Putin tests Kalashnikov’s latest SVCH-308 sniper rifle

Sept 19 2018

Russia Beyond

Sept. 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to shoot from a Chukavin sniper rifle (SVCh-308) at Kalashnikov Concern Shooting Club at Patriot Park.

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Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin, is a sharp talker, but is he a sharp shooter? Well, he visited a shooting range in Moscow’s suburbs on Sept. 18 to test out Kalashnikov Concern’s latest sniper rifle, the SVCH-308. It’s earmarked to replace the aged Dragunov rifle in the Russian army, and who better to test its accuracy than the big man himself.

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Putin fired five slugs, hitting three targets and missing two at a distance of 600 meters. Not bad, but perhaps the president is better suited to aiming barbs at other world leaders instead.

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Kalashnikov plans to sell the SVCH-308 (7.62x54 caliber) to the country’s Defence Ministry, while also adapting a version for NATO calibers (.308 Win and .338 Lapua Magnum) to peddle to foreign countries.

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