Like a handi single shot .223 for big game, cheap to shoot and very accurate.Because there are better suited hunting rifles for the same money
3) Most Americans don't understand tangent sights
Ky Larry said:You can ride a dirt bike across the country
So does the Mosin Nagant, but that puts food on the table for thousands and thousands of Americans every year and Tens of thousands of people around the world. It was designed for combat a hundred years ago and still going strong today.The SKS does exactly what it was designed for: be a combat rifle. It was made to fight with. It was not made to hunt with. You can, but there are better choices. You can ride a dirt bike across the country, but a Goldwing will make it a lot better trip. Just my $0.02 worth.
It is the most common deer rifle in Wisconsin and Minnesota? Really! That just seems really really odd.I don't know where you get the idea that the SKS is underrated.
From what i have seen it is probably the most common deer rifle used in Wisconsin and eastern Minnesota.
Savage Axis with scope in .223. $299.99 shipped free. .308 with scope $319.00 shipped free. And a bunch of calibers in between. .308 is more available and about the same price as 7.62X39 with a large selection of calibers. The SKS just has that hunting quail with a pistol grip gangsta gun thing about it.A decent SKS will run $400. A new budget hunting rifle that will be more accurate, lighter, better trigger, warranty, easy optic mounting and have a stock made for people with arms longer than a dwarf will set you back $250-350. Its not really too hard to see why most folks arent going to go out of their way to get an SKS for hunting.