Norinco SKS "Paratrooper" carbine, today. Found it in a pawn shop in fair-to-good condition (some rust on the bolt top, some bluing wear on the gas tube above the barrel, and missing both the bayonet and the cleaning rod.) Everything about it looks pretty good, and the bore is practically gleaming. OTD for $290. Had been eyeing the Marlin 336W at Wal-Mart for $345 (followed by $50 Remington MIR), but got turned off by the store's lack of enthusiasm for the sale when I arrived on two different occasions within two hours of their cutoff time for gun sales.
Purpose was (is) to be a "knock-around" truck/Jeep rifle.