What is your SKS to you ?

What is your SKS to you ?

  • 1st rifle, will never leave

    Votes: 58 8.6%

  • Hunting rifle

    Votes: 10 1.5%

  • Tacticool rifle

    Votes: 8 1.2%

  • Show peice/Collector

    Votes: 39 5.8%

  • Range toy (in what ever configuration that barrel gets warm!)

    Votes: 83 12.3%

  • SHTF rifle

    Votes: 95 14.1%

  • They have consumed me and I cant stop buying them

    Votes: 18 2.7%

  • Fire wood/tent post/what ever I need it to do that day... It will still shoot.

    Votes: 54 8.0%

  • I have never actually owned one

    Votes: 60 8.9%

  • I fit in multiple categories.

    Votes: 249 36.9%
  • Total voters
    674
Of all the guns I own, it gets the least use. I got it from Canada ammo with a combo. I almost feel like you have to own one, but I enjoy my CZ and AR much more. The stock that came on it was loose, so it currently sitting in an ATI. I need to find a decent laminate at a gun show and put it back to what Siminov intended.
 
laker415 said:
I had one as it seemed to be part of the gun owners starter kit ( 12ga pump, 22lr, sks) but regretfully sold it to a buddy as I felt it was inaccurate. Shot it after her adjusted the sites and instantly went out and got another one for myself.

Its simply a beater plinker that shoots a great little round and a great way to get new shooters excited about shooting. I just took my brother in law out to the range and that was the one gun he couldn't get enough of.
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A front sight adjustment tool is a must if you’re going to own sks’ , I have a few that needed a fair bit of adjustment right off the bat. It’s funny that many people who say they are inaccurate don’t even bother to adjust sights or tweak the rifle where necessary. Some sks will surprise you with decent accuracy , not saying they are tack drivers but they can be respectable accuracy wise. On the other hand sometimes you do get a lemon like all things.
 
I'm suprised that the don't own one is as high as it is. Cheapest centerfire rifle and ammo combo available. That reason alone i figured everyone had at least one.
 
RSK said:
Of all the guns I own, it gets the least use. I got it from Canada ammo with a combo. I almost feel like you have to own one, but I enjoy my CZ and AR much more. The stock that came on it was loose, so it currently sitting in an ATI. I need to find a decent laminate at a gun show and put it back to what Siminov intended.
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Easy enough to bed with epoxy putty.
 
sigrunes said:
A front sight adjustment tool is a must if you’re going to own sks’ , I have a few that needed a fair bit of adjustment right off the bat. It’s funny that many people who say they are inaccurate don’t even bother to adjust sights or tweak the rifle where necessary. Some sks will surprise you with decent accuracy , not saying they are tack drivers but they can be respectable accuracy wise. On the other hand sometimes you do get a lemon like all things.
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Yes, they sure did need adjustment... and the action needs bedded. I got my SKS sight tool from Bulls Eye for $12.00 I think; and it did take a lot of adjustment. I have not shot it since I sighted it in, and I did that without my perscription glasses, so I could see the 8 1/2 x 11 target, but not the bullseye. I still put every shot in 6" at 100 yards... that is as good as I could get with a ruger mini 15 with a good scope on it, from a bench rest. With glasses, I can likely tighten that up to 2 or three with the SKS, maybe even tighter with the action bedded.
 
photog_shooter said:
Accuracy, or lack thereof, and the fact that it threw the brass in ever direction and then some (including towards my face).
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One of the guys at my club call them the soviet brass-spreader; knowing his farming back-ground, this was the implication LOL:

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Looks like an interesting platform. I really know nothing about them. What's the difference between a Russian or Chinese made version? Is one better than the other?
 
veebooster said:
Looks like an interesting platform. I really know nothing about them. What's the difference between a Russian or Chinese made version? Is one better than the other?
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They're all relatively the same. People will go into great lengths which they find "better" and preach that their opion is gospel.

I've had Russians abd prefer the Chinese Type-56 with the spike bayonet for its slimmer forearm with the side mounted rear sling swivel. That's just my preference... others will vary.
 
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If there was a "dust collector" category, I might have clicked that. :) In all honestly, it's more of a conversation piece than anything else, but I dust it off to let new shooters try it on the rare days I take it to the range. I think for the price of an SKS, it doesn't make sense NOT to have one. They're an interesting piece of military history you can own for less than $250. That along makes them worth owning if you ask me.
 
SKS are great plinker guns, and I have used one to fill the freezer a time or two. Nothing overly amazing about them.
 
murph83 said:
SKS are great plinker guns, and I have used one to fill the freezer a time or two. Nothing overly amazing about them.
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I agree. The only 'amazing' attribute is the reliability of the thing. The gun can be fouled and corroded solid and all you have to do is break open the action, load it, and pull the trigger.
 
I don't own one. I don't feel any attraction to them, although I did see one here a while back that I thought actually looked great.

Anyway, my theory is that once all the cheap surplus ammo runs out, they'll be a dime a dozen in the EE.

Am I wrong?
 
^^^ That is for sure.

You really think all the guys that bought multiple SKS's when they were cheap only bought a crate or two of ammo to go with them? I stacked the crates when they were under $200 apiece, I am in no danger of running out of 7.62x39, even with a hungry new 81 to feed.
 
The Russian stuff is drying out, that's for sure. Still some possibilities for some more Czech and Bulgarian. The Chinese stuff is almost infinite as they are still pumping it out of their factories to this day.
 
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