It was about two years ago when I wrote the heartbreaking story of how the rugged, reliable Molot Vepr 7.62x54R semi-automatic rifle I had been eagerly awaiting a chance to test fire suddenly ...

The 4.5-kilogram MR1 will retail in 7.62x54R and .308 Winchester with a standard 20.9-inch chrome-lined barrel or an optional 16.1-inch barrel for the .308 version.

However, the 7.62x54R version of the SVCh is designed to accept magazines from SVD rifles, granting it some degree of backward compatibility with existing inventory.

At the height of World War II, the Soviet Union relied on the 7.62x54R, a 19th century cartridge chambered in a 19th-century bolt-action rifle, the Mosin Nagant, as well as other small arms in the ...

Why China didn’t produce a sniper round is uncertain, but perhaps the limited usage of 7.62x54R in the Chinese military, combined with the PLA’s drive for a new intermediate cartridge in the ...