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August 11, 2018, 04:40 PM | #1 |
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Russian semi auto hunting rifle? Not an ak-derivate
Russian semi auto hunting rifle? Not an ak-derivate
Remember reading about one. Supposedly Built for the party elite in the 60-70s But my Google skills Fail me and I cant recall the name of it... Ring any Bells? |
August 11, 2018, 04:50 PM | #2 |
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SKS possibly?
Pretty accurate, uses 7.62 x 39 round.
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August 11, 2018, 06:08 PM | #3 |
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SKS is a decent hunting rifle I am told by a friend -- never used my Russian for anything but punching holes in paper plates.
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August 11, 2018, 06:10 PM | #4 |
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No entirely civilian
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August 11, 2018, 06:56 PM | #5 |
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SVT-40 ?
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August 11, 2018, 10:20 PM | #6 |
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Medved?
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August 12, 2018, 04:58 AM | #7 |
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That must be it
Medved means bear |
August 12, 2018, 07:17 AM | #8 |
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The Medved is based off of the Dragunov according to Wikipedia. I'm not going to pretend I really know anything about Russian rifles. My GoogleFu delivered me the Medved rifle.
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August 12, 2018, 10:12 AM | #9 |
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Found a reference to a story about them--but the link wouldn't open.
http://vintagesemiautorifle.proboard...g-rifles-1970s "Several rifles look like they were based off of the Winchester 100 action." |
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