SKS - Yes or No

I love my SKS but I keep asking myself why not get a #5 Lee Enfield for a truck gun. Enjoy the 10 rd capacity and the possibility of mounting a scope on the gun. With practice, the LE rifles can sing about as fast as the semi if accuracy matters.

Take Care

Bob
 
Canuck44 said:
I love my SKS but I keep asking myself why not get a #5 Lee Enfield for a truck gun. Enjoy the 10 rd capacity and the possibility of mounting a scope on the gun. With practice, the LE rifles can sing about as fast as the semi if accuracy matters.

Take Care

Bob
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There's something to be said for that or one of the Parker Hale rifles. Detachable mags are handy for motor vehicles and the sights are good.
 
MiG25 said:
There's something to be said for that or one of the Parker Hale rifles. Detachable mags are handy for motor vehicles and the sights are good.
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They also get lost regularly and are getting to be quite expensive.

Detachable mags suffer from Bubba working on the lips etc.

The No5 is a great choice but getting pricey these days for a ''truck gun"
 
Now you have me thinking more in the PH category for a truck gun. Decent examples run around $250 - $350. Put a 4x scope and you are in business.

Take Care

Bob
 
bearhunter said:
They also get lost regularly and are getting to be quite expensive.

Detachable mags suffer from Bubba working on the lips etc.

The No5 is a great choice but getting pricey these days for a ''truck gun"
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But the PH rifles are still cheap.
 
Canuck44 said:
I love my SKS but I keep asking myself why not get a #5 Lee Enfield for a truck gun. Enjoy the 10 rd capacity and the possibility of mounting a scope on the gun. With practice, the LE rifles can sing about as fast as the semi if accuracy matters.

Take Care

Bob
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I never wanted to bubba up a No5 for a truck gun and using is as is I just found them too cumbersome. That said, the Lee Enfield No1 Mk III action is one of my favorite hunting actions and so I started with a surplus , sporter , choosing a Lithgow for the heavier barrel profile. I try to find lithgows that are already drilled and tapped so as to not be wrecking a potentially restorable piece.
Cut the barrel down to 19 inches, fit it with a monte carlo stock and a proper rail for an optic , get the whole thing ceracoated and you end up with a wonderful truck gun.
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Doubled in price in last few years, sounds to me like a good ROI

Thorsbear said:
Are they an investment rifle right now? No

Unless you bought a like new condition for $100 back whenever you are not going to see a statospheric rise of an SKS. Most for sale now are finished in rust covered with barbeque paint and a stock so saturated in cosmolene that it looks like it was sitting in a barrel of used motor oil.

Trust me, I respect the SKS but as an investment? No there are much better items to buy for the future.
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350 Mag said:
A few 20 packs of SKSs a few years back would have been a great investment....
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Back in '15 the Halifax CT was selling ammo for $4/pk. I bought all they had left - about 4-500 rnds. and about 300 on strippers. All Czech ammo. All long gone down the range - some investments don't pay off.
Now investing in Chinese, but that too is dwindling, can't seem to hold on to them. :rolleyes:
 
As was said, milsurp only goes one way, a lot of us guys that bought at $150.-$200 ish or lower, find it hard to believe and some say they aren't worth that much etc. But you have to remember the milsurp/ history part of it all! These will go up and whether they could build them now for the same or more doesn't matter.
 
bearhunter said:
I would prefer an SKS under stressful conditions over an AK and Type 81 platform any day of the year.

The SKS is relatively light, maneuverable in tight situations and you don't have to stick you head up to shoot back. There isn't a ridiculously long/heavy mag that changes balance as it empties and snags on just about anything it can, when it's the last thing you need to happen. Same for the Type81.
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People who haven't hauled an AK through the bush don't realize how much of a beast it can be, not as bad as an M14 or C1A1, but the weight shift and that Gdamned mag can make it pretty unpredictable.
 
enefgee said:
People who haven't hauled an AK through the bush don't realize how much of a beast it can be, not as bad as an M14 or C1A1, but the weight shift and that Gdamned mag can make it pretty unpredictable.
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This is truth.

I had the opportunity to grab FNs as well, cumbersome things that were very reliable under most conditions. Awkward to get on target as well.
 
I understand why we are interested in the history of "our" weapons, Garands, M-14 and such. But the history of Russian weaponry, I couldn't care less.

I like the SKS only because of what it is. A reliable, accurate enough, durable, semi auto 7.62x39 rifle. Sometimes I ask if its the rifle, or the cartridge, that I like.
 
easyrider604 said:
I understand why we are interested in the history of "our" weapons, Garands, M-14 and such. But the history of Russian weaponry, I couldn't care less.

I like the SKS only because of what it is. A reliable, accurate enough, durable, semi auto 7.62x39 rifle. Sometimes I ask if its the rifle, or the cartridge, that I like.
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That surprises me a lot, the Russian firearms available to us now have seen more action than all of the firearms you just pointed out.
 
Arguably there is more 7.62x39 ammo available to feed the russian rifles than any other milsurp. Many of us would have other milsurps if bulk ammo was readily available.
 
powerbaitron said:
Arguably there is more 7.62x39 ammo available to feed the russian rifles than any other milsurp. Many of us would have other milsurps if bulk ammo was readily available.
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the irony..... when the shtf it will be the commies...... so the irony is... we will be defending out nation from the commies with their own surplus rifles and ammo LOL
buy it cheap and stack it deep.... and then stack some more.
 
45ACPKING said:
the irony..... when the shtf it will be the commies...... so the irony is... we will be defending out nation from the commies with their own surplus rifles and ammo LOL
buy it cheap and stack it deep.... and then stack some more.
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When China lands troops they will be met with norinco! Only kidding.
 
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