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SVTCobra306 · January 2, 2014, 05:49 PM

For their current price they are hard to justify.. but.. AK reliability in an American platform is a win/win. My 90's model 195 series shoots about 2.5 to 3 MOA.. I can consistently hit water bottles and pop cans at 100 yards, and coyotes out to 150, maybe 175 on a good day. Good enough for me.. I like the fact that it is very reliable, and for some reason (probably noise and recoil) it is more fun to plink than my AR. That, and with a folding stock it fits easily into anything.

They were great, cheap beater rifles in their day, and you had to take the bad with the good. It isn't a rifle to win a bullseye competition with. I paid $480 for mine brand new in 1998.

January 2, 2014, 05:49 PM	#20
SVTCobra306 Senior Member Join Date: March 18, 2013 Posts: 434	For their current price they are hard to justify.. but.. AK reliability in an American platform is a win/win. My 90's model 195 series shoots about 2.5 to 3 MOA.. I can consistently hit water bottles and pop cans at 100 yards, and coyotes out to 150, maybe 175 on a good day. Good enough for me.. I like the fact that it is very reliable, and for some reason (probably noise and recoil) it is more fun to plink than my AR. That, and with a folding stock it fits easily into anything. They were great, cheap beater rifles in their day, and you had to take the bad with the good. It isn't a rifle to win a bullseye competition with. I paid $480 for mine brand new in 1998. __________________ Former US Army Paratrooper (1/509th PIR and 2nd BCT 82nd ABN DIV) 2 time OIF Veteran NRA Certified RSO/CRSO NRA Certified Pistol Instructor