put me down as liking the styling. different? yes, but not at all displeasing to my eye.

internally, they are about as simple as a kalashnikov and the machining quality is darn good for a com-bloc rifle. typically, the poles, czechs, hungarians and bulgarians built to high quality standards.

there are 3 furniture variations: the pulp wood/cellulose mixed with binding agent version that is very light and has an unusuall surface appearance. the hardwood version, more traditional and probably european beech. the polymer version is probably the last iteration of furniture and the plastic resembles the bulgarian furniture in texture and feel.

i am unaware of a plywood variant of this rifle, but it would not surprise me to find there was a version like that out there.

oow does a very nice job of assembly and the dark grey parkerizing needs only a coat of baked on laquer to yield a truely authentic and protective finish.

the accuracy, like most 7.62x39 pieces (including the much vaunted east german ssg-82 medium range sniping rifle) is limited by the ammunition run thru it as much as the design of the rifle.

my hat is off to bob landies and the boys for bringing us another great firearm from eastern europe. at $1250 retail, they ain't giving them away, but the collector appeal is high and as stated above, the cool factor at the range is off the scale.