I bought a Dragunov magazine online and it doesn work. Why is that?
The recent importation of parts from Romania has encouraged a lot of dealers try to profit from the popularity of the Dragunov rifles. Some of these dealers either through ignorance or hoping to prey on uneducated buyers list their Romanian parts as real Dragunov parts. This includes the 10 round 7.62x54R magazines. Since these parts and magazines will only work for the Romanian PSL rifle they are not interchangeable with a Chinese or Russian Dragunov. To complicate matters, the Romanian magazines have a very similar appearance to real SVD magazines. The easiest way to spot a Romanian mag is by the X on the sides. (Left – Right: Chinese 7.62×51, Romanian 7.62×54, Russian 7.
