Ok, got mine too. Looks just like Tarawa's photos.

Couple of points
1. Has the build quality of a Nigerian AK-47.
2. Fairly sure it will outlast me as like all Russian engineering, it's built to work, not pose.
3. Real dirty. Mine was built in 1998 and shows some surface rust, chips, scratches, etc.
4. The enclosed paperwork says it had a preservative applied. Took me over 1 hour to clean off all the brown gunk on the outside and bore.
5. Action is tight. it takes a bit of ooomph to cock.
6. $290??? Wonderful deal. Evidently CDNN has a bunch of them. Call Terry at 1-800-588-9500.

All in all, I think I sure got a lot more for my money that I thought I would.

Will I shoot it?

Stay tuned.

I'm off to darkest Botswana Saturday morning. If me and a big Cape Buffalo meet and my Ruger .458 Lott works as advertised, I'll be back April 16. The PH seems to think he knows where an over-42" hangs out. Let's hope, as the last buf I got was stolen while in Zimbabwe.