OK, so I don't lead folks astray - and turn good ol gun porn into a mystery game, especially considering the pic quality.
>TR mentions the Type 79, but notes a difference in the buttstock. Actually it is a Type 79...hence the wood furniture below the wpn.
>Bob1984 notes the difference in the scope from the standard SVD which did have a smaller Obj lense.
>TR also says a pic of the mag would've helped, actually it would've probably confirmed it for him, too easy - I didn't include it
>Peregrino; My ref to the gas system was just to keep off the AK family track...as some folks don't recognize what to us is a glaring difference.
Not many folks get to see Type 79s, granted it is an SVD at the end of the day - just a different manufacturer.
Funny this reminds me teaching observation/reporting to S/Os years ago; you'd get the report "...carrying AK-47s..." and I'd ask how they determined this - usually it was the easy assumption based on wpn profile they'd seen. So I'd ask if they were sure it was 47 or 74? AK or akm? Driving home the point that this could determine important intel and presence of different forces supplying arms etc. (as we found when external elements were involved with the FMLN/FSLN in the '80's - the small amount of 74s that showed up in LATAM weren't noted for awhile)
At any rate, they quickly learned the value of "ATB" (appears to be) when reporting items they couldn't positively confirm.
Until I went through the process of LEGALLY registering this little trophy - it was completely sterile. So now there's some required engraving on the reciever/bolt - but it's still cool - let's hope all the DPRK troops have as bad fieldcaft as the former owner if we ever go full-on against that problem set - since they have quite a few (thousand) DMs armed with them...
have a good one,
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