Recent content by WolfmanReid

I hope it works out. If they are "Bulgarian" ((10)) marked rifles I strongly suspect (based on recent experience with ATF) that the Firearms Technology Branch will rule that they are remarked Russian rifles and deny import.

All the Romanian “snipers” I worked with when I was in the military just had regular light ball for their PSLs so far as I can recall.

In all my travels and collecting I've only ever seen one rather battered Romanian military issue copy of the PSL manual (it's owned by another collector who got it when he was working with the Romanians in Afghanistan). My recollection is that it specifies use of light ball ammunition but makes...

Great photo! That looks to be an Iraqi ON-M76 scope made for the Al Kadesiah rifle you've got on there. Those are rare as hens teeth but I imagine you used whatever was available and since they were cammed for 54r I imagine worked just as well as the original PSO-1 would have.

The Soviet sniper training program, at least by 1987 when their official manual was published, seems like it was fairly robust. A copy of it is available here http://militarylib.com/mw/mw-military-science-book/11535-uchebnoe-posobie-podgotovka-snayperov.html I assume prior to this FM being...

What is the story with the bipod for these? I’ve seen a decent number of parts for them loose in the wild but never the bipod. It’s needed for a complete clone right?

Battle in the Najaf necropolis ~August 2004

Not my auction but here is a nice original brochure for sale illustrating all the different optics/mounts that came from the factory for these rifles. https://www.ebay.com/itm/284530810516