Dragunov Variations: Military SVD, Izhmash Tiger, Chinese NDM 86

Sold for: Military SVD: 23, 000 Tiger: 6, 900 Chinese NDM86: 6, 325 The SVD Dragunov was the Soviet marksman s rifle that finally replaced the failed attempt to issue the SVT40 as a precision rifle. It was introduced in 1963, after about 5 years of development, and its scarcity in the United States has led to the development of a loyal and dedicated group of admirers. This, of course, has led to much spirited debate about the relative merits of the different variations of the SVD which have been imported