guns. I guess you can call me cocky or biast for sterotyping paintball guns as primitive gravity fed weapons. If anything I sound like the know it all not you ^_^

anywho I would love to run higher pressure HPA but the sad fact is they just don't make a hose strong enough to stay on and run HPA at 1200 before it gets to the inline regulator. Could I rerun it so that the regulator is on top of the tank? prehaps I could. But it would still leave the problem of running it at 100 PSI would give you the same results as the ilfated sherman tanks. poor range and very few shots before having to re fill it.

I know that not all guns are fully metal, the ONLY TM gun I use is a P-90. But I did say I wouldn't buy ANY OTHER MODERN airsoft gun unless it was made of a combination of any of these three metal
VYNL
wood

Vynl counts as polymer or plastic :)

By Wolf-keeper, at Friday, July 15, 2005 7:14:00 PM
no, your not cocky at all, i respect your knowlage, im not a big airsofter, i only got into the sport for the mere fact that they are modles after the real steal, and being that i am a huge gun finatic and a teenager.... well yea. so all the guns ive had were springers. any knowladge i have of arisoft guns outside of springers is something out of a magizine or internet. you have hands on experince. in paintball i have hands on experience

By callofktulu, at Friday, July 15, 2005 7:27:00 PM
DPMS M16A1
KJW Mk1 Carbine
IMI Desert Eagle HW
SRC SR4 Rifle

The FPS rates should be accurate. I personally didn't do the Desert Eagle, so I'll take a look into it. The DPMS is right, the Mk1 Carbine is dead accurate (it shoots extremely fast - there are two versions of it however), the SRC SR4 is also accurate on FPS...

We'll chrono them again, even record it if you really think they're wrong. I'm sick of people saying 'our fps is wrong', but never stating the guns. Again, thanks for the list, we'll test them all again with .20 BBs. If we're off, we'll correct them and state it in the blog :-)

By Airsoft Atlanta, at Friday, July 15, 2005 7:57:00 PM
I dont know what board kimble goes to, but I've never heard anything but good things about you guys (not saying your lieing kimble)

By Duct Tape, at Friday, July 15, 2005 9:39:00 PM
I do not have any problems with the fps ratings you guys put up. But I always hear people saying about how you exagerate the fps ratings. And I am just trying to help your reputation , that is all.

By detective john kimble, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 12:54:00 AM
Kimble you talk as if AA is Jungle toy.. please their rep isnt THAT bad..

By Wolf-keeper, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 2:35:00 AM
Oh I never compared them to jungletoy, I am just saying ive heard people talk about the exagerated fps. And I always see poweredge usa recommended instead.

By detective john kimble, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 11:12:00 AM
I noticed the other day you bumped your UTG Shotgun FPS up to 290 from 260 - any reason for this? Did you retest ir something?

Also - I just ordered a UTG. =) I look forward to getting it.

By MegaMan3k, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 1:04:00 PM
wh00 I see when you change your profile it dosen't update your posts so for further refrence Im Ashai

Oh and Kimble I was only kidding..

By Wolf-keeper, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 3:19:00 PM
What brand is the Dagunov?

By Th3 End, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 4:28:00 PM
Yea i did hear about the fps issue but you guys are still the best retailer in the usa. Btw do any of you belong to the forums on arnies airsoft.

By trigger happy10, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:31:00 PM
I knew you were joking, and I did not mean for my reply to come off as aggresive or anything. I still recomend Airsoft Atlanta to anyone I can get a hold of. The staff is excellent and extremely nice. Oh, I am a member of Arnies Airsoft, but only recently I joined. I used to just go there to read the discussions.

By detective john kimble, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 8:42:00 PM
Dang that is frickin' sweet

By Andy9024, at Saturday, July 16, 2005 10:57:00 PM
Very nice.....perhaps I will get this instead of upgrading a VSR. But what's the range? Groupings? How many of these do you plan on getting in? Is this gun specific only to AA? What are we looking at for internals?

By DasFriell, at Sunday, July 17, 2005 8:52:00 AM
dective: what is your user name and would you be intrested in a arnie geddon usa? me krazy l and a couple of other people are trying to get one together. O and i am v. arena no arnies but i will soon have arnie change it to my blog username.

By trigger happy10, at Sunday, July 17, 2005 9:38:00 AM
Could you guys please lower this price please to about high 300's to low 400's because i really really really want and need this. I love sniping and this gun would make me so happy if I could afford it. My dad said even if I get the money I cant put it all into a airsoft gun. I NEED THIS GUN!!!!!!!!
..............PLEASE..............

By Th3 End, at Monday, July 18, 2005 12:04:00 AM
You cant expect them to lower the price by half can you? That's probably less than what AA is paying for them. The reason stuff sells high is beacause they must be bought high and shipped here. Besides, if you almost have enough, why not just go for the Psg-1? It is a very good semi-only AEG. Don't listen to what anti-TM buggers say, that is a Quality gun.

.....Of course, I wouldn't mind an SVD Dragunov myself.....

By The-Spotter, at Monday, July 18, 2005 12:07:00 PM
The PSG-1 is electric. And I want a good spring sniper.

By Th3 End, at Monday, July 18, 2005 12:44:00 PM
Listen, no matter how much you want this gun, HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY EXPECT AA TO LOWER THE PRICE OVER 200 DOLLARS???????
Honestly, that had to be the most absurd question I have ever seen on the Blog. In fact, AA themselves may not even get it that cheap!!! Unfortunately, this is not your gun.

By YouGotShot, at Monday, July 18, 2005 1:29:00 PM
What the hell I ordered 11 yes 11
sig p230's and you only sent me one!!!!!! were's my gun's or my money?

By drunkvader, at Monday, July 18, 2005 1:36:00 PM
It's Monday... You said the 1911s would be back in stock, so I am expecting them soon...

Wait a minute, that guy paid for 11 guns and you sent him one? I guess you better fix that up quickly!!!

By YouGotShot, at Monday, July 18, 2005 6:09:00 PM
My name is 762spetz on arnies, and is the same on airsoft forum dot com. I would be VERY interested in Arnie Geddon USA, because those limeys have all the fun. By the way, I am in Alabama, and I believe the Southeast would be the best place to hold one. But probably in Georgia.

By detective john kimble, at Monday, July 18, 2005 6:22:00 PM
Youngshot: You said the exact same thing that I did....
Th3 End: AEGs are better than spring guns. I understand where you are coming from with the wanting the SVD, but you may just have to compromise. Also, did you say that your Dad would let you spend the money? Why does he have control of your funds?

Well whatever, if I were you, I would get a job, then save for the SVD, and don't let your Dad decide how you spend your own money.

By The-Spotter, at Monday, July 18, 2005 6:32:00 PM
What are you talking about? AEG's are the worst snipers because of inconsistency. BAR's are much better, and gas gun would come in first. Much more after-market parts for BAR's, though. And also, if you can't drop $650 on a gun, not much chance of you getting into real sniping. Most guns + upgrades will run you at least that much, more often more if you count other stuff like supplies to make ghillie, throat-mics, ect. As for the PSG-1, it's god-awful stock, and upgrades are very costly for it. I still want to know what the innards of this gun are made of, as well as what the groupings are like.

By DasFriell, at Monday, July 18, 2005 7:14:00 PM
well spotter my dad has control of my funds because i am 13. So there for i cant get a job. I could get a paper route but i live a half mile from detroit and there is crazy people out here. Plus my dad does just does not get it, that airsoft guns are expensive. and dasfriell i dont need a ghille suit because i do urban airsoft. so could someone recommend a sniper rifle that costs $150-$350
PLEASE

By Th3 End, at Monday, July 18, 2005 7:36:00 PM
You're not going to get anywhere in that range. Maybe a gun, but upgrades are the main part of being a sniper. Accuracy and distance are the only things that give us an edge against AEG's. It's not about shooting either. You miss a shot, you're going to be blown away by full-auto before you can even cycle the bolt.

By DasFriell, at Monday, July 18, 2005 7:44:00 PM
th3 end- Get the marui VSR-10 G-spec or the Classic Army Socom.

By drunkvader, at Monday, July 18, 2005 8:06:00 PM
th3 end: get vsr of any kind (though the g-spec seepes to be the best) or a KJW m700, its only 220 on redwolf and it is gas so the better gas you use the harder it shoots (hint use green, propane, or red gas) but if you want a spring gun get a g-spec. O and im 13 too and i caddie and make a killing

By trigger happy10, at Monday, July 18, 2005 9:23:00 PM
Did I forget something, wth is a BAR in airsoft terminology. The only thing I associate BAR with is Browning Automatic Rifle. Did I forget an airsoft acronym, oh noes!!1! Also, trigger happy, is there anything going on about this Arnie Geddon USA?

By detective john kimble, at Monday, July 18, 2005 9:28:00 PM
BAR stands for Bolt Action Rifle in airsoft terms. I got confused too, because I used to be big WW2 fan.

By YouGotShot, at Monday, July 18, 2005 9:42:00 PM
Hey AA, to improve your sales I think you guys should have a section on your website were you sell pc games and some xbox. ex- Counter Strike, Halo, Swat 4, or Tom Clancy's rainbow six. And also you could have a special like if you spend over a hunderd you could give a springer. ex- S&W m5906, Taurus millennium, or YP 92f.
(Hope this helps)

By drunkvader, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:24:00 PM
Detective I Also reside in Alabama, tell me where do you play because I can't seem to find any teams or feilds for that matter to play at.

By Wolf-keeper, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 4:45:00 PM
dasfreill: I do just fine with my Psg-1. It is not stock, and yes the upgrades did cost more than I expected, but it is a good gun. I like BAR's but I will not buy one until I sell off my Psg-1.
th3 end: with your current situation, your age, and financial situation, you shouldn't be spending all your money on airsoft. Sorry, but I agree with your dad on that one.

By The-Spotter, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 6:42:00 PM
BAR just sounds too much like... like a BAR....

By Sgt Killmore, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 7:08:00 PM
Well, I know there are teams/fields in Dothan, Huntsville, and Birmingham. And I am in Montgomery. The private property(our farm) that we usually play at is under reconstruction from Hurricane Dennis, it went right through it. The team in birmingham is called Wolfpacksquad. I believe they have a website along with Harmairsoft, from Huntsville. That is all that I know of teams and fields.

By detective john kimble, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 9:09:00 PM
Hey hey...I never said the PSG-1 was bad...it's a great defensive sniper, and it's quite proficient upgraded....but in stock form, it's terrible. I used to mess with one of my friends.

By DasFriell, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:30:00 PM
by the way....your user name implies that you're a spotter. What are you doing with a rifle like that? Did you decide to switch roles and be the sniper?

By DasFriell, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:32:00 PM
unfortunately, I have not had the pleasure of using any other sniper rifles other than a KJ Mk1, and it's a carbine Gas gun. Hardly a sniper weapon. The Psg-1 works well for the kind of games that I do, it wasn't bad stock, but I do more damage now that I have it upgraded.
About defensive sniping: I don't usually shoot to start a fight, I'm pretty much always support that gets "called in" to long range work. I have the most fun with it when we do hostage escorts, and a terrorist decides to grab the hostage like a human sheild. I usually frown upon headshots, but come on, everyone likes to do this. (of course......I have missed a couple of times....)
Anyway, Airsoft Atlanta, how is the consistancy on the SVD from its best effective range?

By The-Spotter, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:37:00 PM
Oh about my name, I am the Spotter. As in, my buddy, the Sniper, is a better marksman. But, it is my gun. He is financially tight, but he uses my guns. I usually am the spotter when we play. In which case, I use my pride and joy, delivered straight from Airsoft Atlanta. It's my only AR, a Famas SV. I love this thing, and when I'm not on the Psg-1, I'm ripping away with this thing.

By The-Spotter, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:40:00 PM
Ha...I thought you might have been using a PSG-1 as a spotting weapon. I'm a FAMAS fan as well, despite how people constantly rip on it for not having enough after-market parts.

By DasFriell, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 10:51:00 PM
yeah, the Famas is an old model, TM's first. It's truly unfortunate how little there is to upgrade it with. If AA had a mount for it, I would scope it. Unfortunately, I'm stuck using iron sites, or in this case ABS sites,
::lol::
It does well when I need it to, but I don't make any hostage saving shots with it. It's a great gunner weapon if you have the ammo capacity. I've read somewhere that when stock, the Famas series shoots faster than the M249 series in airsoft!

By The-Spotter, at Tuesday, July 19, 2005 11:01:00 PM
actually someone on ASP did some radical modifications to a FAMAS once, took the top rail off replaced it with flip up sights re did the front grip converted the mag well to accept unmodified m-16 magazines, re did the entire back end of it and merged it with a spare p-90 lower and built a new foregrip with a surefire p8 built in . looked kinda like a halo rifle but it was still a famas. I belive he also built a mount to use EG-1000 motors and eventually retrofitted a V6 GB in it.

By Wolf-keeper, at Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:51:00 PM
Yes, I know 2 people that have modified SV's heavily. It's somewhat hard to do, but it's possible.

By DasFriell, at Wednesday, July 20, 2005 3:41:00 PM
In terms of consistency, accuracy, and range, how do spring or gas(or bolt action/gas operated) snipers (quality ones) compare to AEG snipers? Is the bolt hard to pull? Are there any issues with performance diminishing? Are they any good stock?
I really want the SVD, and I have the money for it. My sniper wants to use the Psg-1 because of semi auto, but I think that he would be most effective with a BAR if it outperforms our current gun.

By The-Spotter, at Wednesday, July 20, 2005 8:39:00 PM
The difference is huge. BAR's are much more consistent because they have less moving parts, and I know people who tell me that comparing their upgraded AEG snipers to their upgraded BARs, the BARs win out by a mile. The bolt is somewhat hard to pull (in a prone position especially), but it's still managable. Parts will break if you don't upgrade properly (such as using a higher spring without upgrading the sears, spring stopper, ect.) but it wear as much as a stock rifle with the right upgrades. You can get around 130 Feet of accuracy with a stock BAR, but a properly upgraded one should be able to achieve around 300 feet no problem with better groupings. Because AA has yet to give any needed details on this Dragunov, it's hard to tell if the system is anything like a BAR, or how exactly you're supposed to cock it, seeing as there's no bolt on the real semi-auto Dragunov.

By DasFriell, at Thursday, July 21, 2005 12:46:00 PM
This gun has a straight pull bolt. The stock and foregrip are plastic, not metal, according to the manufacturer (KM/Head 1950).

By fallout11, at Friday, July 22, 2005 3:10:00 PM
hey, how about a link to where you got that information?

By The-Spotter, at Monday, July 25, 2005 2:06:00 AM
Hmmm... that's wery interesting? that u americans prefer to buy rassian (our) guns and we (russians) using your (american) rifles...
4 example: I'm using XM1117... spring version

PS Sorry 4 my english

By Macho The Russian Sniper, at Monday, July 25, 2005 9:16:00 AM
My info came from here:

Renegade Recon first look:
http://www.renegaderecon.com/recon_details.php?id=499

Picture, from a current owner in Britian:
http://www.red-alliance.net/gallery/albums/TheBoySwift/KM_SVD.sized.jpg

Another pic from another source:
http://www.gunsnguys.com/ishop/Contents/Shopcart/CartFrame.asp?ProdID=2945

Some firsthand impressions of it:
http://www.airsoftcommunity.co.uk/forums/index.php?showtopic=48037&hl=svd

The manufacturer's website:
www.atozcargo.com

A wood conversion kit will be available in the future.

By fallout11, at Tuesday, July 26, 2005 1:09:00 PM
Another picture, from Japan:

http://www.japanairsoftguns.com/store/images/products/atozsvd.jpg

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By #1 Web Design & Get Results, at Saturday, February 11, 2006 10:15:00 AM
Hey if you want this thing i'm sellling one for 250 with 3-9*32 scope and 3 clips. i also suggest that you aim low at the target this thing packs a punch. = )

By hunting, at Monday, March 06, 2006 1:29:00 PM
i like the price of 250 but i need like a $20 per month payment plan so i can pay for it. i would love to have this gun, but i just dont have the money right now. send me an email if you whant to do the payment plan.

By jeremy, at Friday, May 26, 2006 3:11:00 AM
hey, i need a scope mount JG svd dragunov... i cant really find a decent mount for under 45$ so email me at weston.mccormick@gmail.com if you can tell me about somethin'. peace..

By weston, at Wednesday, March 05, 2008 6:21:00 PM
dude i was just playin metal gear solid 3 and that same gun is in it an it kicks ass. good job.

By knoxman3, at Sunday, July 20, 2008 1:37:00 PM
I hav been looking for a Dragunov 4 about 2 months and i found it but WAY out of my price range. Maype 400 but not 650

By DraftedSniper23, at Tuesday, June 16, 2009 12:52:00 PM

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