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Okay, this is flaming, but Luckey is FOS. The Romanian isn't a cheap knock-off. Romania was not a central-core Warsaw Pact country, just like Yugoslavia, and therefore they did not get 1st Tier small arms support from the Soviets. Note their use of the SKS long after it was obsolete (like the Yugos and Albanians). The Drag was a design the Soviets only shared with the Chinese (and was later copied by the Iraqi's and other folks similar). Both Romania and Yugoslavia designed their own designated marksman rifles, both around the AK action which known to be reliable. As a result, the Romanians developed the PSL and the Yugos the M76 (and later variants). The SVD is theoretically a better design for accuracy. However, in the field, practical accuracy between the three designs is basically the same. The SVD may have the edge, but not much.
Now, the SVD is generally better built, using a machined reciever and a better finish. The trigger is better as well, but the Romanian trigger can be easily improved. The current PSL's on the market (Romak-3's) are good rifles capable of acceptable accuracy in the same general range as the Chinese NDM's, true SVD's, and Tigres. None of these will hold a candle to a good Savage or Remington, but they look much neater.
In the end, they are more real than Tigres, at much lower prices but with equal performance and the ability to mount the exact same optics.
Davis
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