This is one of my Commie guns.  It's a Russian SKS-45, probably made sometime in the 1950's (no date stamp).  Overall, it's a good plinking gun, and the bayonet is there in case you're having a bad day and can't seem to hit your target.  When that happens, I can always stab the uncooperative pop can.  I would recommend one of these guns to anyone who likes plinking.  This gun also has one of those recoil buffers from Buffer Technologies.