Hello! I am looking to come to a skirmish sometime in the early summer, I own a A&K SVD Dragunov bolt action sniper, I have never chron-ed it so I don't know what fps it is but on the site I bought it from it said 450+fps... I can buy a new spring for it to lower the power a bit (I know how to, so the technicalities do not matter) but I just thought I would check before I spent money on it I'm really happy that you are allowed to use snipers at such a high fps though, the other places I have looked at limit all their guns to one fps...making snipers little better than spring pistols
Thanks
Joe

Good to have you along, be sure to note the minimum engagement distance of 30m as well and that you would need a backup weapon (pistol at least) with you.

Ian

And try to avoid headshots (rich coming from me I know...)

So is that a yes to me buying a new spring? and I know all about the 30yd rule and yes I will try and avoid headshots
Thanks

It may be wise, yes if it was stated to be 450+ fps (it could be 480 for all you know). A 130sp spring or equivalent should put you at about the right fps; or a 120sp to be on the safe side (different setups yield different results with the same parts).

30yds is about the length of a swimming pool. All I can say is, if in doubt, don't shoot

And as Ian said, you need a sidearm of some description.

All else I can say is good hunting