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SVD

Semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge.

SVD Dragunov rifle featuring a wooden handguard/gas tube cover and skeletonized stock used before the change to (black) synthetic furniture.
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About the SVD

The SVD, GRAU index 6V1, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge, developed in the Soviet Union.

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