Has the SKS become the Canadian shooter's equivalent of the Ford 150?

bobdbldr said:
Well, I was going to say ( IMHO)it does pretty much the same thing as a $700-$800 AR at 1/4 the price, ( what I paid) and still cheaper ammo. But now that the AR has dropped to $500 and maybe lower, then that arguement may be Moot but it is still a great dependable rifle with a very good round and it is NR ( so far) which is obviously a huge plus as most NR semi's go for a premium, even though they don't do much more than the old sks. I will keep the ones I have but at the recent prices I will leave them to the folks who don't have one. Oh yea, the bayo on the sks would be an additional option on any of the AR or non restricted rigs!
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They're $200 bucks and Non Restricted brother.
There's not even a comparison!
You can buy 1440 rounds for $300 bucks shipped to your door!!! :rockOn:
 
Boris Badinov said:
With my eyesight worsening, I fully understand the appeal of tech sights for the sks.

But don't they complicate the nearly effortless field strip and reassembly of the standard configuration sks?
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I don't clean the bolt to be honest.So the dust cover and bolt stay on the rifle.
I remove the gas system and pour eds red all over it.
Then Eds Red down the bore.
I just douse the bolt face and chamber with a squirt of Eds Red and then put it back together.

I have never had a speck of rust. And if I did......it's a $200 gun. I'd literally sandpaper it off and re-oil ;)
 
They are only cheap because they are military surplus. They are an antiquated design for military service however so is a every other sporting rifle in this country. No army is limits magazine capacity to 5 rounds or limit rifles to semi auto only.
 
JBD said:
They are only cheap because they are military surplus. They are an antiquated design for military service however so is a every other sporting rifle in this country. No army is limits magazine capacity to 5 rounds or limit rifles to semi auto only.
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A semi-automatic with a 10-round magazine-capacity, the SKS was quite similar in those respects to long arms like the MAS-49, FN-49, AG-42, and SVT-40, albeit differing by its "reduced-power" cartridge.... :yingyang:
 
Love the SKS. Was my entry into the firearms world, like so many others. I owe my current, and future, addiction to guns to it. It will always be in my safe, or with me on outings ( I take it every time we go out to shoot) and it will always be as stock as the day it left the Soviet factory.

Hard to have anything bad to say about it, really. Can't wait to pass it on to my kids.

Can't say the same for any Fords I've owned.
 
I would think it depends on end usage, now and back then, if you compare to a full auto rifle, which are fantastic in many circumstances, but, you need a lot of ammo to spray and pray, full auto isn't conducive to accuracy, but good suppressive fire etc. The semi is great to keep ammo useage down where you can't easily replenish supply and all you have is what you carry. Then again you have choice with the FA. In Canada, the choice is made for us, 5 rounds, that's it, shtf, 10 for the sks without mods, and unlimited for AR style. As for quality, sks is great and AR depends on price to an extent. I just bought a couple AR to help the cause, otherwise probably would never have bothered. Stock sks with maybe a peep setup due to ageing eyes works for me!
 
F150? No, it’s the modern equivalent of the Lee Enfield. Cheap handy and reliable, with affordable Ammo. Also gets mangled and “improved” just like so many enfields did
 
rifleman762 said:
Better a Toyota Tundra with broken ball joints than a Nissan Titan with a fried rear differential. Amirite? ;-)

SKS was my first gun and I still have it (although I largely stopped shooting it since building an AR15.) $200 shipped taxes in and it killed a whitetail doe with no fuss. My second gun was a 12.5" Dominion Arms Grizzly (870 clone). It was not quite as good at deer hunting... Haha.
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My last truck was a Titan. Got rid of it just in time, it was a ticking time bomb.
 
I'm not in a big rush to pass anything on to my kids, ... 'cause I like it here.

####ermelon said:
Love the SKS. Was my entry into the firearms world, like so many others. I owe my current, and future, addiction to guns to it. It will always be in my safe, or with me on outings ( I take it every time we go out to shoot) and it will always be as stock as the day it left the Soviet factory.

Hard to have anything bad to say about it, really. Can't wait to pass it on to my kids.

Can't say the same for any Fords I've owned.
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I'll take the risk of getting $hit on for saying this but the SKS is actually a pretty good rifle all things considered.

I've had one for years and never thought very highly of it, just figured it's another cheap surplus ammo burner.
Having sold all my semi-autos several years back, I finally took the SKS out this weekend to give it a fair shot.
Turns out it was much more accurate than I had originally gave it credit for, was reliably banging a 6" gong at 100yds off the bench.

Ergonomics aren't ideal, bit of a PITA to strip and clean but they really aren't as bad as some people make them out to be.
Overall, it's a solid reliable semi auto that's reasonably accurate and very affordable.
 
digitalblue said:
I'll take the risk of getting $hit on for saying this but the SKS is actually a pretty good rifle all things considered.

I've had one for years and never thought very highly of it, just figured it's another cheap surplus ammo burner.
Having sold all my semi-autos several years back, I finally took the SKS out this weekend to give it a fair shot.
Turns out it was much more accurate than I had originally gave it credit for, was reliably banging a 6" gong at 100yds off the bench.

Ergonomics aren't ideal, bit of a PITA to strip and clean but they really aren't as bad as some people make them out to be.
Overall, it's a solid reliable semi auto that's reasonably accurate and very affordable.
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You wont have ####,you are right the sks is a really good rifle,it's a 200$ tank !
 
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