Why I Like The SKS....took a nice one to the range a handful of years ago, and a guy in a beat up truck pulled up, and said, "hey, I got one too!" He dragged out from behind the seat an SKS lightly spritzed with green spray paint, rustoleum, and rust. Proudly announced, "I ain't never cleaned'er yet, not since 1982, nossir," and put several magazines through it before throwing it back behind the seat, and breaking out the Marlin 336 with see-thrus (probably not cleaned for twice as long) for his annual 3 shots to check zero, and same box of ammo for last 5yrs.

Good guns. Both.

Thanks again, Wayne, for the gun compliments, as stock as they are. I could buy a Baer, Wilson, etc, but the bullseye gun was my one fling with "improving" old slabsides, as I plain prefer a stock spec gun, although I will admit a preference for the later style sights on the stainless job.