Hip fire is more about the fact every other weapon you face is going to hip fire, so the ADS plus TTK make it hopeless. Makes sense but it’s just another weakness when there is so much emphasis on hip fire and cqc in this game. SVDM can be build into a hip fire gun but at the cost of everything else, while most other weapons don’t need to make any sacrifices.
SVK 2 shots with a very slow rpm, effective TTK is hopeless in nearly all ranges, does have some niche where it’s good but the point is that it’s marginal.
Think I remember every death to a DMR since release, that says enough.