Well, my friend's pre 64 94 Winchester will put 'em into under 2 moa with a receiver sight. I cannot brag that my SKS is THAT accurate. Even scoped, it's a 3 moa gun at best. That Winchester would probably be a 1 moa gun with a scope and a little tuning of handloads. However, the SKS, a Norinco I bought back about 1990, cost me all of 75 bucks and even dressed up with a scope mount and nice aftermarket stock and a few doo dads like 5 round box mag, ambidextrous safety, case deflector, etc, saw under what a new lever gun would cost. It's also quite a bit heavier and quite a bit less handy, but that's another story, I guess. For what it is, it's a good shootin' gun. It never jams, always goes bang, even killed a deer with it at 80 yards and made a really good shot with it.
Alternately, there's the Ruger Mini 30, not real accurate, either. Frankly, for the money, I'll take the SKS. There are bolt guns that are MUCH more accurate. The caliber, itself, isn't inaccuate, but guns like the AK are the source of inaccuracy. The SKS is generally a bit more accurate than the average AK. I've fired AKs that wouldn't shoot 6 moa. I wouldn't HAVE one, personally. I value accuracy too much for an AK, but the SKS is a fun range gun and has some utility even though 3 moa ain't that great. It's one of those guns that everyone should own if for just because they're cheap, reliable, and fun. Heck, I've got two of 'em, a norinco paratrooper carbine I dressed up sorta tacticool with a folding stock and 20 round fixed chicom magazine (did the star on the side
) and some other tacticool stuff and the rifle set up as a sporter with a camo stock and scoped.
