I was hitting about a 12" or so (guessing) gong with my Chinese SKS with open sights consistently at 172 yards this past weekend, and I don't consider myself any more than average with open sights. When you factor in that it was foggy and at dusk, I was proud to be hitting the gong at all. I have been pleasantly surprised with my SKS's accuracy. With me behind it, it's not going to be a tack driver b/c I'm not putting a scope on it, but it's certainly minute-of-deer at 100 yards. And apparently out to 175, for me.