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jimbob86 · January 18, 2013, 10:04 PM

I've heard good things about the Ruger American...... $330 sounds inexpensive to me..... but what do I know? I hunt deer with an antiquated Remmy 721 (with a scope on it that can be had on e-bay for $30) ..... seems to work, though, at 15 feet to "way out past Ft. Mudge" ......

My brother bought one just like it (almost, his had considerably less wear on it than mine, though it was almost 10 years older), off the consignment rack at Green Mtn. Guns in Denver .....$400 OTD, with a better scope than mine, and a tool box full of handloading components, a lyman reloading tool and load data .....

SKS's are fetching a pretty penny right now, what with the semi-auto ban concerns ...... get the Ruger, sell the SKS, and buy a handloading set-up and a butt-load of components......

January 18, 2013, 10:04 PM	#5
jimbob86 Junior member Join Date: October 4, 2007 Location: All the way to NEBRASKA Posts: 8,722	I've heard good things about the Ruger American...... $330 sounds inexpensive to me..... but what do I know? I hunt deer with an antiquated Remmy 721 (with a scope on it that can be had on e-bay for $30) ..... seems to work, though, at 15 feet to "way out past Ft. Mudge" ...... My brother bought one just like it (almost, his had considerably less wear on it than mine, though it was almost 10 years older), off the consignment rack at Green Mtn. Guns in Denver .....$400 OTD, with a better scope than mine, and a tool box full of handloading components, a lyman reloading tool and load data ..... SKS's are fetching a pretty penny right now, what with the semi-auto ban concerns ...... get the Ruger, sell the SKS, and buy a handloading set-up and a butt-load of components......