Later on, he had the top of the receiver drilled and tapped to have a rail installed and stuck a 4 MOA dot on top seeing as he lopped off his front sight. And yeah, the recoil was a little on the drastic side. He called it the wristfuc*er
I’ve never shot a 7.62x54R before, but a buddy has one and he says the carbine version kicks way more than the long rifle version.
I can see how that could really mess up your wrist. If you could master the accuracy part, that would definitely be a one-stop shot.