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

The SKS is likely destined to become the symbol of No Compromise and Non Compliance when the Government foolishly decides to ban same. They will be greased and boxed up, hidden away by the thousands. Stashed away for a rainy day. Considering there are over 250,000 of them within our borders, it's going to make for interesting times.
 
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Sorry I forgot to mention timing chain tensioner guides made plastic......####ing PLASTIC!!
Sorry timings chain tensioner guides made of plastic AND mounted behind the block...
You can't make this #### up.
Sorry okay I'm done ranting about unbelievably ####ty modern trucks.....lol
 
Travis Bickle said:
#### yeah!
I drive a 2000 honda civic se 1.6l as a daily driver.
5 speed standard. I just rolled 400 km on 22 liters of fuel from my last fill up. That's booting around town too not highway :rockOn: I'm doing all seals, water pump, timing, valves etc starting this Monday and new ignition system complete.

But my other vehicle is a piece of #### 2004 f150 with the god awful 5.4 triton. Cam phasers made of aluminum and wearing out, oil filter adapter seal (yeah great design on that...) oil lifters clogging in the valves, spark plugs spawling and snapping off in the garbage aluminum headers..... Plus average pickup fuel economy in real life bordering on 14 mpg combined they're an utter pain in the ass and pieces of absolute s**t these days.
The thing is I paid 3000 cash and fixed it myself. That's my approach. I always have a truck but I buy dirty old beaters and fix them, then kick the ####ing #### out of them for a couple years. I love having a pickup when you need one. I make money doing dump runs, going off road exploring with the kids, driving over trees and my kids like to throw rocks at it in the driveway for fun. I wash it once a year sometimes....

But 100% agree, most dudes buying 70 thousand dollar trucks drive them to the grocery store and back and couldnt flush a coolant system if their life depended on it lol
Driving around to Tim Hortons and the mall 24/7 burning 14mpg at a buck 30 a liter on top of 700 a month car payments for an unreliable piece of modern made #### pickup that wont make it past 200k km without major failures lol
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Buddy your a rarity. just like me you call it as you see it and as it is . the truth . great post. as for the sks it's popular because it's reasonably priced and to those who know the truth about them it's known to be more than reliable and can and will do whatever job needs to be done with it within reason . they are a quality item compared to the over priced garbage that is produced in the throw away society we live in today .
 
legi0n said:
ahem, nope and nope
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You are correct, it should be, 2,4,6,8 etc. Two is one and one is none, was the saying on milsurp through the many many threads like this one, also, someone came up with 2000 rounds for every sks you own! Sounds about right! As I said, there are many many threads talking about the sks, going back decades, some hate them ( although I don't know why anyone would actually hate a decent rifle of any kind) most like them and some really really like them. Well proven in wars and scurmishes and in the woods hunting and plinking. When you account for reliability, price, ease of care, multi purpose, plentiful ammo at reasonable price and accurate enough, shtf or just every day use,,, hard to beat!
 
VanIsleCam said:
Ya elitist gonna elite.

Classic example of a CGN / PAL pissing contest. "Well I took the course and I have my license and $500 to spare. So I buy an SKS with ammo."

Wrong Francis! You should pay way more for that rifle unissued or buy a "whatever" to prove you have a real stake in this game.

Don't listen to that nonsense. The SKS was the second firearm I bought. My first was a worn 870.
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I concur. SKS was my #2 or 3 (after a 22lr and maybe maverick 88, I can't remember which came second...)

It still goes out every time we go to the bush to shoot. Doesn't go to the range every trip but it's not the same environment...
 
Suther said:
I concur. SKS was my #2 or 3 (after a 22lr and maybe maverick 88, I can't remember which came second...)

It still goes out every time we go to the bush to shoot. Doesn't go to the range every trip but it's not the same environment...
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just don't bet your life on it
 
well....I got both, the sks & the f150
both work very well.

234,000kms & no issues for the ford
and 5,000 rounds of corrosive ammo & still going strong for the sks

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What a bunch of stupid in here.

Its a mass produced battle rifle. ...easily field stripped and cleaned. Be full of crud and always go bang.

people mentioning precision in this thread are idiots. Not its intended purpose.

Itll smash milk jugs at 125 with surplus ammo all day long. Im sure with handloads and a rest it could do tighter groups. But who cares.

Sks is a great milsurp. I love all of my milsurps.

I would 100% trust my life to it. I have never ever had any kind of failure running mine
 
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Mulletard said:
What a bunch of stupid in here.

Its a mass produced battle rifle. ...easily field stripped and cleaned. Be full of crud and always go bang.

people mentioning precision in this thread are idiots. Not its intended purpose.

Itll smash milk jugs at 125 with surplus ammo all day long. Im sure with handloads and a rest it could do tighter groups. But who cares.

Sks is a great milsurp. I love all of my milsurps.
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+1

Agreed
 
Just like the outdated enfield no4 mk1 the Rangers were using. Heard they still group tighter than the fancy new tikkas in .308. Pretty good for an old dog whos well outlived its expected service life.
 
Mulletard said:
What a bunch of stupid in here.

Its a mass produced battle rifle. ...easily field stripped and cleaned. Be full of crud and always go bang.

people mentioning precision in this thread are idiots. Not its intended purpose.

Itll smash milk jugs at 125 with surplus ammo all day long. Im sure with handloads and a rest it could do tighter groups. But who cares.

Sks is a great milsurp. I love all of my milsurps.

I would 100% trust my life to it. I have never ever had any kind of failure running mine
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You must have one with the 1 mark on the front sight post designating it a sniper! :) With ya 100%.
 
Mulletard said:
Just like the outdated enfield no4 mk1 the Rangers were using. Heard they still group tighter than the fancy new tikkas in .308. Pretty good for an old dog whos well outlived its expected service life.
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Direct from some of the rangers themselves a few like the new rifle and a few preferred "the old one"... they all say the 303 was more accurate but that they needed more practice with the 308 to say for sure.
 
VanIsleCam said:
You must have one with the 1 mark on the front sight post designating it a sniper! :) With ya 100%.
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1.5 to 2 inch groups are possible with most of my SKS'S when I'm in the zone....one rifle throws 3 inch groups all day and I had a couple of 1 inch groups with a yugoslavian sks using that awful CanAm reloaded stuff. Keep them I good repair and they will never fail you. If it's a solid firearm in Rural African war torn nations carried by milita with minimal training it will work forever for me and generations to be till the wood rots.
 
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