SVD Dragunov - ArniesAirsoft

Author

shadowshot

Registered: June 2007
Posts: 4

Review Date: 2/2/08

Would you recommend the product? Yes | Price you paid?: �500.00 | Rating: 8

Positive aspects of the product (pros):	Full metal, powerful, ......hurts like a bitch
Cons:	pricy, small wobble on lower reciever,....again hurts like a bitch

After many years airsofting i finally decided that having full auto as a option was not giving me a challange, also i always fancied myself as a sniper.
After much decision i went with the svd because of its unique look, i love the soviet army, and its high power out of the box.

external: This is one solid gun it all sits together tightly and their is no barrel wobbles. the metal i assume is alluminium and regardless is very strong.
on my version i went with the wooden stock and foregrip simple because all my AEG's have plastic on them and i was getting a bit sick of the feel.
The sights are simple although you cannot adjust them for windage. The wood on the forgrip and stock are beautifully varnished and look superp however its is obviously cheap mahogany or something as cheap, it does i job though and it seems to hold well.
although some sight charge extra for the little rest on the stock mine seemed to come with it anyway, although i think it gets in the way.

Internal: One word.... simple (well it is spring) really its like any spring gun one big spring with a few bits of metal around, but like most spring guns its built really well and like the rest of the gun "built like a brick shithouse" .
The hop-up is the only quibble i have with the gun, first you have to take the top reciever off, cock it, then once its cocked that is when you have to adjust it (not easy)

scope: fully metal and although its a copy it is pretty darn accurate of the real thing. it takes a lil battery in the side of it which makes the crosshairs glow red which is pretty cool but it works just as well without it on.

The difference between the atoz and the king arms?...nothing their the same gun the atoz trademarks are stamped on the inside and the KA all over the box.

another bugger with this gun is the price of spare mags and the fact that they are made of plastic. Their is no thread on the end of the barrel so you cant mount a silencer however its a fairly quiet rifle anyway so no biggy.