Gator Weiss
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I meant to spell it DEER when I created the thread. 30 years ago a friend won a raffle, and his prize was a very new looking (mint?) Norinco SKS with a chrome lined bore. I traded him a .22 pistol for it. I had never fired an SKS but I had owned a Ruger mini-30. The SKS shot very reliably and I was getting 2" off the bench, with stock sights and cheap ammo. Its rugged. I bought all the plastic junk and hotrod stuff, then went back to original because it works best in its pristine form. A few years ago I started taking it on hunts for use in short-range brush or woods, no scope, because it is easy to use in those situations. My close friend for years bought a Russian SKS and he uses it also. We have all the good stuff, Browning A-bolt etc, but the SKS is very handy sometimes. I dont see too many hunters using an SKS really and I wonder if anyone here uses it occasionally as we do. For 50 or 80 yards visibilty it seems to be OK with soft points. Any opinions out there? I also do shotguns in short range hunts, but the SKS is very handy there.
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