PSL most like Dragunov

[giggitygiggity]

Where can I find a PSL that is most like a genuine Dragunov. The real Dragunovs are so darn expensive and rare. Are there ways to modify the PSL to make it comprable to a Dragunov? I am interested in the 7.62X54mm version. Please provide pics and information if possible. Thank you.

 

[Jeremy2171]

They look similar and thats about it...long stroke AK piston vs the short stroke piston not much you can do to modify it...

 

[leadcounsel]

Different rifles that appear the same.

As the owner of a few PSLs, they are good rifles for the $500-600 they cost. If you're wanting to spend a few thousand on a rifle there are much better choices than the artificially expensive Dragunov.

 

[-v-]

Internally, the PSL and the Dragunov are very different. The Dragunov is a short-stroke piston design with an eye towards accuracy, whereas the PSL is a scaled up '47 to take 7,62x54r or 8mm Mauser ammunition.

 

[giggitygiggity]

What are the SVD's?

 

[DMK]

What are the SVD's?

The SVD is the Dragunov Sniper Rifle.

Snayperskaya Vintovka Dragunova (SVD), literally "Dragunov's sniper rifle")

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragunov_sniper_rifle


And a link for the AK based PSL too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puşca_Semiautomată_cu_Lunetă

Comparison of the PSL and Tiger(a factory sporterized SVD)

http://www.dragunov.net/psl_tigr.html

 

[leadcounsel]

A few pics - they are cool rifles.

Here is my personal PSL and here are samples taken from a battlefield in Iraq (a Dragunov type and a PSL type). They are both good rifles. The Dragunov may be better, but is artificially quite expensive due to the import restrictions from the 1990s.