Dragunov Variations: Military SVD, Izhmash Tiger, Chinese NDM-86

Sold for: Military SVD: $23,000 Tiger: 6,900 Chinese NDM-86: $6,325 The SVD Dragunov was the Soviet marksman’s rifle that finally replaced the failed attempt to issue the SVT-40 as a precision rifle. It was introduced in 1963, after about 5 years of development, and its scarcity in the United States has led to the development of a loyal and dedicated group of admirers. This, of course, has led to much spirited debate about the relative merits of the different variations of the SVD which have been imported