Sept. 19, 2018. Russian President Vladimir Putin prepares to shoot from a Chukavin sniper rifle (SVCh-308) at Kalashnikov Concern Shooting Club at Patriot Park.
Aleksey Nikolskyi/SputnikPutin fired five slugs, hitting three targets and missing two at a distance of 600 meters. Not bad, but perhaps the president is better suited to aiming barbs at other world leaders instead.
Kalashnikov plans to sell the SVCH-308 (7.62x54 caliber) to the country’s Defence Ministry, while also
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