Another peek inside the Russian toybox

[WelshShooter]

Tovarisch snayperskaya offers some great pistol shooting classes. My accuracy improved substantially overnight thanks to him

[breacher]

Interesting to see the Russians are still using the original canvas SVD mag pouches.

Would be like our Military using 44 or 58 pattern pouches !!

[Daryll]

I've just splashed out a product of the Glorious Motherland...well, Romania actually but close enough :)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/136090611 ... es-g75ZvX/

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/136090611 ... es-g75ZvX/

[snayperskaya]

Interesting to see the Russians are still using the original canvas SVD mag pouches.

Would be like our Military using 44 or 58 pattern pouches !!

Being phased out by Smersh SVD assault vests and SSO/SPOSN molle type mag pouches.

The beauty of the old canvas pouch is that it holds four mags, the PSO-1 scope, cleaning kit and cleaning rods, scope adjusting tool, cleaning cloth and spare bulbs for the PSO-1.
Also issued is a small vinyl pouch that contains the oil bottle and winter battery holder for the PSO-1 as well as more spare bulbs and batteries.This pouch is usually carried in a backpack.
I'll take a some pics of the pouches when I get five, I also have a rare dropcase pouch for the 1pn21 scope as well.

Daryll......nice to see another AK, but it needs a bit of Soviet love

Both of mine started out with Romanian wood etc but have been Soviet-ized......including retrofitting an original stamped Soviet stock on the AKMS.The AKM also has a windage adjustable RPK rear sight fitted and both have slant muzzle brakes fitted.Mags are a mix of Izhmash and Tula Bakelites and also have a couple of rare Izhmash aluminium "waffle" mags that were experimental mags issued to VDV Airborne troops in small numbers but weren't widely adopted.

[Daryll]

I actually like the light wood... it stands out against the plastic and dark wood stocks in the cabinet... :-)

On that subject, when i stripped it down to degrease it, I tried getting the stock off but couldn't. I undid the 2 wood screws, but it still wouldn't budge. Did I miss one somewhere, or would it have been fitted with a universal adjustment tool (hammer!!)..??

I did have to perform some Russian fine tuning... the aftermarket 30 rd mag fitted OK, but the 10rd mag that came with it was very tight to get out, and almost impossible to get back in. After a bit of a squeeze in a vice, it now fits fine.... (and the follower does still move freely!!)

[snayperskaya]

The stocks are a tight fit in the rear trunnion, there is a knack to getting them out whereby you knock the rear of the stock with the ball of your hand alternating between the top and bottom of the stock to "walk" it out if you get me.

If you mean the "aftermarket" 30 rounder in your pics.......it's actually a Romanian milsurp mag, as unlike the Saiga AKs that we get the Romanian AKs can accept standard military AK mags without being modified.

[froggy]

Tovarich ....

LOOK AWAY !!

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From looking at the scope, I assume they dont shoot their "creation" very often ...

[snayperskaya]

A guy in the Czech Rep is doing SVD chassis kits and stock adapters and to be honest mate I quite like the look of them, they look like something a modern Spetsnaz trooper would carry.......


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There is also a short barreled carbine he's done with a new barrel and to be fair it looks a nice bit of kit and apparently sub-moa accurate.