The rifle itself isn't going to be over 3000USD add another 3000USD for the telescopic sight. 2000USD for 500 rounds, the spares, support and training surely isn't going to be around 8500USD per rifle or 1.5 Million USD ie half the contract price. Really wish the price breakup was given in detail.
What's really absurd is the price, it's around 16.5K USD for the Rifle + Scope + Suppressor (Probably) + Roughly 500 .308 rounds each. AFAIK Tikka T3s are a cheaper offering as compared to the Sako TRG series. Also the Variant offered by Tikka is the T3x TAC A1.
The T3x line starts from...
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Well this is one weird RFI, almost all rifles are capable of being fired almost immediately after being removed from water provided that the bore is unobstructed and doesn't have water inside it.
The guy is an acquaintance of mine, the AMR is the NTW-20. The photo was taken during a know your army fair in Shillong back in 2007. If you'd zoom in you can see NTW 20 clearly written on the lynx scope mounting.
Hello all, the Serbian rifle in question isn't the M21 it's actually the M77 with M21s furniture and a shorter barrel.
Here's the Serbian rifle.
Here's an image of the M77 from Zastavas own site, notice the position of the front sight post which is similar the AK and the similarity in the...