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To: Tailgunner Joe
So how does Chavez expect all 100K of these things to be pointed "away from him"?
16 posted on 08/15/2007 3:11:23 PM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: Caipirabob
So how does Chavez expect all 100K of these things to be pointed

There were *only* 5K of these things (sniper rifles) in the order. The 100K was AK-103s. I don't know what Chavez could do with 100,000 Draganuvs. I doubt there are that many sniper rifles in the US Army...although if one counts every M-14 type as a sniper rifle, then there might be

In fact the Dragonov is used more like a designated Marksman's rifle than as what we would think of as a sniper's

AK-103

It's in 7.62x39, same as the old AK-47, no longer used by the Russians, rather the 5.45x39 that they now use. The Draganov is 7.62x54R, comparable to our 30-06, the Brit .303 or the German 8 mm Mauser. The 7.62x39 is more comparable to our 30-30, although it retains it's velocity better. The 5.45x39 has somewhat comparable ballistics to our .223/5.56x41. (sort of intermediate between the old and new versions thereof).

41 posted on 08/15/2007 8:39:00 PM PDT by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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