Man, I'm seriously jealous. A VEPR has been on my list for years now. I honestly just need to man up and save up. I always say, "well, it's too much money." then buy other gun stuff. Did you get the threaded barrel? What kind of scope do you have on it?
EDIT: Where did you pick yours up at if you don't mind my asking?
If I had to do it over again, I would probably go with this
https://www.legionusa.com/vepr-rifle-wood-svd-type-2-premium.html
SGM makes a 10 round for $44.95 and a 20 round mag for $48.00.
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Other places might have them cheaper.
Ironwood Designs makes nice stock sets for these also.
Ironwood Designs Premium Military Stocks Home Page
they take a single stack 7.62x54 magazine. You get 5 round VEPR made mags with the rifle, and until recently that was your only option. Now CCSPEC sells 10 round single stack mags, and they are working on a 15 round mag as well.
people have tried to use double stack PSL and SVD mags in these but the receivers just won't support them.
Big warning, newer VEPRs 54Rs can have an issue with csspec mags. Take a look here for more info: Csspecs Vepr-54R magazine thread - Page 25 - The AK Files Forums
Big warning, newer VEPRs 54Rs can have an issue with csspec mags. Take a look here for more info: Csspecs Vepr-54R magazine thread - Page 25 - The AK Files Forums
SGM makes a 10 round for $44.95 and a 20 round mag for $48.00.
I'm with sgreen3, the VEPR54R is a lot of fun to shoot. I have some older footage from my time on the range. In the cold, it looks like a big puff of air is blasting out.
[video]https://youtu.be/9cqEftmdUjU[/video]
[video]https://youtu.be/flNPRfDbbHo[/video]