Howdy from Arizona

[Chevy Boy]

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.

[astronut]

Welcome to the forum! 

[Bubbazinetti]

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.

[Larry D.]

Hi Chevy.
Welcome from (near) Buckeye.

[Justin Hell]

Welcome from Montana!

[Bob_The_Student]

Hi and welcome Chevy.

[Phosphorus32]

Welcome!  ...and holy cow!  you've got a special early SKS-45 there with a 90 degree gas block and a spike bayonet!

[carls sks]

hi AZ and welcome. good to have you here. good looking sks too.

[Matchka]

Welcome aboard!

[Greatguns]

Welcome from Ford

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[running-man]

Greetings from NM!  Glad to have you here! 

[Bacarnal]

Chevy, welcome from Kentucky!!! Nice rifle!

[Rvulcan500]

Welcome all the way from Vermont.

[High Noon]

Welcome to the site. 

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