I posted this elsewhere but thought I'd also share here. It's not really Russian but it's a Dragunov variant.  I got a wild hair and thought I'd give the NDM-86 a makeover to an early Russian Dragunov SVD look, instead of the beater mid-era Russian wood I had on it.  Just didn't look right with a new looking rifle.  As much as I do it on other rifles and as cool as it would've been to give the rifle a "battlefield pickup" look, I couldn't do it.

I used an early Russian top cover and selector, but the Chinese NDM-86 is basically modeled off the early Russian Dragunov SVD so it didn't take much other than the early style three-vent handguards.

But, fitting was an absolute pain in the neck - as always, a different buttstock requires a lot of hand fitting but those damn early handguards are cut just a tad differently and required Mr. Dremel's cutting wheel and a lot of sanding.  Not a matter of simply swapping out, for those desiring to do the change-out:

you lucky duck.

It's just an NDM-86 with a bit of a makeover.  It's more of a safe queen as I never find the time to shoot it, so I thought it might as well look pretty.  But the standard NDM-86 rifles are beauties in of themselves.  However, the Russian buttstocks are a tad bit longer than the Chinese ones.

My inspiration was always the sight of the early ones - particularly the one illustrated in the manual:

(photo from seller "collectors_grade_only" Gunbroker auction)

Nice work, I'm digging it

I'm always impressed with your attention to detail...NDM looks great





Z

High praise from you, sir.  I appreciate the kind words.

I like it!



I wish I had a Dragunov.

Very nice job!   I never see 3-slot hand guards for sale.  It reminds me of the photos of the SVD in the "Tokoi" AK picture book.