Scorpio SKS-15's Now In Stock!

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wow. That is super cool. I'm sure I can buy a better gun for that price though. Any advantage to a $900 SKS?
 
humphry76 said:
Its a cool concept... But $900 can buy me an accurate rifle.
10/10 on coolness, however its an easy pass for me
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Not many $900 NR looks this good...But unfortunately people will always look at it as "just a SKS".
We will see how supply and demand makes or breaks this rifle.
 
Five years ago if you asked me that putting a $150 SKS into a chassis and selling it for $900 would be the future, I'd laugh my ass off.

Then again, since five years, CZ 858 prices have nearly doubled due to idiots buying in a seller market, so this kind of abomination would make sense. Really a shame though. Someone, somewhere is putting stacks of cash into their breast pocket and giggling at us.
 
All the kodos for bringing in this interesting concept. I think it's fairly kool etc. But, if you dont have $900 atm its not too hard to do a few Mods on your Old SKS to make it more 'Modern', if that's your thing. Like the bolt mod & chop & thread barrel basically cost nothing but time, & some basic tools. Then there is the AK type mag release & duck bill mod. Ad in a Tapco or similar stock still a wayz under $500 ;) I'd most likely buy one of these if they come on 'Sale' to around $6/650.
 
Half a pound lighter than a stock SKS, able to use 10 round detach pistol magazines and with an integral rail for optics. One drawback is that it looks cumbersome to take down, which is largely mitigated by using non corrosive ammo and cleaning once per case of ammo (which won't affect the performance of the SKS one bit)

This isn't a rifle for SKS purists, nor is it for the guy that wants to pop it in a Tapco stock and use 5 round duckbill magazines. It's for someone that wants an adjustable stock, 10 round magazines and use a red dot, scope or put on adjustable aperture BUIS. To get all that by just adding onto an SKS you are going to be into the same or higher price.

It's all about what you want.....Like most things!
 
Sks 275$
Stock 150$
Rail 80$
Mag adaptor 200$
Mag 35$
Thread/ crown 150$
Break 60$

That's. 950$ give or take if you install the mag adaptor yourself, its priced competitively, is half a pound lighter and required quite a bit of R&D.

I still want to see a full review on it.
Standard sks accuracy?
Was the trigger improved?
Quality control of the sks components used?
 
It's not the fact that you're adding $800 worth of stuff to an SKS, it's the fact that you're taking a gun that isn't really worth anything and you're spending money to make it into a gun that's not worth anything with $800 worth of stuff on it. Basically for the price you can buy a better gun, period.
 
So which centerfire semi can you get at that price? Especially something as reliable as an sks? Its not going to shoot moa but it was never intended to. This convo goes nowhere except in a circle. If you don't like it, don't buy it. But there is no reason to bash a rifle you have never shot either.

For me? The fact remains that my Russians see more range time than any other firearm in my safe. Why? Cheap trigger time, I don't have the funds to feed modern rounds into a modern platform. Its a fun to shoot battle rifle and that's where it ends, for me the value is in the smile on my face.
 
fluidmax said:
Not many $900 NR looks this good...But unfortunately people will always look at it as "just a SKS".
We will see how supply and demand makes or breaks this rifle.
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I think that the looks are extremely subjective.

I admit I have never handled one in person, but from pictures of this, it seems awkwardly large, clunky, and not appealing, though that's obviously just my opinion.
 
Well when I heard these were coming I thought what a waste of money but I actually handled one at my local gunshop in fde and it actually looked and felt really good in the hands to say the least at 850.00 it's not my thing as I have a few vs 58 rifles but with the high prices on them lately this may fill a spot for someone looking to get into the x39 cartridge like an other Said if they were to come on sale for 600.00 or so even I may have to pick one up
 
I am interested in one. But I want to see a range report on video. I could see myself using this in the field, it would be fun. Yes I do own a CZ858, but I would consider this firearm once I see that range report.
 
$900 to get 5 more rounds in sks? Meh. I'd rather just put that towards a robinson xcr. Get a much better rifle and still get 10 round mag.(Unrestricted). I've played around "pimping" sks rifles a bunch and no matter how many bells and whistles you mod or attach, it's still just an sks. I've come full circle with the sks. I wanted to do so many things with my sks's (and I did) when I first started. In doing that though, I've come to realize that they are perfect the way they are right out of crate and all that after market stuff is junk. *the one after market thing I would recommend for sks if your looking to put some kind of sight on is the "scout scope" attachment. 5 stars. Locks right into original sights. Not on wobbly dust cover or gas tube cover. Stays locked in tight. Oh! And timbersmith makes some really sick stocks. Everything else I've seen/tried is trash.
 
Yeah, xcr is nice but at 3k it's out of many shooters price range. And finding stock in x39 is hard even if you have the cash
 
Considering this is a CGN sponsor's sub-forum/post/announcement...and we all like CGN and recognize that sponsors keep this site ticking..I wonder what compels people to crap on new products in threads like this...? I'd personally rather some people spoke with just their wallets sometimes, as there are enough challenges in the Canadian gun business as it is. I have no affiliation with Reliable whatsoever, but there has to be a better forum than Reliable's own forum to crap on a gun you have no plans on buying anyway.

Just my $.02
 
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