What is more fun to shoot, AK47 or SKS?

[buenhec]

I have an SKS with a Tapco stock this is pretty reliable and fun to shoot as well as accurate. I just got my J&G newsletter and they have new Romanian AK47's for $329. That is not a bad deal. I just plink around once in a while. Should I get the AK and sell my SKS? I dont have room for both. I do have however about 1600 rounds of 7.62.

Which do you recommend and why?

 

[NC-Mike]

Make room.

 

[LeibstandarteAdH]

If you would have to seriously sell (and not have) an SKS just to have an AK, Stick with your SKS. Thats just my advice.

 

[Ash]

Well, as for fun, they are the same, though the AK will frighten Rosey and her ilk quite nicely. Now, fun for fun's sake you can't go wrong with an AK, but if you like the SKS I'd just keep it and buy more ammo!

Ash

 

[Bartkowski]

I dont have room for both.

They aren't that big, I am sure you can find a place for it.

 

[grimjaw]

If you get the AK and a couple/three magazines, you'll go through all that 7.62x39 in no time. Plenty of room after that!

I personally find it more satisfying to fire my AKs, any of them, than the SKS, but that's purely subjective.

jm

 

[Browning]

If you sell the SKS you'll get a whopping $150 to $200 for it, I'd personally just keep it as a spare.

You never know when a spare rifle might come in handy.

The AK puts out more rounds as it's got a detachable mag that lends itself to spewing out rounds at a high rate of fire. Even with a higher cap mag than the 10 round mag it comes with the SKS can't throw out that many rounds or be reloaded quite as quickly as the AK, but the SKS is usually more accurate than the AK is. At 100 yards groups from the AK will almost always be 1/3 to 1/5 larger than groups from the AK using the same ammo, by the same shooter and under the same conditions. The AK will just bang out more rounds than the SKS will in a shorter amount of time.

My point is that you aren't really going to gain that much by selling it and it's a good solid rifle and at some point it will come in handy. A buddy may need something to use on a hog hunting trip, your brother doesn't have a gun and wants to borrow something because something comes up or maybe your AK breaks, is stolen or is unavailable for some reason then you'll be really glad you kept it around. They aren't making any more of them, the price on them will only go up and some day gun stores won't have them for sale at anywhere near the price you sold it for.

 

[soul_rapier]

what brand is the sks you have ? russian , china ? yugo ?

 

[buenhec]

Its a yugo with a detach 20 round mag and telescopic tapco stock. My safe is getting pretty full but maybe there is room for the AK. And maybe later on for the AR and the mini 14.

 

[jpwilly]

Same problem here. A few rifles no longer in the safe...safe is full...to solve this I'm getting another safe!

 

[Frog48]

Though question... They're both alot of fun.

 

[Cueball]

I've got one of each and would suggest that you make room and keep them both.

 

[trickyasafox]

i prefer the SKS, AKs are just too short for me to get comfortable shooting

 

[nwilliams]

Personally I would keep the SKS and just buy the AK, you can never have too many guns.

One thing you will find is that the SKS and AK are two very different rifles, one isn't really a substitute for the other. I love having both in my collection because they do shoot the same ammo, each has their own distinct feel and both are fun to shoot.

If you don't like your SKS then just get rid of it and get the AK, if you do like your SKS then why get rid of it? However if you feel you truly feel that one must go to justify the other, then get rid of the SKS and get an AK. The AK is certainly going to have the "cool" factor more than the SKS will and if you are looking for fun, then the AK is certainly going to fill that need.

Its a yugo with a detach 20 round mag and telescopic tapco stock.

Sounds like you might be trying to turn your SKS into an AK anyway, so why not just buy a genuine AK? I see a lot of people try and bubba their SKS's in attempt to make them look more AK'ish, when really an SKS can never be a AK and for the cost of turning an SKS into a AK wannabe they could have practically bought a cheap WASR to begin with. Not saying you are one of those people, but I always have to question people's motives for transforming a gun into something its not. I used to be one of those people myself, I bought my first SKS many years ago and the first thing I wanted to do was make it look more like an AK. I spent all this money on replacement parts that didn't perform well and looked pretty horrible in order to fulfill that inner desire to possess an AK. When I got my first WASR the first thing I wanted to do was rebuild my SKS back to its original design. That was a decade ago and now I have a Yugo AK that I love and two SKS's and I have no desire to do anything to change the design of the SKS now.

 

[chris in va]

Got a better idea.

Sell your SKS.

Buy a Saiga for $275.

Add another $200, make a NEW ak out of it.

 

[Hokkmike]

Well, I have had them both. The AK is definately more fun to shoot. It is a vast improvement over the SKS. SKS's make very nice truck rifles!

 

[223_AR]

I owned an SKS and went to a AK and was happier with the AK, but then got rid of the AK for a AR15. Kinda a gun evolution, if you can think of the primative man evoultion pictures the sks would be the start, the ak the middle and the AR15 as the current. As to all the ammo you got you could go with a AR15 chambered in 7.62x39, i have a friend that has one and its pretty accurate and puts out quite a blast compared to the 5.56.

 

[pdowg881]

I find the SKS better to shoot if your talking AK as in semi-auto clone. I prefer the sks more for this since it's a rifle. Obviously I've had much more fun shooting AK's. So if your asking an SKS or a true AK then AK. If your talking SKS or semi auto AK clone, I'd go with sks.

 

[MrTuffPaws]

I have a T6'ed SKS and a Saiga. They are different beasts. Both shoot well, but I actually like my SKS for feel over the Saiga.

 

[Obiwan]

I now have 3 AK's

I never shoot my SKS

 

[SSN Vet]

AKs are just too short for me to get comfortable shooting

solution = NATO length stock from KVAR

 

[lee n. field]

I think I'd stick with the SKS.

My sole problem with the SKS is that the short stock gets the action right close to my face. You've already got an aftermarket stock.

I do have however about 1600 rounds of 7.62.

Unless you're careful that won't last long.

 

[DMK]

What is more fun to shoot, AK47 or SKS?

I have about a dozen SKS of various types (pretty much one of each type including the one that takes AK mags) and I have a pretty nice SAR1 AK (quality was spotty on these, but I've got a good one with an aftermarket trigger).

I prefer to shoot the SKS in original condition over the AK (and ironically my favorite SKS is the Romanian, like the SAR1). I like the ergonomics better, I like the balance, I like the longer sight radius, I like the trigger and safety better. I even prefer the stripper clips over the AK mags, and when I do shoot the AK I use my 20 round Hungarian mags most of the time. I don't like the 30s at all.

However, with the aftermarket stock and mags, it sounds like you want an AK.

 

[jpwilly]

Way too subjective to really answer. The SKS has less recoil if you call it that and the Yugo models are pretty bulky If you have an SKS the AK initially feels like a cheap toy. I have both - the SKS is a really nice plinker and more enjoyable for me to shoot. On the other hand I don't feel that it fills the Tacticool role very well and the AK is way better for that.

 

[BobMcG]

Owning a couple of early to mid 70's Chinese SKSs and an AK clone, I find myself using the AK much more. It doesn't mean a negative thing against the SKSs at all. I just enjoy the AK a bit more.

And: I don't believe that an AK will put more lead down range quicker (cyclic rate of fire) than an SKS either.