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Today in Lugansk,East Ukraina-interesting repairs on his well used rifle...

well at least he will have 1 accurate shot

The good old Dragunov.Interesting to see a wound dressing in the cutout of the stock, a common practice since the Soviet Afghan era.I'm surprised he hasn't got a tourniquet round it as well.

In contrast a Russian soldier in the Crimea with an SVDS, the shorter barrelled folding stock version of the Dragunov thats replaced the old fixed version in a lot of branches of the Russian military.

Wouldn't surprise me if it was taped up if there was a bit of wobble in the stock where it meets the rifle. The woodwork on my Saiga isn't a perfect match but then when so many are churned out with compatibility widespread you're never going to get a perfect match everytime

I thought it was just a field dressing or pouch but yhen I saw the sellotape on the rear of the receiver.

The Dragunov he's holding is probably from the late 60's or 70's and probably has a worn catch on the rear of the receiver cover that allows it to rattle a bit.Stick a bit of tape round it and hey presto the rattles gone.I certainly don't think its holding the stock on.

snayperskaya wrote:The Dragunov he's holding is probably from the late 60's or 70's and probably has a worn catch on the rear of the receiver cover that allows it to rattle a bit.Stick a bit of tape round it and hey presto the rattles gone.I certainly don't think its holding the stock on.

Yes - sounds feasible.

Also,despite this well used GI equipment he looks very confident-youngsters... :shakeshout:
Russian(?) military man,with his "top silver" optics is from another league but is he worth the money?
Probably we will never know the answer or better not to know...

polemass wrote:Also,despite this well used GI equipment he looks very confident-youngsters... :shakeshout:
Russian(?) military man,with his "top silver" optics is from another league but is he worth the money?
Probably we will never know the answer or better not to know...

Definitely Russian and I would say he knows how to use that SVDS.Scope is a PSO-1M2, pretty much the same as the old PSO-1 but without the infrared detector screen of the original.

Interesting to see a wound dressing in the cutout of the stock, a common practice since the Soviet Afghan

And totally useless should he become wounded and separated from his rifle in the heat of battle or in darkness. The best place for his field dressing is on the top of the webbing strap opposite the shooting shoulder. Then should he become wounded the dressing can be easily reached from front or back.

Blu