If there was ever an enduring image of the Soviet Army in WWII, it would be their infantry riding west to Berlin on T34 tanks armed with PPSh-41 submachine guns, firing the 7.62x25mm pistol round. The image emerged once again during the Korean War as North Koreans and ChiComms staged massed infantry attacks on American and allied lines with homegrown, 71-round, drum-fed, PPSh-41s in hand. A few years later, the PPSh emerged again, this time in Vietnam.

With 5-1/2 million PPSh-41s fabricated in WWII alone, the distinctive look of the Soviet submachine guns has now found its way into the world of rimfire. Meet Legacy Sport International’s little burp gun.

Looking through Legacy’s extensive firearms and optics catalog, the image of the little Puma PPS in .22 LR just jumped off the page. Many years ago, a similar clone was imported and marketed by Bingham, Ltd. of Norcross, Georgia. I’ve owned two of them. Fitted with steel drum or stick magazines, the Bingham guns were distinctive looking, utterly reliable semi-automatics and a real hoot to shoot.

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