get her a t-rex .557,and claim your fame on youtube haha....
I have a handfull of sks's of diffrent orgins, yugo's, both the 59 and the 66 w/ the Grenade launcher.
a chi;s, nor's and ruski's, a rom, and a alb.
All of them are rather good guns for blowing crap up. They are not a tack driver like a ar, but they are reliable as can be.
The yugo's are odd balls.so stalks and a few other parts have to be for the yugo.No big thing the aftermarket has picked up to them in recent years.compared to when they first hit the market.
the yugo is a bit more in weight then the others. since they dont have chrome lined barrles, they were built a bit more heavy.(or they expected them to get "droped" and hoped the got picked up a few times)
the 66 with the GL of couse weighs more, the 59's that dont have the GL's dont weigh enuff to tell the diffrence unless your a gun snoot.
You can also put hi cap mags on the yugo, you have to widdle the stock to open it a bit, or use a aftermarket stock.
but hi cap mags on SKS is hit and miss. 85% of them dont fit right, and you have to fiddle with them to get them to feed correctly. And then sometimes they still wont feed all rounds right before they jam.
factory mags and strippers are more reliable to me.If it was a SHTF kind of thing. hunting zombies and such. on the sks.
IF the gun is in good shape over all, firing pin and everythign else, the only thing that will cause a mis fire on these guns is cheap bulk ammo, like wolf and such.
Id say i get a avg of about 8 bad round per case of wolf.
One of my yugo sks has over 8,000 rounds threw it,and still shoots well. No tack driver,but Id trust it to 100-200 yards If i had to.
They don't really have much of a kick. less than a 12ga in general, about like a full lenth 20ga pump.So they are girl friendly. Just make sure she has it snug to her shoulder, not her boob! and she will be fine.
For the price the gun and ammo(mail order, ammoman.com) go's for,and how easy they are to strip and clean,I don't think a person can go wrong with one for a plinking gun. as long as the gun is in good shape.
these guns are stupid simple to strip and clean.
as for hunting with one. I couldnt tell you.
sort like TRS of the sks
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