Frontier Firearms SKS
Feel free to move this post if it belongs elsewhere. Not really a 'battle' rifle, but definitely not a black/green rifle either.... and the title does say .30 cal....
Anyways, I don't currently own any firearms, and 90% of my lifetime shooting was done with a C7A1 in the Reserves so my knowledge is limited mostly to what I can learn on the internet. How would you rate the Russian SKS (specifically, the batch being sold on Frontier for $230 right now) as a first rifle. Mostly casual/plinking etc.... I'm gonna get a bolt-action for hunting and serious target shooting, but I'd like to get at least one iron-sights rifle to play around with. These are listed as Russian so I'm assuming original style quality (i.e. extremely rare failure to feed/stoppages, weak but acceptable accuracy, heavy but still in C7 range trigger weight/smoothness). Also, can anyone confirm how reliably they burn through the corrosive Czech ammo being sold on Frontier and CanAm. Thanks very much for your help.