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Originally Posted by spareparts

good luck finding one for a decent price. I bought mine years ago and paid $119, you could find the yugos before the scare for around $350. Now every one wants $750 and up for them, they are still a $350 gun at tops. BTW, good luck finding any 7.62X39 right now as well. If I were you, I'd be looking at the mosin nagants kinda old school, but a real live war veteran and a decent shooter, there are still some around for under $200, you can find the tin cans of ammo(7.62X54) for a decent price as well

I was figuring on spending around $500 +- for a nice one. Seen several over $1000, also seen a lot in the $329 range but they are all used war rifles and not all the numbers match. Ammo is going $400-500 for 500 rounds of Armor Piercing pre-ban. Less for unjacketted. I remember not too long ago you could get rounds for .19-.22 cents a round.. <sigh>

Mosin Nagants are old school but still reliable... just not my cup of tea.

I like the box mag and stripper clips of the SKS.. I can carry 200 rounds in an ammo belt. Lets see anyone with high cap magazines do that easily.

Good source for SKS's.. http://www.gunbroker.com/Norinco-SKS...ds=Norinco+SKS If nothing else it gives you a good idea on prices.

How does your's shoot Spare? accurate? Smooth? maintenance? What I'm really interested in is how reliable are they? Thanks!!