Matrix SVD II Dragunov Bolt Action Airsoft Sniper Rifle (Color: OD Green)

"This gun is very simple and strong. Out of the box it fires around 450 fps with 30 gram bbs. It is easy to access the spring compartment and to do an entire breakdown of the gun. The accuracy is excellent, but it is rather hard to adjust the hop up. To adjust the hop up you have to slide the bolt back and us a alen wrench to adjust the hex screw on the hop up system. Turn the hex screw right for more hop and turn left for less hop. The gun comes separated from the stock. The instructions are not very informative and do not explain how to attach a stock. I found out that you have to remove the spring first with a alen wrench then insert the fillips head screws that came with the rifle to attach the stock. This rifle is great. I am going to convert this rifle to co2 to increase the power. All in all this is a great gun. The instructions however are not as descriptive as I would like. The box will say AIM Top instead of Matrix, because it will be badged as AIM in some countries and Matrix in others. Great rifle would recommend to all snipers out there.

"I just got my svd 2 today. This gun is freaking amazing. I had a laundry list of mods waiting for its arrival.

Stock on .20's I was shooting 465-480fps. I didn't clean the barrel as I had a Promy waiting to install. Which I believe accounts for the wide variances in fps. Yes it was dirty after removing it. With the gun perfectly stock I was able to hit a smallish pine tree consistently at 150 feet. Granted the wind was over 15mph and I was shooting .20's.

The stock trigger assembly is all metal and should suffice for some time even modded. The stock hop was very serviceable, albeit not user friendly as you have remove the top cover and then use a small allen to adjust it. The airsoft pro unit can be adjusted by hand once the gun is cocked without removing anything. The stock bucking delivered decent consistency out of the box. I was pleasantly surprised.

Here are the mods I installed. All purchased from airsoftpro.cz as they have solid svd parts.

1. Airsoft pro Hopup with G&G green bucking
2. Prometheus 550mm 6.03 barrel
3. Airsoft Pro piston
4. Airsoft Pro cylinder
5. AIrsoft cylinder head
6. Progressive m160 spring
7. Airsoft Pro spring centering pin-I had to mod this by drilling it out to use it. I believe it was based off of the a&k svd 1. the the svd2 I received had a much different centering pin. I drilled out the airsoft pro piece and used it as well. This parts adds distance to the spring and ended me with higher than intended fps.
8. I did not install the airsoft pro piston latch, as the stock latch is metal..I will use it till it breaks

Mods I am still waiting for arrival

1. The silencer adapter-I went with a shorter barrel and cut the outer barrel down as I wanted a shorter gun, I also cut the hand grip down as well. After the silencer is installed the gun will be almost 10" shorter.
2. Airsoft pro inner barrel retainer. The stock one has only two grub screw holding it together. Those two grub screws support the whole outer/inner barrel essentially.

After the aforementioned mods the gun was shooting 579 fps with no hop up applied. I am allowed 3.5 joules for my field limit so this is acceptable. I was aiming for 550 fps. Fps variance wass 2-5 fps /- I am using the $20 ak/svd mount and the 3-12x40 scope both from evike. This gun is a [email protected]#! sniper that is easy to work on with great performance out of the box. Stock the cocking pull is fairly strong , after the install I was very glad I purchased the cocking lever extender.

TLDR-Just buy this freaking thing! You won't be sorry and you won't be like every other sniper sporting a vsr!

"AWESOME GUN! (PLEASE READ IF YOU HAVE DOUBLE FEED ISSUES)

However, you really have to play around with it to get a feel for how it shoots. It is NOT like most of the other sniper rifles I have used... this one requires a little more attention.

The other reviews are correct when they say that the gun double feeds. It's true. To fix the problem, I actually added spike tape to the magazines so that they would not wobble as much. I built up the rear side of the mags as well as the sides with tape, and the wobble/weak feeding issue is solved. Literally 90% of my issues went a away with this gun after fixing the magazines.

Now, it does occasionally double feed. To fix this, I used a drill press (you might be able to do it by hand), with a 5mm bit and made a VERY small indent inside of the hopup chamber. That way, when the bbs feed through, the one in the chamber is secured by the indent just enough so that another bb won't push through, and when the cylinder pushes one forward to fire, it doesn't crack in half. SO MUCH BETTER! Literally zero double feeds.

If you aren't willing to fiddle with the gun, this probably won't be your first choice of rifle. However, if you take the time and work with it, you will have an extremely accurate, heavy-hitting sniper rifle.