11/14/2023 0 Comments Ndm 86I paid 850 for my PSL, when there were none to be had.I wouldn't sell it for $1500 right now. I've found mine to be accurate with handloads as accurate as a real Drag?.probably not, but enough that I'd never consider paying the difference between my PSL and a Drag. Most are using 30-40yr old surplus crap ammo and then are surprised that it shoots 3-4MOA. I forget what exactly the PSL did but it was comperable to the 7.62x54 drags, maybe a bit worse.įolks tend to talk about how bad the accuracy is for the PSL, but few shoot match or hand loaded ammo in them. The NMD-86 I Shot was right around 1moa for 5 shot groups, the 7.62x54R with hand loads were 1-1.5 for 5 shot groups. My PSL usually shoots between 1.5-2moa with handloads. From what I've read, the Drags regularly shoot 1.5moa, usually no better. I find the above tale of the snipers actually putting them all to a test facinating. If money were no object, i'd buy a real Drag. i'm lucky enough to have a 1000m range, and shoot gongs out to that range every time I take it out. It shoots too well, and is one of the funnest rifles to shoot I own. I paid 850 for my PSL, when there were none to be had.I woudn't sell it for $1500 right now. I've found mine to be accurate with handloads as accuratte as a real Drag?.probably not, but enough that I'd never consider paying the differnece between my PSL and a Drag. 308 was far and away the most accurate, BTW.įolks tend to talk about how bad the accuracy is for the PSL, but few shoot match or hand loaded ammo in them. I found the Tigr to be the most accurate with the types of ammo I tested, followed by the NDM, and in last, by a long way, the PSL. 308), a Tigr (imported SVD with a 20" barrel), and two PSLs. I've owned an NDM-86 (actually two, one in. On this site there is a very informed and experienced fellow from Mississippi who has owned both rifles and now only uses a PSL, and he found the same thing. There is also another well known site with a lot of info on the PSL. If you do a web search you will find other such examples wherein the results are the same. They were very intend on stating that the quality of ammo was most important, but they could find no difference between the two rifles. While, long story short, he and a few of his fellow snipers conducted a number of "shoot outs" with the SVD and the PSL, and they found NO difference in accuracy. The folks in Finland also buy a number of PSLs. Again, if they made a Draganov to that standard they would sell a lot more of those than they did AR10 clones.On another site last year there was a fellow from Finland, which uses the SVD, He is a military sniper there. I bought one and it's a really nice rifle. I would never have thought there was a market for the BRN-10A, Brownells AR10 clone. I do believe there is a very good market to be had for a high-quality clone of it. I have seen smaller but I don't think they're sub MOA rifles by any means, nor were they ever meant to be. They do shoot better than minute of pie plate but I was never able to get less than 3" groups out of it. I like the weirdness of shooting the 7.62x54R out of a semi-automatic. It's not an AK in any way, shape, or form. I admire the history and the sheer novelty of it. The only other AK anything I would buy is Galil Gen 2 but at 2 grand msrp, which I doubt you can get one for, I'm an unlikely buyer. I own one AK variant and it's IWI Galil Ace and it's a B (for blem). If their Dragunov's quality was equal to or better than the original, as was their AR10 clone, and less $2,000 would you buy one? Based on the desirability of the Dragunov, Brownells could introduce an SVD Dragunov clone into their retro line and it would likely be more successful than anything than they have produced before. Is the Dragunov more difficult to produce than today's crop high-quality semiautomatic rifles? With today's technology couldn't you make a Dragunov as easily as any other rifle? No matter what the Dragunovs are currently selling for, I think we can all agree it's too high for what you are actually getting.įrom what I understand, Brownells has had good success with their retro line of rifles. The sky-high prices are strictly a function of the market's perception of it and its rarity. There is nothing intrinsic in the Dragunov's design or construction that can justify the prices people are paying for it. The SVD Dragunov's performance is not in line with the price that it's commanding. What I was getting at was that the SVD Dragunov is a victim of supply and demand.
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