A&K SVD Dragunov Bolt Action Airsoft Sniper Rifle (Color: Real Wood / 500 FPS)

"For one, this gun looks just awsome. I bought the PSO-1 scope which is about $149.00(i laughed because the is about the price of the gun but it is the real thing). It was a nightmare for my dad and I to attach the scope to this gun(The scope that i bought does no need a mount but is very hard to put on the gun).

PROS:
looks awsome!
cheek rest is comfortable
mostly metal and VERY strong polymer
Some say the mag wobble is bad, but my mag does not wobble at all

CONS:
Its very hard to pull the bolt back(should buy some gloves)
The mag i got is not the mag it said it came with, it does not have a hatch that opens for me to load the BB's
When you take the make out, about three BB's fall out on the ground

"im about to buy this rifle and was wondering which spring should i buy to upgrade it. there are 2 diff ones mentioned the 150 and 170 but what brand or type or are they all interchangeble? any help would be appreciated.

"Rifle is a clone of the atoz dragunov that was discontinued years ago and seems almost better. The rifle shoots hard but is equally hard to chamber a bb. (380-410 .2s)

Pros:

-Metal barrel, magazine, reciever, trigger, and bolt
-Strong plasic foregrip and stock
-Shoots hard
-Iron sights dead accurate to 60-70ft easily
-High cap mag
-Easily upgradable
-Realistic


Cons:

-Hard bolt pull
-Slight play in the foregrip
-Mount is slightly off for scopes meaning real scopes can wobble around and potentially fall
-Not real wood
-Black makes every imperfection(scratch) noticeable


Overall this is the gun you bring to games that everyone wants to use in a game, but doesn't know if they want the scope or not because of the wobble and extra bulk. True croudpleaser and fun to use.

"I purchased this rifle a few weeks ago, and overall, I'm glad I did. Love the gun, looks great with the Yemen Russian Digital paint job I did on it. Unfortunately, mine had a problem hopefully someone can help with.

The hop up is not a very good design. Basically, you adjust a metal screw on top of the chamber/bolt, this literally pushes into a rubbery tube that lays across the top of the beginning of the barrel, thus hitting the top of the pellet and creating a spin. The problem is my piece, the rubbery tube bit, was cracked from factory, so the gun has never fired really well. Surprisingly, with no hop up at all, I can hit a gallon milk jug at 120 feet with this thing.

-Dustin, Leader of SCAR Airsoft team, N. California.

"A&K produced a fine weapon for the price paid. All I had heard about A&K was true with regard to the construction, though. I had to spend about an hours worth of effort to tighten every allen screw to keep the SVD from rattling.

Double feeding was constant throughout my BZO routine and with no manual, finding the Hop-Up adjustment was a challenge. After a short web search, I found how to adjust the Hop-Up but still am fraught with double feeds. Once BZO'd the shot groups were consistent and had sufficient power to punch through heavy cardboard. A&K advertises 450fps +/- but mine come in on average at 420fps, though the weapon is upgradable with any after market spring.

My initial impression was that the weapon was built well enough and that it appears sufficiently sturdy to handle average play. The craftsmanship is on par with higher end products but the metal is sub-par. Breakdown for maintenance is simple and the workings are well constructed without too much lubrication, I added a light coat of lithium grease to the moving parts and seals to improve performance and endurance.

Bottom line, excellent weapon for starting that can easily be maintained and upgraded.

"Looks great, Im thinking about getting this or the Full Metal Limited Edition Custom Bolt Action LRSA (Long Range Sniper, Airsoft) Rifle Sniper_LRSA99. Any one got an idea on which i should get? And a idea on a good scope? And How the heck are you supposed to cock this thing i dont see any way.

"It terms of appearance, this thing is a beauty, even the imitation wood version. It fits a PSO scope well, too. I got a lot of compliments on it when I took it to the field. Unfortunately the performance was disappointing. Using a .32 bb it only reached 326 fps, barely above rifleman class limit of 320 fps. Fortunately, this is probably fixable with replacing the spring. What's less fixable is that in order to adjust the hop-up, you need to take off any scope you have and the dust cover then use a tiny allen wrench. Overall, I would rate it lower if it wasn't such a gorgeous looking replica.

"I got this gun a few months ago, ive only played a few matches with it, but i can say this.

Pros: Budget friendly
High power
Accuracy is good once you get the hop-up adjusted right
Looks really cool and is really fun
Will terrify your opponents when they dont know where you are

Cons: Lots of maintenance
Hop-up is a pain to get right, its very finicky, go too far and it messes every shot up, go too low and it messes every shot up
Bbs roll out of the end of the barrel when you point it down, unless you adjust the hop-up
Double feeds quite a bit
Bolt is a pain even with gloves, unless you get the extender to make it longer and bigger
One of the pins that holds the trigger mechanism in wasnt properly secured right or something, so i had to super glue or duct tape it in place from the outside to make it stay in, otherwise the trigger just doesnt work

I was kind of disappointed with the amount of cons since all of the pros could be put into two lines. Everything was a relatively easy fix, and id give it a 3 and a half stars if i could. I did have a lot of fun with it when everything was working properly, but when something started not working, like the pin for the trigger, it was really annoying, especially when you got into a fight.

"Gun came with a missing piece (the front hand guard pin/lever) but otherwise a pretty decent gun for at least a wall hanger. Bolt is very stiff but that’s not a problem if you’re not weak. Fairly realistic for an Airsoft gun. The orange tip also came cracked but that just made it easier to take off which I was planning to anyway. Optic attachment was easy enough considering I was sent an optic with the wrong mounting system (ordered separately from the gun so that doesn’t play into my rating).

"It has issues but that's what you get for a 100 dollar sniper.

Accuracy is okay, but not great without modifications.

Hop-up is a pain in the butt to adjust, and can get shaken out of adjustment if played with too long.

Trigger block (this is a problem even with Real SVD rifles) has an issue with the lip that holds it in place on one side (a big pin holds the other). This lip can break off if you're not careful.

Trigger group gets stuck after only 30 shots. This may be a problem only with my rifle, but the release lever that the trigger pulls down to let the plunger go doesn't depress far enough (this may be due to the lip being broken, so the trigger block sits higher than normal)

Scope mount and reciever are machines perfectly, the iron sights are on point, the stock is sturdy, the safety selector is great, and it has a working bayonet lug.

Mag is a 60 rd mid-cap, it doesn't ever jam, even with crappy .12g that come with your spring pistol. It might double feed, but that's more of a chamber problem, not a mag one. It fits concerningly loosely, but it's never fallen out. It is also metal on the outside.

Both front and rear sight are adjustable, but the front notch can move by itself. this can be solved with a tiny piece of electrical tape.

Feels really good, it is quite heavy, its weight approaches the real SVD. cheek pad is good, but a bit fragile.

no scope, obviously.

Overall its a decent gun, but it shoots kinda hot for matches (put an m120 in it) I believe it comes with an M150 spring. Shoot at least .28 or .30 because the hop up will sky-rocket a .20.

"This chrono-ed at 350 fps today at my local field. Sniper is cool, but they vastly overstated the fps - or I got a bad spring? Either way, I have an m130 AEG spring i'm ordering momentarily so I can properly test this sniper out. It was a paperweight today at the field so I didn't even get to really use it to it's full potential. By the way, the A&K SVD Dragunov is the exception to the rule of springs and uses a standard AEG spring (from what I've read online, after searching all over reddit and various forums). That should be explicitly stated in the description.

"OK I've had this for over a year now and I feel I can now tell you the truth about it.

1. the hop up is terrible. I've know people that had it last a few months but eventually it craps out and it's hard to find a replacement. Lancer tactical makes one but the best option is to get one from the Czech Republic.

2. The bright side is that the cylinder is huge and can handle the orga magnus 6.23 500mm well.

3. The trigger needs shimmed but at least it's decent quality metal.

4. Again the best place to find parts is in the Czech Republic. But if you get everything from there. The wide bore barrel and an er hop put in it. Plus some day air seal mods....this thing gets epic. I'm heading down that route now because I know a guy that did and could drill playing cards at 400 ft.

"air nozzle is to big and will sometimes push bbs out of gun. other than that it is really accurate and shoots chronoed 430 fps

"I got this gun two days ago, it wasn't as great as I expected. It's a extremely cool looking gun, but the gun is poorly put together, the parts are a little loose and the clip isn't that great(but I've never been a big fan of wind up clip). The scope mounts are extremely hard to find, I bought a genuine ak47 scope mount(expensive). The price is good, this is a good gun if you are a beginner at sniping. If you are a experienced sniper I wouldn't recommend it.

"Received today! Love gun… Magazine sucks! First shot fired…that was it! Removed mag… 3 loose bbs fell out! Tried again several times… same results 😡