Thanks, Dr Bubba.
I think my article pretty much says it all: I was equally intrigued, I was equally disappointed, and I'm STILL tempted to believe it would make a fine called-predator carbine. If I stumbled across a M-62, there'd be serious mental squirming going on about it - but I'd likely walk away from it.
Now if that rifle were a little Mini-Mauser or a CZ in .25-223, well now...! THAT would make my fingers clamp down and my wallet empty!