IGB,
Good photography. I really like that SKS. Can you fill us in on any details about that stock? Did you refinish it? If so, can you tell us what you did? It looks great. (You can start another thread, if you would rather.) Makes me want to refinish mine.
I agree about an American rifle being more appropriate to the message, but when I first saw the SKS, I kind of liked it anyway. To me it conveys a sense of using whatever tools/guns we have at our disposal to accomplish the task. I still like it.
Good work.