Ah sorry Strelok, I missed your second sentence.
As far as the gun looking like ass, whats wrong with Ass? I like Asses! (except for those nasty late night Walmart chicks Asses, they're nasty!) LOL
Anyway I know that it's not a high end gun, and the lots of folks seam to like to hate on Echo1, but for $200.00 bucks I think that it is a decent platform to start out with.
In the past I have owned a Wells - L96 and a Real Sword - Dragunov SVD and I have to say that they all had their good and bad points.
The best thing about the A.S.R. is that it weighs about half as much as the L96, and about 1/10th as much as the SVD.
I also like that fact that it is shorter than both those other guns. It sure makes moving it around easier.
I haven't done any shooting over about 75 feet yet, so I can't comment on long distance accuracy, but at short distances, it seems about as accurate as the other sniper riffles that I have owned.
Thanks for the replies
Gordo