jehicks87
Member
First of all, hello to everyone. Long time lurker, first time poster.
I'm very interested in an SKS. I just got back from Afghanistan not too long ago and got to fondle a few AK's over there. Obviously, that made me want an AK really badly when we got back as I hate the ar-15 platform. Then, I found out the old humble SKS fires the same round. I've had a bit of experience coming up with SKS's because one of my dad's seriously redneck friends wouldn't hunt deer with anything besides his ole' SKS or 30-30.
Anyways, I started looking around and I was VERY shocked to see the prices on these things nowadays. Can't hardly find a decent one under $300, even on gunbroker. Are there any cheapies out there to be had? Or did our glorious leader finally drive one part of our economy up? If that is the case, how cheaply could one build an SKS? I've seen a lot of info on people piecing together AK's but even those turn out relatively expensive.
Thanks in advance for the advice, and thanks for a great website.
Jake
I'm very interested in an SKS. I just got back from Afghanistan not too long ago and got to fondle a few AK's over there. Obviously, that made me want an AK really badly when we got back as I hate the ar-15 platform. Then, I found out the old humble SKS fires the same round. I've had a bit of experience coming up with SKS's because one of my dad's seriously redneck friends wouldn't hunt deer with anything besides his ole' SKS or 30-30.
Anyways, I started looking around and I was VERY shocked to see the prices on these things nowadays. Can't hardly find a decent one under $300, even on gunbroker. Are there any cheapies out there to be had? Or did our glorious leader finally drive one part of our economy up? If that is the case, how cheaply could one build an SKS? I've seen a lot of info on people piecing together AK's but even those turn out relatively expensive.
Thanks in advance for the advice, and thanks for a great website.
Jake