This is one fine rifle. The craftsmanship, the action on this rifle is amazing. I ordered an extra 8rd. Saiga magazine for it. I am thinking about a conversion on this one, but have not decided about that. Bought it on the lawaway plan, this is a great way to do it. You still get the cash discount price and you don't have that credit card interest. I have bought about 30 guns from Buds. Their service is great, products have always arrived on time and in excellent condition. They are where I shop first and last.

I spent about an hour on a long review, and bud's logged me out and forgot it when asking me to log back in. So this won't be as detailed as I was hoping to be, but I'm not writing that all out again. Some key points, though: eats through any 308 or 7.62x51, including cheap steel case thick chrome-lined barrel, about as accurate as AKs will get, plenty durable, I bet it'll last 10k rounds recoil lets you know its there, but is comfortable lefty friendly, ejection angle is forward, actually more forward than rightward easy to field strip, if you follow the manual decent aftermarket for parts, some compatible from AK stuff mags are convertible to 10, there are 15, 20, and 25rd mags available. -heavy, front heavy -my extractor had some machining marks jutting out of it that made manual extraction really tough, had to take apart the bolt to fix that, which was a big bother to get back together -my gas block pin is a bit of wire jammed in and bent to fit the handguard over it. Disappointing! -not the most durable of finishes, the safety immediately cut a groove in it -monte carlo stock on a blocky AK receiver. This izhmash mishmash makes for pretty bad ergonomics. -the moved-rearward trigger is bad, you pull your finger back, and the angled trigger slides along your finger upwards. Or you could lift it, that's weird too, though. -since it's imported, there's 922r laws restricting modifications -not very suitable for a muzzle device, front sight's in the way -standard AK sights, not suitable to 308, I think Overall, 4/5 as a base rifle for conversion, 2.5/5 as is.

Arrived on time and in excellent shape. very good purchase.