Anyone Have King Arms Svd Review?

[rsvpiper]

Hello Collective!

 

I'm looking at adding an svd to my little Russian loadout, does anyone have experience with the King Arms svd any pros-cons?

[colinjallen]

I had one for a time; the hop arm has a lot of lateral movement and the whole hop assembly is somewhat fragile and very difficult to get spares for.

Other than that, it is ok; not great, not awful, just ok.

[AK47frizzle]

The cyma version is more popular and probably has more information about it

[DerDer]

You have Cyma at one end and Real Sword at the other. The King Arms seems to be overlooked.

LCT are supposedly releasing a SVD at some stage, might be worth waiting for? 

[Adolf Hamster]

3 hours ago, DerDer said:

You have Cyma at one end and Real Sword at the other. The King Arms seems to be overlooked.

LCT are supposedly releasing a SVD at some stage, might be worth waiting for? 

 

it does seem to be weirdly polarised the svd market.

 

you've got the cheaper versions in KA/cyma, then the expensive versions in WE (by the time you buy mags) and RS and nothing in the middle.

 

as much as i'm not a fan of lct these days, it would certainly be good if they could fill that gap.

 

such a shame as for dmr purposes the svd is thoroughly under-represented despite being bloody good (surprise surprise the gun that invented the dmr concept is a good dmr)

 

to answer the op's question a mate of mine has what we think is a king arms svd (the para model), if it is then @colinjallen's assessment seems pretty much bang on the money. however i'd probably look at cyma given you're more likely to be able to get bits for it.

[DerDer]

Looks like the LCT SVD should be out at some stage this year. Will give them credit for making a few variations.  For all their faults they are good for providing a line of models rather than one and done. 

 

 

Edited May 20, 2021 by DerDer

[Adolf Hamster]

4 minutes ago, DerDer said:

Looks like the LCT SVD should be out at some stage this year. Will give them credit for making a few variations.  For all their faults they are good for providing a line of models rather than one and done. 

 

totally agree, good to see something to fill the void between the cyma's and real swords when it comes to SVD's.