Thanks Craig 1956! Sounds like its tough to get an Izhmash now days...went back and forth with a guy from MT Guns and he said they are not aware of anywhere in the states where you can purchase a new Izhmash biathlon rifle. Guess I'll just be saving up twice as long to get the 1847.
I was on the Izhmash website and saw this....The "Biathlon-7-ЗА" and "Biathlon-7-4A" are furnished with barrels made by "Anschutz". http://www.izhmash.ru/eng/product/bi-7.shtml If accuracy is due to the barrel does that mean Izmash is getting some factory seconds or som...