put 90 rounds through my new vepr today. with the brake on there the felt recoil is similar to firing a 22 pistol. I backed off to 200 yards and couldn't manage to miss the 2' gong, even aiming right to the edge. The EOtech helped a bit too.
best thing is I don't have to burn up my precious 762x39 to have fun. now i just need to find where the wild poodle roam.
and of course not a single feed problem. must be something wrong with a rifle you don't even have to break in.
even when you fire the last of your old laquer coated wolf sitting in the bottom of the closet for a couple of years.
and later you can go a few thousand rounds firing that crap without cleaning it.
and it still fires at least 2.5 moa.