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- From: hudson@ualr.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.guns
- Subject: Re: Medved Carbines
- Message-ID: <4D0964696000445E@UALR.EDU>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 22:59:55 GMT
- Sender: magnum@mimsy.umd.edu
- Organization: University of Arkansas at Little Rock
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- In article <9212191040.AA18100@zippy.cs.UMD.EDU>, C08926RC@WUVMD.Wustl.Edu (Rob) writes:
- # Last night I was reading an article on a Russian hunt that some
- # Americans went on in 1978. The rifle supplied to them was a
- # Medved carbine - an 18.5" barrelled semi-auto with a 3 round
- # magazine (hinged at the front), and it fired a 9.3mm round.
- #
- # While not the most attractive gun in the world, it would make
- # a nice addition to my collection. Has anyone seen these things
- # stateside, and if so, what kind of price can I expect?
- #
- #
- # Rob
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- I had understood that the Medved was the "civilian" or "commercial"
- counterpart to the Soviet SVD (?) sniper rifle. That unit uses the old
- Russian round (7.62 X 52???) and a larger capacity magazine, either 10
- or 20 rounds.
-
- I'll check on that one in Small Arms (if I can remember -8) at home,
- and follow up again.
-
- Keith
-
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