Heavy Metal 0 Posted September 26, 2004 No, the M-21 had many match accurizing tricks done to it. For example, a match grade barrel as opposed to its military barrel and a glass bedded stock. The ART-2 scope on the M-21 is superior to the pso-1 scope on the original Dragunov. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AgentFox2 0 Posted September 26, 2004 I had always thought that Dragunov had designed, and subsequently, the USSR had deployed, the SVD as more of a designated marksman's rifle, rather than a dedicated long-range sniping platform. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Heavy Metal 0 Posted September 26, 2004 You are exactly right, it is a designated marksmans rifle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
macguba 0 Posted September 29, 2004 Something which nobody has mentioned, but which is a big factor in my choice, is the zoom of the M21 scope. I find the flexibility a great benefit. I too thought the Dragunov had more stopping power. I hadn't really noticed it till somebody mentioned it and I even did some (very unscientific) experiements to check. But when you are as crap as me, the extra ammo just seals it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
xela89 0 Posted September 29, 2004 ofrp released sometimes ago their formula to caculate directhit, indirecthit & indirecthitrange of ammunitions in ofp ( Here, in french ) svd => 7.62X54R - 7.62mm Nagant => 4065 j m21 => 7.62X51 - 7.62mm NATO => 3319 j direct hit: bis values=10 (same values) svd => (4.065^0.25)*8=11.3 m21 => (3.319^0.25)*8=10.8 indirect hit: bis values=2 (4065^0.5)/25=2.6 (3319^0.5)/25=2.3 indirect hit range: bis values=0.1 (4065^0.5)/500=0.13 (3319^0.5)/500=0.12 those values respect superiority of the dragunov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
USSRsniper 0 Posted October 1, 2004 You are exactly right, it is a designated marksmans rifle. who cares.... in OFP it doesn't matter! you only need GUN, ENEMY and AIM  And SVD has easy to use scope  here is distance for target 400   figure out rest by your self  first time i saw this scope in OFP i said WTF and searched internet for information  lol US sniper will pick up this SVD and he will say WTF! i'm too stupid in math.. i cant shoot from this  and if russian snipers takes M21 he will say this is so simple and will throw it away  so learn how to use SVD scope or you wil be killed when you are trying to figure out! how to use it  And why you need larger magazine? sniper rifle is not Machine gun  never thought to take M21 because it has more ammo ; Share this post Link to post Share on other sites