Why is the SKS so popular among gun enthusiasts?
Because in the hands of a good operator, they can kill 30-50 babies/second.
Same reason as the Mosin Nagant, I'd guess; it was a cheap, entry-level gun at one point, so lots of people bought them.
>Fucking storefront Captcha
Cheap, semi-auto, Slavshit, and they look cool.
>>30574833
It use to be a cheap, decent quality rifle that is chambered for a decent intermediate round
>>30574833
Developed in 1488 by the absolute madman Mikial "Maneater" Kalishnakov the Silent Killer Seventy was the first Assault Weapon that has enough thrust per squeeze to kill over seventy Jewish fetuses per second.
It's integral high capacity assault clip allowed the high caliber rounds to be fired in a sealed environment rendering the shots completely silent.
It's popular in modern times by right wing death squads to silently kill minorities, evidenced by the aerodynamic wooden furniture.
>>30574833
Cheap, reliable rifle firing an adequate intermediate cartridge that is pretty much the semi-auto .30-30 equivalent.
Add it's historical value (in many areas, firearms development in Russia and worldwide, the move to an intermediate cartridge, internal magazine despite other designers beginning to move to detachable box magazines, etc.) and it's aesthetics and its no wonder its popular.
They are GOOD rifles even if a lot of modern rifles will outperform it.
>>30574833
its a cheap semi auto rifle that shots a cheap bullet that can kill a deer, hog, or person.
whats so hard to understand?
>>30574833
Because it's a good assault sniper hunting rifle.
>>30574937
Fukken saved
>>30574937
They are cheap ~ 200$ Canuck bucks and shoot cheap powerful ammo
>>30574833
Because it's qt as fuc
>>30575704
>qt af
>glorious slavshit
>used to be cheap
I don't see why you wouldn't buy one back then.
Nowadays you'd be an idiot to get one aside from historical value since they're way too expensive.
>>30574937
Fuckin kek
>>30575744
200CAD in syrupland
300USD in murica
still the cheapest non .22 semi auto you can get
>>30575814
I haven't seen one in America that's under $500 and I live in glorious state of Texas.
>>30575891
http://www.southernohiogun.com/longguns/sks-rifles/chinese-sks-rifle-7-62x39cal.html
>>30575891
Here in New York, the Norinco's have gone for a consistent $450 in the stores and shows I've gone to.
Other nation's variants are a grab bag.
>>30575937
Maybe I should specify: Russian SKS. Something of quality.
>>30576041
way to move those goalposts
>>30575891
I've seen pristine cosmo'd Yugos at price-gougey Gander Mountain for 400.
>>30576041
I have a Norinco and it runs fine. The only real thing bad about it is the softwood stock and the gritty-ass trigger.
>>30574833
Theyre fun as fuck
>>30576041
The difference being?
>>30576103
I want one of those because they're the only ones that are legal in Califuckyou.
Because it bridges the gap between early 20th century weaponry and the age of the AK. One of the earliest adopters of the intermediate cartridge.
Its stout as fuck, way overbuilt, designed to be simple and keep working for decades of abuse.
Anyone from a cub scout to a 75 year old war vet can shoot it and hit what they're aiming at.
They used to be cheap, and now are more expensive but still appropriate to what the gun is genuinely worth.
Until recently they were generally thought to be ban-proof considering they can qualify as C&R and the 10 round fixed mag, I believe they still aren't blacklisted in any states.
I've owned many rifles in my life and I still find this to be my favorite.
>>30574937
>Developed in 1488
Already lost.
>>30575814
Can probably get a Hi-Point for a comparable price.
>>30576949
thought rifle was implied, you can get a hi-point for under a hundred
Cheap Slavshit that shoots, got mine for $230 CAD, hear they're more expensive down in the states though
Was a pain in the ass to put back together
>>30574833
non restricted
cheap ammo
dat combloc reliability
affordable
>>30576949
pistol carbines are an exception
>>30576975
They make carbines
>>30574833
>used to be >$200, before that it was super-budget gun (like $60)
>still not incredibly expensive, around $400 for a good one
>7.62x39 is common and reliable
>1943, wooden stock, unbannable
>most come with bayonet
>>30574833
I just got a Tula SKS this weekend and the serial is only 4 digits. 2 letters, 2 numbers. It seems crazy low. Anyone seen anything like that before?
>>30576251
>>30577818
So which is it?
>>30577220
Dumb motherfucker. It's simpler than a fucking glock
>>30575704
Don't fluster her anon. She's a very, vey serious raifu
>>30575744
>qt af
Anyone here have a "ghost" sks made on russian tooling?
Dual citizen here, moving to the freer side of the border soon.
I think I'm going to see if I can get an exemption from ATF to bring an SKS down with me.
>>30574833
I have a friend who has one. we both grew up in california. just after highschool he got one. we were both poor and it was the cheapest gun with the cheapest ammo that would actually stop a man. I think he paid 250$ for it. this was in 2003ish? It was a fun rifle. He never cleaned it and it stop functioning about 5 years down the road, probably just needed to be cleaned. I think he sold it for like $700 so whatever.
>>30574937
>aerodynamic wooden furniture
>>30575814
Ruskie ones are around 260 maplebucks now thanks to the dollar being in the shitter.
>>30578530
Were those SKS's the most recent shipment that hit the market a couple years back and were absolutely drowning in Cosmoline? They're Chinese, aren't they?
>>30579517
these were in stock 2 days ago which is what i based my canada price on.
http://www.firearmsoutletcanada.com/russian-sks-7-62x39-20.html
if anyone is looking to actually buy i'll find the new lowest price
>>30574833
It was cheap for a long time, it's still around $100 in Canada and legal there as well.
For the current US prices going at around 300-400 dollars it's shit but for $100 it's great gun especially as it fires with cheap-ass ammunition.
So think about it as about semi-auto mosin.
>>30578530
Nah, but I do have a really early Type 56 with blade bayonet. 1957 production.
>>30578411
>>30574833
*WAS*
>>30575667
Oh no, another unfunny screencap that will be posted in every unfunny "/k/ humor threads" for roughly 10,000 years...
>>30580203
>decent semi auto
>thinks it should realistically cost less than a few hundred to own
A little out of touch with reality, aren't we? You're an idiot if you really base all gun price points on the hay days of massive imports.
SKS and mosins etc were only so cheap because of the crazy over-supply. Expecting them to stay there forever is beyond naive. You probably think 545 surplus should still cost under 10cents per round too, and surplus 8mm and 303 brit should cost next to nothing too.
>>30574833
Used to be really cheap. And it's a piece of history.
>>30580352
This.
It's not funny.
>>30578530
yes, but stop calling it a "ghost" norchinko, it's just not arsenal branded. mine even has all the QC stamps on every damn part.
>>30574937
nice desu
>>30580352
>it's another screencap-autist episode
>>30581410
>it's another samefag episode
>>30574937
I miss Erik's obsessive shitposting about this wonderful rifle.
>>30582039
Is it a sin to lust after another man's raifu?
Because I would do so many nasty things to that gun if I got the chance.
>>30578429
>>30580315
[stop it intensifies]
>>30574833
Old enough to be collectable new enough to get ammo for it cheaply and easily.
>>30574937
>>30575731
On these pics does anyone have the full set of medium test pale pixie inna little black dress?
Also, obligatory slavshit isn't cheap anymore.
>>30574833
Cheap, rugged, semi-auto, relatively simple mechanisms, nice furniture, bayonet, 7.62x39mm is a cheap round. Perfect rifle for those who want a new rifle and not have it be a .22
And it can apparently kill 5 cops
>>30574852
2nd post best post. They used to be $99 rifles, but these days (even before Dallas happened) it's only $100 more to get a WASR. I still bought one before an AK at $320 because I like the form factor though.
>>30574833
Because it used to be cheap, and some are known to be reliable.
>>30574937
> thrust per squeeze
How do I know I'm getting an SKS in good condition as a complete idiot nogunz? Plus all the stores here either don't have any or they charge $550 for a yugo.
Makes me rather just get an Ares scr as my first fun.
>>30583889
How the hell do you quantify thrusts per squeeze? The mind of a liberal is truly a mystery in its function.
>>30574833
>why is a cheap milsurp rifle popular among people who like guns
>>30579517
depends where you are ,canadian tire ones in my town are still 200.
>>30583889
>Thrusts per squeeze
Is this real?
>>30574833
cheap(was) semiauto chambered in a decent cartridge
>fixed mag, dont need to carry mags around
>stripperclips can be used for speedy reloads, otherwise singles will do
>Cleaning kit in the stock and cleaning rod under barrel,so as always nearby
>folding bayonet. so always nearby
>bayonet can be removed and (somewhat) sharpened into a shitty but usable knife
>bayonet can also be used as a monopod
>yugos have a built in FUCKING GRENADE LAUNCHER
>simple robust design for easy dissembly
>elevation adjustable rear sight and (somewhat) adjustable front sight
>>30574833
because SKS INNA WOODS
faggots fell for that meme hardcorl.
fucking NORMIEO FAGS
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NORMIES!~!!
POKEMON GO SIS MINE!!@!
>>30575744
I bought my Chink SKS for $250, in great condition.
>>30575891
I bought a yugo for 325 last year, I live in Greenville.
It was a rifle designed to remove capitalists but it ended up in the dirty fat hands of Canadian.
>>30584084
Check the bore. If it's a chrome bore you want it to be bright like a mirror. If it's a Yugo you'll be looking for pitting.
Beat up stocks shouldn't affect function, but will affect value depending on condition.
>>30584847
SC?
Rock Hill fag here
>get an SKS and Century C39V2 same week
>take them both out shooting
>AK outshoots SKS
>By a lot
>Sergei's ghost appears on a cloud and says something to the SKS about it forgetting where it came from and forgetting who he is
>went home with mixed feelings
>incredibly accurate, no-issues AK from Century
>Yugo SKS that can't hit the broadside of a neighboring country
>>30574833
Chink and Slav made so many of them, that when they modernized, they have stockpiles of them. China in particular since it was the Service Rifle even up to the late 60s.
In fact China's defensive policy under the Mao years was basically this: Arm the Civilians. They set up caches filled with SKS and other surplus weapons all over the country where Peasants could be readily organized into militias at the moments notice when le ebil capitalist arrives.
Guarded by lock and key and by a policeman, many have been looted by arms smugglers or pretty much forgotten somewhere in rural china.
Pic unrelated: it's a Type 63. A local crossbreed of a Kalashnikov and an SKS. An attempt to make a cheapo automatic capable rifle for the Chinese Militia -then a sizable force of the Chink military- Chinese didn't want it so bad that the Militias demanded their SKS's back and fobbed the Type 63s into civilian armories.
>>30581446
But it's no norinco, it's a first year production type 56
>>30584847
>>30585510
SC bros
charleston here.
>>30585510
Action packed Pokemon Go Detroit safari when?!
>>30578530
I don't know about a "ghost" sks, but I have one of those supposed "sino-soviet" ones with the letter prefix. Supposedly they only did that for the first few months of production while the ruskies were there teaching them how to make them.
>>30585631
i ordered (what was supposed to be) one of those from royal tiger imports a few years ago, they sent me a russian "sneak"
>>30585652
That's just as cool I think. I had ordered mine from aim surplus with no promises of anything special other than a type 56.
Kinda sucks you didn't get what you paid for though.
>>30585692
i dont mean to make it sound like im unhappy with it.
i dont recall what they were listed as on RTI's site at the time. its just that had i known, i would have ordered another one just to get one of those ghost chinese rifles
>>30585721
Ah gotcha. I was kinda hoping I'd get either what I got or one of those type 56's built on a Tula receiver from their final production year, one of the ones with the small star on the left side.
>>30585652
No telling what guns were in the Albo wartehouses they pulled these rifles out of. Russians sent a bunch of their SKS to train Chinese while getting production off the ground, and a bunch of Russian parts.
Mine ended up being half Russian parts with dates scrubbed, half Chinese parts, all serial'd together.
>>30574833
>somewhat cheap or at least was
>slavshit
Has all the trademark qualities
>>30584847
>>30585510
>>30585608
Cherokee County representing.
Bought a '79 Type 56 SKS for $320.
>>30585617
kek, I'd gladly pay $20 for the experience
>>30587274
Spalding county here, and you're about to get an assblasting of rain in an hour or so
>>30587323
Good, it's been hot and dry lately.
>>30574833
>cheap
>semi auto
>looks fairly nice with wood
>can tacticool it up
>>30581963
>samefag
not really... you must be the guy that wrote the unfunny IVAN-tier garbage or the guy that made the screencap, right?
>>30585617
We need to have a Detroit expedition where /k/ommandos work together to survive the hellhole and capture rare pokemon. Fuck those faggots in /vp/, we'll get all the untouched rare togepepes.
$400 for a Yugo SKS. Comes with a case, lock, and the cleaning kit. Bore looks good, gun looks well lubed but I'll probably strip it down and clean and TLC it before I take it to shoot.
Serials on the receiver match the stock, stock itself is in alright condition. Is this a good buy for a califag?
>>30589946
You sure that's a Yugo? If so, it must be an old one, as most Yugos have the little grenade launcher part. Check to see if it has chrome lining in the barrel. Otherwise, I was able to get a yugo for $330, after months of being on Gun Broker, but $400 is the max you really should spend on a SKS, unless it's an East Germany or a Russian variant.
>>30590213
It's California, which I think banned the grenade launcher. It looked chromed to me.
>>30590213
No assault grenade launchers allowed in Cali, so it's either an M59, or more likely an M59/66 with the spigot removed
>>30589946
Having any rifle is a good buy for califags in my opinion
>>30589946
400 is going rate
http://www.dansammo.com/firearms.asp
>>30590262
i think it is an m59, no launcher sight
>>30590271
>distasteful not tasteless
>>30590387
Thank you obergruppenfuhrer
>>30590250
If it's chromed, it's definitely no Yugo, or a very rare and old Yugo. I'd take it for $400
>>30585807
mines all matching even the stock EXCEPT for the most important piece, the dust cover
>>30590262
It's probably the M59, the barrel wasn't chromed from what I remember but I might be wrong.
>>30590454
>>30590271
>>30590306
So general consensus is it's solid for $400? I'll try and see if I can get some other shit with it like a discount on the range fee or ammo.
Any things else I should be looking for when inspecting it?
>>30590596
Make sure all of the serial numbers match, look for signs of neglect, ensure the bore isn't a mess on the inside. Check the gas valve to see if the little wash bit needs replacing.
If it's covered in cosmo, it just means you'll just need to wash the metal parts with mineral spirits (paint thinner), especially the firing pin.
>>30590912
Gotcha. Thanks for the help.
Anyone familiar with California law know if affixing a 10 round duckbill magazine to it would be illegal? I know the sporter variant SKS is banned (by name) so I'm not sure what the legality of it is, provided the stock isn't the thumbhole or pistol grip stock.
>>30584847
>>30585510
>>30585608
>>30587274
>>30587323
Wow, never seen this many people from my state all in the same thread. Didn't realize the sks was that popular around here.
>>30592014
Hey, they were (and still can be) cheap enough as a handout gun in case SHTF.
My ruskie sks has a black bolt,the paint is flaky and coming off a little. Is this normal for one?
>>30576041
I got some Russkie SKS's on Armslist in my area (~1 hour away drive) for $400.
>>30584278
>no date
>404s when you try to go to that twitter profile
No.
>>30582053
Ken Ashcorp cucked this artist's Tavor once.
http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=5649323
I assume lusting after other people's raifus is a normal occurence
>>30575891
>tfw Texas
>tfw $375 Sino-Soviet Type 56
>tfw bought it only last month
Feels pretty good tbqh famalam
>>30579517
Can I buy a Canadian sks and bring it back to America?
>>30580520
And if it wasn't for King nigger obamer we would still have those some what cheap prices because there are millions of sks and mosins in ware housing over I. Russia .
>>30593928
Short answer, no. Long answer, fuck no.
>>30589946
Oh shit my nig, you in Kalamazoo?
>>30592221
Yeah. You can always strip it back to chrome. They painted them black to hide shitty bluing.
>>30574937
Everyones kekking now, but wait until you hear this shit on cnn and people believe it
I have owned every variant of commonly available sks-russian, m59, m59/66, type 56, and norinco. I now own 2 russian tulas and the m59. The chinese rifles had inferior fit and finish. The stocks especially felt soft and fragile. The m59/66 was very front heavy and leaked.
If you ever get a chance to hold an m59, the heft it incredible. They are extremely solid, even more heavily built than the russians. It feels indestructible. According to serial numbers and production figures, mine was the last rifle built in 1964 by the yugoslvians.
>pic related. Bitches dont know about the m59
Babby's first attempt at bubba
Adding a rear sling mount next. Just need to figure out where. Would like to put on the side like the original stock had it - magazine doesn't dig into my back - but the cheek rest sorta gets in the way.
Any ideas?
>>30595432
Yes, return the gun to its original configuration because you have destroyed its historical value and no one will ever want to buy your "custom" gun
>>30595503
>Historical value
>SKS
>>30595503
Original stock is shitty chink wood with a really long split on one side.
Changed the rear sight because I like the sight picture better.
Also
>SKS
>Historical value
>>30595432
>He fell for the Techsight meme
>>30595540
Could be worse.
I could've put a railed receiver cover on it with an airsoft red dot, and swapped the stock and magazine for plastic tapco shit.
I picked mine up from my lgs for 350. I thought it was a good price for the deal. I live in Iowa
>>30584146
>How the hell do you quantify thrusts per squeeze?
Sounds like a fun thing to do during sex.
>>30595432
I like that stock set. Where's it from?
>>30595658
Timbersmith, do NOT get anything they make, the wood is notoriously shitty.
Im a syrup fag and at 200 bucks i regret buying my sks. Its a jamming piece of shit.
I prefer shooting my muzzleloader. Dont get me started on my m44. Slav shit is literally shit
>>30595669
It's made from the same laminate blanks that every other stockmaker makes theirs from. All originates from the same factory.
I like it. It's laminate, so it adds like 1.3lb to the gun, but it looks good and didn't require much fitting.
They sell them in that particular color anymore though.
>>30595704
They don't sell them*
>>30574937
>thrust per squeeze
kek
>>30595676
What's it doing?
>>30595669
Any suggestions for alternative stocks? I was looking at the ATI stuff but they don't have stellar reviews. My stock is for a type 56 and it has two cracks, one that runs from the back of the receiver down through the grip, and I'd like to get something that doesn't promise a face full of metal some time in the future.
Is there anyone on /k/ that's lucky enough to have a Karabiner-S?
>>30582039
>tfw name's Erik
>nofuns
>lusting after SKS for years, not really motivated enough to go through license and stuff
>this
>>30595323
Good to hear, anon. Getting an M59 as my first gun today.
>>30595560
i carved zombies into the stock on mine
>>30593928
Why would you do that, get something worth while like an auto nugget or a Type 97.
>>30596923
Smuggled ofc.
>>30575814
Hipoint carbines are almost always under 300, not including extras.
For intermediate cartridges u r absolutely right.
>tfw want one, but the cheapest around me was 500
>>30575731
>Get out of here, Stalker
>>30574833
>Cheap (could pick them up for well under $300 once, still can in Canada)
>Semi-automatic
>7.62x39 is cheap and popular round that is still quite competent
>Reasonably accurate out to 300 meters, with the right ammo can even reach out to 400-500 meters
>Borderline impossible to kill
>Designed to be used by anyone from Russia's best all the way down to illiterate conscripts from borderline subhuman villages, very easy for first time gun owners to learn
Be it just for shooting steel at the range or hunting the SKS is almost the perfect first time rifle, it's not the best rifle you could get but it's a rifle you cannot go wrong with.
>>30598533
>>30575731
I said come in, don't stand there!
>>30574833
They're reliable, and pretty ban-proof being 10 rounds and made of wood, not scary black plastic.
They've become a lot less popular recently now that a good one will run you almost 400 fucking dollars. I remember being able to pick one up in very good condition for like $120, can't really do that now.
I want to buy an sks but I have some questions.
How much would you pay for a pristine condition Russian? I'm talking unfired, preserved since it was made in the 50s. I'm looking at this one right now but I don't know how much is too much.
How do I tell the difference between the Chinese ones made for the military and the Chinese ones made for US civilian import?
Are the Yugo ones good? They're so much cheaper but the lack of a chrome lined barrel really makes it my last choice.
>>30598633
Chinese imports (Norinco) will have stocks that have a very distinctive color.
Type 56's will have the jianshe armory cartouche on the side and will commonly have darker wood.
tfw friend sold me an SKS model D he found in his dead grandpas basement for 100$ last winter
>>30598719
Rearsenal'd russian sks' can run from 350-500.
Pristine examples can run over 600.
>mfw no one post's Comrade Tito's most glorious modifications
>>30598835
In all of its lewd glory!
>>30598633
Yugos are fine, probably just as good quality-wise as Russians. The lack of chrome lining isn't an issue anymore since it's near impossible to find corrosive 7.62x39. The only real cons anymore are subjective, the main one being weight towards the front from the attachments. You can probably find M59s if you look a bit though, which are Yugos without the 'nade launcher.
^ Why the fuck would you want that, besides living in a cucked-out region?
My yugo SKS and other Eastern European weapons. I think the stock looks a special sort of racist.
>>30574937
Thoughts on a SKS in Socal?
>>30575814
$200 for a Remington 740 in 30-06
Why pay $200 for a gun that you can only get 100 rounds out of for the same price?
>>30598920
There's plenty of corrosive yugoslavian brass case ammo out there.
>>30599521
Maybe it's just gone up in price then, but I was always under the impression that surplus 7.62x39 had pretty much dried up.
>>30599556
They're pricier, but they come already loaded on stripper clips which is nice.
SKS is a cheap, reliable, high quality semi-auto.
They are, of course, ancient slavshit with somewhat rudimentary sights and no way to properly affix optics without modifying the receiver, and they feed from stripper clips or really shitty aftermarket magazines, but they throw 7.62x39 around as well as anything else.
>>30598734
Fuck you. That's awesome. How do you like it?
I myself have a non-refurb Russian with all matching parts. It's sights are perfectly on and it runs beautifully. It's early, so no chrome lined barrel and no spring on the safety, but it's a prized member of my collection. Paid $230 Canadabucks for it at my LGS right before the dollar kind of went to shit, which was only $30 more than refurbs at the time.
>>30598633
>How much would you pay for a pristine condition Russian?
i'd pay $400, $500 wouldn't be out of line
yugos are pretty good, the chrome isn't that big of a deal, it lowers accuracy a bit as a matter of fact. just remember to clean your gun right after shooting.
>>30584847
Chester county here
My boss has an sks
I'm considering one but I'm broke after buyin a nugget and new glasses/contacts
that other SKS i posted was sold -- for $50 more I found one with a better bore and a polycarb stock, okay rifle scope, dust cover with rails that allow you to use the iron sights (what's the name for that again?)
It also comes with the stock furniture and etc, but they put this shit on it on the shelf.
Formerly belonged to some fudd who got arrested for domestic violence and sold his gun to the range or something.
$450 for an M59 with two sets of furniture and bag, scope, cleaning kit, and rail is not too shabby, especially for california
>>30595560
I just saw one of these sitting on the used rack at work today. I died a little inside, and I would never have bought it, let alone displayed it next to the non-bubba'd shit.
>>30574852
>was a cheap
>>30574877
>It use to be a cheap
It's not cheap any more, I presume.
>>30601169
people say this but what perfect Russian sks goes for only $500? if you look at gunbroker right now even good/high quality ones are over that, with pristine ones way higher. is this a living in the past thing?
>i bought my sks for $400, don't pay more than that
>nice, when was this?
>2009
yeah and I used to pay 70 cents for gas
>>30585617
thats just a regular safari anon
any /k/omandos got an Albanian SKS? probably too expensive for most of you but just wondering how it compares to the typical Yugo and if you like it
lots of variations to collect anons
>>30595432
Disgusting. Made me sick to look at.
>>30595432
looks nice anon, comfy and accurate shooter. now get some 20 round duckbills if your state allows it
>>30595432
maybe remove the bayoent
>>30599620
There's that scout mount that attaches on the rear sight mount. No modification required.
My biggest beef with the gun is how heavy it is.
>>30604758
SKS just doesn't look right without the bayonet.
The lug is all weird with nothing on it, and I'm not grinding it off.
>>30574833
it was cheap for a long time, its still cheaper then an AK and it shoots the same round. It's a meme on /k/ and its a pretty decent rifle.
>>30574833
Cheap, easy to use, easy to disassemble, easy to maintain.
Ammo is plentiful, parts are everywhere, and there's a reasonably big aftermarket for it.
>>30604052
>is this a living in the past thing?
no, there is high variance in surplus gun prices, they have only spiked this hard recently online. if you know where to look you can spend much less for certain guns.
find a gun auction near you auctionzip.com
>>30574937
>Mikial "Maneater" Kalishnakov
Jesus Titty-Fucking Christ I'm keking
>>30574937
Well meme'd.
>>30574833
Because cheap, easy-to-use, durable and reliable milsurp slavshit.
Round doesn't hit as hard as what the Mosin Nagant shoots, but it's cheap and good enough.
>>30574833
You used to be able to get a SKS for $100-$250
Considering what you paid for, you got a really good gun
The hype carried over even though it's overpriced now.
>>30607378
Even at $300-400 they're not necessarily bad, but you have to have a reason for wanting one when cheapo AKs are in the $500 range.
>>30595676
fix your gun fag
-from a real canadian with love
>>30574833
It's a nice complete package for cheap. It's semi auto, fires a common decent power round, easy to maintain has a magazine that can be loaded via stripper clip or if you want to get fancy you can buy larger semi detachable mags. It has a bayonet already installed. It also has enough accessories if you want to tacticool it instead of running it in glorious stock configuration.
