I meant to add that the cartridge ejection is a bit weird too. Apparently, the cartridges eject BEHIND the magazine and downward, so to make it more ambidextrous. I believe it was designed around the 7.62x39 cartridge, but could be wrong.
Still looks like a hell of a handful though.
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