Mike the Usurper wrote:
] Well as someone who knows their guns (for no real reason), the
] SKS is the chinese designation for the AK-47. It's cheap,
] it's reliable, and no hunter I've EVER heard of uses the damn
] thing. It's noisy (yep, that works great with deer who bolt
] at a the sound of a snail farting 400 yards away) not very
] accurate at range. What it is good as is throwing up a ton of
] lead. Traditionally, they have something like a 20-30 round
] banana clip, and can unload the whole thing in a few seconds,
] although it's semi-automatic, not full auto. It's designed to
] kill people, not deer.

[ Thanks mike! That's kind of what i surmised from the accounts i read, but I do like to have facts before I spring to judgement. ...]

] Next question?

[ Well, I guess one question is, did the paper fuck up when they said it's a common hunting weapon, or do people in some places actually use it for that purpose. Or is it a common "hunting" weapon in the sense that people who want one say, "Yeah, i need it for hunting." despite it's being completely unsuited for that?

When I was a kid, our mailman, Pete, used to regale us with descriptions of his many guns, and his hatred of all anti-gun laws and (despite how closely this mirrors the stereotype, i swear it's true) paranoid ravings about how the post office had someone following him and that he wasn't going to take that kind of shit forever, wink-wink. I'm pretty sure, recalling some of the pictures he'd show, that he had a number of assault rifles and the like, for "hunting." He was nuts. Always had a milkbone for my dog, Kaiser Wilhelm, however, and I'm pretty sure he never *actually* stormed the post office with his arsenal or capped other hunters in a territoriality contest. -k]

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