I picked the M24, for it has better range and firepower than the Dragunov. The latter has better rate of fire, which is its only advantage.

When I play JA2, I give Dragunov rifles to mercs I want to improve their Marksmanship skills, while the M24 go to dedicated snipers (Marksmanship above 95), who can exploit the gun's range.

Despite not knowing which is stronger or playing the game, I choosed Dragunov becase I thought it had a cool name.

Dragunov is good, when you find it early in the game (during random encounters). It does help in training marksmanship with its long range. If you get a scoped rifle, you can attack enemies beyond the distance of other weapons.

So far, there is about 2 votes as of now.

It's a fresh poll, not even 24 hours passed since posting.