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That's a bolt-action rifle in the photo (If my eyes don't deceive me, there's a visible line separating the bolt from the chamber, with the bolt lever itself on the right side away from camera view), and there is a shoulder stock over their elbow that's not being used (since they're using the bipod to manage recoil).
You're not wrong about the cheap plastic, though. If anything, that looks similar to an aftermarket conversion chassis and magazine for a Mosin-Nagant rifle (A weapon made by Russia since the 1890s and still produced today because of it's cheap ubiquity). Seems on brand for the country.
Thanks! I knew a gun guy would be along shortly if I was wrong (or even if I was right!). I still can't visualize where that shoulder stock might be, but I can see that there's more than just a pistol-grip now, although I still can't understand what she's doing with her left hand.
She's cupping her arm under her shooting hand (and presumably above her right bicep) to try and stabilize the weapon, to prevent the recoil impulse from moving the gun out of her stance. Although that technique is more a movie trope and last ditch thing, and is probably the worst way to handle the weapon for accuracy in that situation.
Edit: wait no, she's bracing the gun against the table with pressure on the bipod. That actually would work.
I see now that it's Kim Jong Un's daughter in the pic, so she probably had no training in firing the weapon. From the way she's holding it, she's probably lucky the scope didn't kick back into her eye.
They were probably firing blanks so they can claim they hit a bull's eye every time.