MIL-DOT
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I have both a 580-series stainless mini, and a very clean, all-matching# Norinco SKS. The mini is a solid gun, but they're just too damned expensive for what they are.
I ignored SKS's for decades until a freind turned me onto his stash of them, and I became a fan.
I personally would not sell the SKS to get a mini. One big reason is that the market is way down on them (SKS's) right now, I've seen several operations recently selling them for under $300, so you'll have to practically give the thing away.
As it stands, you basically have an assault rifle in CT that you don't have to register, why screw with that?
As to the $40 Ruger mags, I've gotten new, 20-round factory mags as cheap as $20-25 earlier this year (and traded a guy on Armslist an old box of .40 for a factory 5 rounder). Check CDNN for Ruger factory mags.
I ignored SKS's for decades until a freind turned me onto his stash of them, and I became a fan.
I personally would not sell the SKS to get a mini. One big reason is that the market is way down on them (SKS's) right now, I've seen several operations recently selling them for under $300, so you'll have to practically give the thing away.
As it stands, you basically have an assault rifle in CT that you don't have to register, why screw with that?
As to the $40 Ruger mags, I've gotten new, 20-round factory mags as cheap as $20-25 earlier this year (and traded a guy on Armslist an old box of .40 for a factory 5 rounder). Check CDNN for Ruger factory mags.