SVCh, the new sniper rifle that will replace the famous SVD started its life as a commercial hunting carbine in 2016, designed by Andrei Chukavin. The hunting carbine was chambered in the .308 Win. (7.62×51 mm) caliber. The project was shown to the Russian Military in 2018; they showed interest in it as a military weapon. The experimental design program called “Reaper” was opened to create a weapon in the domestic 7.62×54 mm caliber. In the early stages, the rifle was a short barrel one, what we would colloquially call a battle rifle.