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Offline Chevy Boy

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Howdy from Arizona
« on: March 08, 2021, 08:10:10 PM »
Howdy all from northern Arizona. I was raised in the heavily wooded Southeast, so hunting with iron sighted carbines is the way I like to go. Brush guns like the 30-30 and the SKS are hunting favorites of mine. I used to own a Chinese SKS a while back, sold it a while back because the thing rattled like a tin can every time I shook it and the parts were pretty worn. I now own an older Russian which is much nicer to shoot; see the picture below for a look at her.

I’m pretty ignorant about the SKS and semi-auto weapons in general, so I’m mostly here to learn from those of y’all who have been shooting these things for a long time.


I've got some oceanfront property in Arizona, you buy that I'll throw in the golden gate for free

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2021, 08:14:28 PM »
Welcome to the forum! 

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2021, 09:31:18 PM »
Howdy from the Live free Or Die State of NH. SKS's are good rifles for hunting in my experience. A little faster and flatter shooting than a 30-30 win. imho. Good for bear,coyotes,deer and boar.
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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #3 on: March 08, 2021, 11:42:36 PM »
Hi Chevy.
Welcome from (near) Buckeye.
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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #4 on: March 09, 2021, 01:48:59 AM »
Welcome from Montana!

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #5 on: March 09, 2021, 02:44:45 AM »
Hi and welcome Chevy.

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #6 on: March 09, 2021, 07:45:58 AM »
Welcome!  thumb1 ...and holy cow!  8) you’ve got a special early SKS-45 there with a 90 degree gas block and a spike bayonet!

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #7 on: March 09, 2021, 09:20:00 AM »
hi AZ and welcome. good to have you here. good looking sks too.

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #8 on: March 09, 2021, 10:28:48 AM »
Welcome aboard!

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #9 on: March 09, 2021, 10:38:30 AM »
Welcome from Ford rofl rofl

Sorry, couldn't resist.
My Avatar is a pic of the real "Ghost" SKS in honor of xxxsks(joe). It is a pic of a fully decked out SKS in Capco hunter's kit. This was mine, the only other pic I had ever seen of one was Joe's.

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2021, 10:14:16 AM »
Greetings from NM!  Glad to have you here!  thumb1
      

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #11 on: March 10, 2021, 12:00:39 PM »
Chevy, welcome from Kentucky!!! Nice rifle!

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2021, 03:03:04 PM »
Welcome all the way from Vermont.

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Re: Howdy from Arizona
« Reply #13 on: May 04, 2021, 02:38:38 PM »
Welcome to the site. 

Enjoy taking it to the range - mine has been great shooters.  Low recoil and functioned flawlessly.