I’m not an AK guy so when I saw the Lynx 12 my expectations were low. It looked fairly low-frills compared to many of the stylish guns we were shooting. But what it lacked in flair, it made up for in performance. The sights are small, but it literally tore one ragged hole with slugs at 15 yards. The trigger was long, but light. The AK-style safety has a “shelf” so you can flip it on and off with your trigger finger. It does have a bolt hold open, but the bolt does not lock to the rear with the last round fired. It can load from a closed bolt, but it is a lot easier to load with it locked back. Everything about the gun just handled well, and it quickly became a crowd favorite. It has a four-position gas system, but we never touched it and it ran flawlessly with every shell we threw in it. It takes Saiga-pattern magazines and I was wishing we had a few more because as one evaluator said, “The gun basically shoots itself.”
