and honest to goodness that's the first time I ever remember feeling a"shockwave" from a rifle. I laughed so long and hard after the first shot, particularly because I was adjusting the rear sight on my Mini-14 and it caught me totally off guard, resulting in a bit of a jump and scream hehe.

That thing had a pretty impressive muzzle flash as well. VERY impressive. I'd like to see it shot late in the evening.

Seemed rather accurate, too. With open sights he was hitting clay pigeons at 100 yards rather easily. Looked like a good shooting little rifle and was also easy to look at. He told me that it was more or less brand new. Was made in '52 and never issued, supposedly never even shot until he got it. I can't remember where he said it originated from but it wasn't Russia, I do remember that much.