SKS Poll - good or junk?

[geologist]

Let's quantify this once and for all.

Is the SKS a good rifle/carbine or junk?

No invectives, insults or otherwise please.

Definitions as requested:

Good: Suits my needs and the expected uses for the rifle.

Junk: Does not suit my needs and the expected uses for the rifle.

 

[cereal83]

I think the sks is junk!

 

[Republic of Alberta]

Ok, if there were only a few ever made and they were worth a lot of money to colectors we would never hear the end of how simple and reliable they were. Everyone would want one.

Because they are only 150 bucks and everyone has one suddenly they are junk not worth owning.

 

[Nester]

Great fun

 

[VanIsle]

Everyone should have at least one SKS. At the end of the world you have a dead simple to operate, reliable, cheap to shoot carbine. And hey, should you run out of ammo you can always bayo things. It really doesn't get any simpler then the SKS, and at $150 they are a steal.

 

[none]

I actually like mine and its good for whats i use it for,Shoots a 3 inch group at 100 yds (my 30/30 win 94 only gets 4 inch groups)Its cheap to shoot lots .Not many people buy 1000 rounds for their 30-06 or 243 win to use at the range.

Its fast for 5 shots and will kill a coyote at 100 yards. If you want to snipe farther than that use a more accurate bolt gun in a decent cartridge designed for long range shooting.

I'm not going to shoot a moose with it but i wouldnt shoot a moose or small deer with my BOW at 100 yards either.
Just use some common sense guys

The downside is you not going to buy a box of 20 cartridges and brag how it will last you for the next decade after you use one shot to sight in the rifle.

 

[markl]

nothing wrong with em

 

[Blackthorne]

Might want to edit the poll to require that you must have actually OWNED ONE to vote.

Loved my SKS-D. I think it depends on the particular rifle.

 

[Pickles]

Junk

Junk BUT fun to shoot.
No, never owned one and never will.

Pickles

 

[Andy]

Please define: "junk" and "good". If there are also categories such as "very good" and "excellent", please define them as well.

 

[prosper]

Define 'good.' If you mean reliable, rugged and suitable for its intended purpose, then it's excellent.

 

[Ardent]

I prefer my shooting Yugo SKS to $3000+ AR's in the collection. Thumbup, solid workhorse that just doesn't quit.

 

[true north]

Some are, some are not. A buddy has a Chinese milsurp that I thought was great,so I went to Lever Arms and picked up a POS sks-d.

 

[finn_ethan]

I've got the Yugo SKS and it's the only gun I shoot every time I go to the range.

Simple and fun.

 

[VanIsle]

http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117659
Lol, my god. And to think I sold my SKS-D for $300 with all that stuff... If I had only known I was sitting on a gold mine!

 

[stanway]

I had one for a while. It was fun, but I didn't want to use it for hunting, so I sold it.

 

[todbartell]

not my idea of a rifle

 

[MadDog]

not my idea of a rifle

But are they junk?

I take that as mechanically sound or not.

 

[NAA]

Sks

Never owned one & have no plans to get one. Just not my cup of tea. But I still voted that the SKS an okay rifle.

 

[Gatehouse]

Fun to shoot, although it's unlikely I woudl go hunitng wiht it. Meets my expectations. And it was $70