>>64418968
Upgrade the barrel to a thicker profile and shorter length and it will weigh 14lbs just like scar 20, hk417, lmt ar-10, etc. Until the ruger sfar is adopted as a dmr all military dmrs will be heavy for ruggedness reliability and longer strings of fire
The original svd was based on a requirement to be the same overall length as the pu mosin, but not retardly heavy and thus the barrel is 24" and skinny. This set of requirements of weight and length is thoroughly obselete in the current year
SVDS and SVDM have thicker profile barrels