I bought two of them in 2012, for what I thought was a stupid inflated price. One is new, never fired. The other, I've put a few thousand rounds through it. It's a great shooter and solid battle rifle. If you can find one at an acceptable price, grab it. VEPRs are a cut above all other off the shelf AKs. Around my neck of the woods, they are asking $1000-1500 for new-ish VEPRs.