sks? Looks legit.
wonder if it'll hold zero with that scope lol.
I guess I'm an idiot. I don't have any experience with SKSs... what's funny about this? I mean besides going to the trouble to do all that work and add so much to a $200 gun.
Is that what's funny about it?
Is that what's funny about it?
I think he's referencing the 600 yd scope on the 200 yd rifle/cartridge.
$200!?!?
Holy crap. I guess times are a changin'. I remember a friend got a crate of 10 packed in cosmoline for $399 back in the day. Then they went up to $99 each and the Mosin was the new $39 gun.
Tricking out an SKS or even an AK like that???? Come ON! But then each to his own as they say. Variety is the spice of life.
That said: that tricked out rifle reminds me of an experience I had a number of years past.
5 or 6 years ago I watched a guy out at the Banner Road Range with an SKS tricked out similarly to the one in the OP's pic (less the scope). The poor guy couldn't hit a 12" bullseye style target on the 50 yard range. After about 10 minutes we started chit chatting and he eventually asked if I had any notion of what was wrong. A few questions, answers and a quick external inspection later I broke out my bore light and took a look.
The bore was pitted and shot out. He was new to firearms and had no idea.
I let the guy shoot my M1-Garand and as it turned out he did a pretty good job with it. He was still bummed so I let him shoot a CZ-75 and a 1911 which he enjoyed immensely.
We both left the range happy campers. Hopefully he stayed interested in firearms.
That said: that tricked out rifle reminds me of an experience I had a number of years past.
5 or 6 years ago I watched a guy out at the Banner Road Range with an SKS tricked out similarly to the one in the OP's pic (less the scope). The poor guy couldn't hit a 12" bullseye style target on the 50 yard range. After about 10 minutes we started chit chatting and he eventually asked if I had any notion of what was wrong. A few questions, answers and a quick external inspection later I broke out my bore light and took a look.
The bore was pitted and shot out. He was new to firearms and had no idea.
I let the guy shoot my M1-Garand and as it turned out he did a pretty good job with it. He was still bummed so I let him shoot a CZ-75 and a 1911 which he enjoyed immensely.
We both left the range happy campers. Hopefully he stayed interested in firearms.
