As much as I love GBBRs, using them makes you miss the quiet operation of an AEG. I can remember many occasions in games this past summer where I open up on someone with my WE PDW only to hear "It's Crunch!" and have the entire enemy squad open up on my position as a result. I never had that happen when running my C7A2 which is one of the quietest AEGs I've ever heard.
So yeah, in the DMR role, the SVD will be cool. As a sniper, not so much.
However, depending on the price, this just may be the first "sniper" rifle that I add to my collection just for its cool factor.
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