Sniper Rifles
ASVK
Firing ASVK sniper rifle
Designers of the Kovrov Plant named after V.A. Degtyarev E.V. Zhuravlev, M.Yu. Kutchin and V.I. Negrulenko have developed on the «bull pup» design con¬figuration the 12.7 mm magazine sniper rifle SVN-98. Then this rifle was named KSVK («Kovrov large caliber sniper rifle») and, at last, ASVK («army large caliber sniper rifle»). The [...]
OSV-96
In 1994 the KB Instrument Design Bureau had offered the 12.7 mm V-94 experimental gas-operated unit ritle with its barrel bore locked by a rotating bolt. This rifle is intended to annihilate a hostile manpower rigged with individual protection armored means, light armored hardware, counter-sniper warfare, and knocking out hostile hardware.
A comparatively high recoil effect [...]
OTs-48
The high reputation of the Model 1891 Mosin rifle made designers of the TsKIB SOO to convert it into the most recent «sniper» rifle. Thus, made its advent the OTs-48K magazine sniper rifle with the barrel and locking unit bearing strong resemblance to the Model 1891/30 Mosin rifle.
The free sliding barrel is assembled with a [...]
MTs-116M
At the TsKIB SOO was developed a sniper version of the single load 7.62 mm MTs-116 rifle. It’s barrel bore is sealed by the free «sliding» rotating bolt with two locking lugs. The curved handle of the bolt is located over the trigger guard during the barrel locking.
The striking mechanism is assembled in the bolt, [...]
SV-98
Designer from the «lzmash» V. Slronsky has developed the SV-98 sniper rifle derived Irom the «Rekord» sport rifle chambered for the 7.62×54R-sniper 7N1 or sport «Exfra»
cartridges.
The free sliding barrel was produced via cold forging and underwent honing and to enhance consistency of fire its tube was not chromed. The longitudinally sliding rotating bolt features three [...]
SVU-AS
Still in the 1970s the SVU (”Shortened sniper rrfle») was developed by designer LV. Bondarev at the TsKIB SOO (Central Research and Design Bureau), it was derived from the SVD sniper rifle and primarily intend¬ed for the air-borne troops, but failed to be operational and later, in 1991, was offered for the Interior Ministry. The [...]
SVD-S
The SVD-S («folded», 6V3) sniper rille version was adopted for service in 1995. The traditional fixed stock was substituted for a plastic pistol grip with a light folded to the left stock with a plastic shoulder rest, unremoved «cheek» and a tube to hold it with the left hand. As is the case with the [...]
SVD “Dragunov”
The SVD sniper rifle (Dragunov sniper self-loading rifle, Index 6V1) developed by E.F. Dragunov was adopted for service in 1963 and ever since that time it is still oper¬ational.
The automatic system of the rifle has a gas-operated unit with the short travel of a gas piston. The piston and the push rod are made separately [...]