Superlative post, John. Amazing how you've crowded so much information in such little space. GREAT article.

Geat gun, too: I only carried one for a couple of years and only qualified with it once: shot Expert.

Now I have a Springfield Armory M1A, NM version, circa 1970s. Also a great rifle and uncanny accurate. The 168 gr Sierra MatchKing bullet and some 4895 powder can't be beat. A French friend who has shot a lot of everything shot it and said it's better by far than the Dragunov.