Ted's Holdover has just published his Leshiy (+Connect) review on Youtube.
Entertaining - as always, he puts a lot of effort in to his reviews - and he also describes the rifle as niche.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17Yiv-1K_sI
I could cope with price as you don't get many new guns under 1k nowadays, but I doubt very much that I would cope with folding my gun in half to cock it. I also belive that, it is in no way adjustable, so you could and up with a gun having the power of a pistol or even worse a section 1 firearm, that you can do nothing with. Having said that I have never shot one, maybe the experience makes it worthwhile, I hope those that do have them will enjoy them and tell us more about them.
Finally, not sure how Daystate came into this thread but for the record, I own several MK3's and have never had an issue at all, lucky maybe.
Ian
Last edited by what barn door; 06-06-2017 at 08:35 PM. Reason: tYPO
For me, the Leshiy sets out to to be an ultra lightweight, compact and foldable hunting rig that can disappear into a backpack for a few days' trek into the woods, and achieves this goal admirably. There just isn't much out there that can claim the same dimensions, weight and power (in FAC equivalent of course) that the Leshiy can. Of course, there aren't a lot of us in the UK who could claim to use it as such a 'trail' rifle but in the US in particular, I could see this really gaining some traction.
Curiously, the etymology of the word 'leshiy' is a "tutelary spirit of the forests in Slavic folklore" which seems to indicate that the gun was conceived around this idea.
The only thing that impressed me in that video was the FX Impact. Very good performance.
Where's his diving cylinder when he's kayaking down the river?
is it classed as a pistol?