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As one turns up there's another 10 behind it!

Having just picked up a very excellent condition secondhand TIGR yesterday complete with scope and three mags I recieved an email this afternoon from Oleg (Rusmilitary) to say he had secured 10 Saiga TIGR's from a German supplier and if l wanted one he would bring one in for me (albeit wants a copy of FAC showing it on ticket and money upfront).

Unfortunately for Oleg had to tell him l had already got one, a couple of days earlier he would have had my money.

Still enough money saved for half a 9mm VZ58 MARS when Scott has finished one (soon l hope).

Lastly does anyone know where I can get a1960's Russian battery for a PSO-1 scope (unlikely?)?

An original Russian battery for a PSO-1 is as rare as the proverbial hens teeth, far easier to use two AG13 button cell batteries.For mine I made a small battery holder from, of all things, a plastic fan retaining cap out of a Jaguar LandRover aircon unit (amazing what you can find at work!) and a small piece of brass rod and it works perfectly.
out of curiousity where did you find a PSO-1?, mine is a late 60s Techpribor made one with a still fully functioning IR detector.

The PSO-1 was on the Saiga that I have just bought off of Leeroy, unless I have got the model wrong but it matches the pictures that come up on Google.

With regard to the battery the webbernet says that a CR 1/3N 3 volt will fit so have bought 3 for a fiver off of Amazon.

Looking through it yesterday evening the glass looked nice and clear with plenty of light coming through, although I struggled with the rubber eyepiece and prefer it without.

I am trying to persuade my beloved to let me have another Severnside range day this weekend (just had one last Sunday).

I am a Dragunov newbie so will appreciate any advice.

Ah, that will be a commercial POSP scope from Belarus.A PSO-1 is the original scope that was issued with military Dragunovs and are quite collectable and were produced by Techpribor in Leningrad/St Petersburg, NPZ Optics in Novosibirsk and Izhmash in Izhevsk, the latter being quite rare and sought after.The PSO-1 is a 4x24 with milspec optics, a 1000m rangefinder based on a 1.7m high target (later ones were 1.8m) and earlier versions had a IR detecting feature that allowed infrared night vision etc to be detected at night by turning a small knob on the left side that drops a IR sensitive screen down, it has a small "window" on the top that allows the screen to charge during daylight hours.

Top one is a my late 60s PSO-1, the bottom one is a 4-12x42 1pn21 pancratic scope



And a Tigr/Dragunov isn't a Saiga, a Saiga is the AK-based range of rifles produced by Izhmash and there are no parts shared between the two.

So to clarify I have an Izhmash Tigr fitted with a commercial POSP scope?

That all pans out as the scope says made in Belarus.

Thanks for the info and clarification as it will make me sound I know what I am on about when I get asked about the rifle on range.

I am debating to change out the plastic for wood and hoping I might get some Estonian cousins to source it, as well as a bipod, unless there other options?

Thanks again.

Yes its a Izhmash Tigr-05 (05 is the special order version with the 620mm barrel, SVD polymer furniture and full size flash hider) and what I think is a POSP 8x42vd scope with the 0.5m/1.5m rangefinder.

Wood furniture is nice on them, I sourced mine from a contact in Moscow and also sourced the early style ribbed SVD receiver cover.

A pic of mine with her SVD-S stablemate, the SVD-S is the shorter barrelled folding stock version developed in the early 90s for VDV paratroopers etc and is slowly replacing the SVD in a lot of Russian units.

Definitely like it with the wood and there would seem to be a few third party wood turners in Russia with differing designs.

Still will use it as is for a while to get used to it. I liked the way you can turn the cheek rest out of the way to use the irons.

Thanks again for info.

...is it cause the main users of each have BO?

saddler wrote:...is it cause the main users of each have BO?

I don't get that comment

Lost on me too.