I'm half fudd too. I would have thought about it if it was 30-06 or 308. 270 don't work well were I hunt. I think the longest shot I've taken in Jawja was probably 60 yards.
I always hated top eject. I want an 1895gs. Dinky was selling one on odt and I almost bought it. They are going for about 600 more than he was asking now. Kicking myself.
There is one place selling it for 7.62x39 for under 50 cents a round but you can only get 2 40 rd boxes and shipping is 18 bucks. It's getting stupid. Prolly will get stupider.