I went to Tactical Lab last Friday to buy a Red Dot Scope, but when I was going to give my payments to the item I saw one of their guys opening up one of their brand new shipments; The A&K Dragunov. It was love at first sight, I used my cash to reserve the item and quickly went back to get the beautiful Rifle.



The Rifle is inside a long, plain, cardboard box without any markings, pulling the foam inserts from the box, It revealed the gun with a cheekpad already installed, a high-cap magazine, a adjusting tool and a bag of BB's.





The A&K Dragunov is a confirmed clone of the KA/AtoZ Dragunov. Performance was amazing, it clocked at 460~480 FPS and range was just ridiculously far, the BB just kept on going straight! :icon_biggrin:

Everything on this gun is Metal, except for the Handguard and stock, the only part that attracts magnets is the trigger guard, I wouldn't say pot metal, the quality of the finish is good.



I quickly opened up the gun, everything is bone dry. It seems that A&K did not bother to lube the rifle. Disassembly is very easy, all you need is a set of jewelers, a 1.5 and 3mm Allen and a small, rubber mallet. the whole rifle is held together with grub screws and pins, which is a simple, yet solid design.
I was horrified to see large chunks of Metal(maybe from the fabrication of parts) inside the cylinder. The piston is ported and very light, and is ported. The piston and hop assembly is made from Blue anodized metal. The trigger assembly is quite tricky to remove and to later install back to the gun. After some tinkering and a tube of lube later, I tested it out again. It does not like to use BB's lighter than .25's .





You adjust the hop-up by co*king the both back and adjusting it by tightening or loosening a grub screw. I also found out that it uses a V-hop up design.



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My thoughts about the gun:

After, 5 shots, the hand began to hurt, later i had bruises in my hand.
A good pair of gloves is important with this rifle.

It has a long and heavy trigger pull.

a good repro scope costs more than the gun!

Accuracy and range is just awesome!

I don't think the sear will last very long.

It is quite light.

cool blue piston! :icon_biggrin:

cool blue hop-up! :icon_biggrin:

Taking the gun down is easier than adjusting the Hop-up

Adjusting the hop is a two person job(one holds back the bolt while the other one adjusts the grub screw)

Hi-cap magazine should be able to hold at least a hundred rounds.

The whole barrel assembly, including the front sight and flashhider is one piece.

Oh yeah, there is no aftermarket support for this gun.

Did I mention the Accuracy and range is awesome?

hahah saw your thread at FAS.. finally a first local review about this rifle..

all we need is a scope and some tweaking..

OMG what a beauty...
How much it was ?

around 3.4 to 3.5k pesos..

really cheap for a springer.. the acm posp is more expensive than this SVD lol

youre lucky to have it so cheap. .. here the guns cost a LOT more (because their price includes the trip around the world)

That's equivalent to US$73 here komrad my3tus
The price of ACM POSP is US$85 from gunnerairsoft.

komrad Blaze, thanks for that review

Got the same last Friday from Xpro.

YES - it is cheap!

YES - mag holds about 100 rounds

YES - your hand will hurt after about 5 times of cocking the bolt!

YES - FPS is 500+ on .20, 480+ on .25 NOTE: Test at least 2-3 units as NOT all the units have the same FPS. Some have better FPS. I tested 2 units and got the one with the HIGHER FPS rating.

and YES, YES, YES - I was totally blown away with the RANGE of this thing - approx 80 meters ++!!!!

I am so happy with the purchase. Hope the gurus here can help me when this cheap beauty finally breaks down.

Would hate to have this thing become useless.

Now I need to find a side mount for a scope.

2 reviews...

i hope you guys can give more inputs about the rifle.. normally, you have to use the pointing finger to cock the rifle, backed up with a descent glove

i want to know more about the internals..

Pwede bang e upgrade yan? or merong upgrade kit?

edGi is the man

si edgi lang talaga hinihintay ko... yakang yaka nya internals nyan sigurado yan heheh..

wow.. review

Kom TG,
bili na bili na, sige ka, pag nag ka ubosan, biglang tataas presyo niyan
Ooops, bawal din pala sayo springer sa ngayon, baka mabinat. hehehe

basta bibili ako nyan later na..

check out komrad zuljins post sa condo.. naglalaway ako