The conversation about the other 30 cal semi auto combat rifles brought back to my mind the nasty or insidious looking Dragunov rifles in 7.62x54R. Almost identical in power to the 308/7.62x51 rifles, how good is the reliability, function under duress or hard conditions and ergo's etc. on these? I have zero experience with them but note that they are a bit less expensive to buy than the FN/FAL, a new AR-10 type rifle etc. and the ammo is, so far, pretty common and cheap. I am hoping that some here have a bit of hands on experience with them. Did they serve the USSR in thier battles with the Afghan's? Serve with distinction or known to be troublesome?

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