My favorite SKS's have always been the Norinco ones originally set up to use the AK magazines. They were to me the best of both SKS and AK. The accuracy and balance of the SKS with close to the AK's reliability, and the magazines of whatever capacity you wanted. 5 rounders for hunting, 10 rounders for a truck gun that didn't scare locals, 15 or 20 rounders to use in tight places, and the 30, 40, and 75 round drums* for FIREPOWER which only counts when you hit something with it.
I still have one SKS, with fixed 20 round mag I installed before the ban. May take some fiddling but then you have an empty chamber with 19 ready on call!
And yes, I have a Norinco Hunter AK. Gotta get that safety lever defanged. I still forget it's not my old Valmet and let it bite me every goldarn time I flip it off.
* The SKS-Ds could use the drums if slightly modified.