don't pay $280 for a Chinese SKS from Cabelas unless somehow the quality went way up from what I saw there a few weeks ago... I passed at $219, then they went on sale for $199 and still passed. They looked functional but more like what you'd equip a massive infantry charging army with. Russian SKS are in appearance at least much better made for the most part, they do cost more now though than they did. If you know nothing about them i'd suggest ordering your first from Westrifle I got some decent SKS's from there a while back. You can look at pictures of the rifle you will over to see the serial numbers and how the stock looks. All the SKS I got from there were nice and tight and shoot ok. Some even hit the target.
