I've had an SKS or two in the safe for over 20 years. I currently have one Chinese and one Russian.
My Russian cost me 89.00 bucks. Could of bought 5 at that price, but only bought 2.
I recommend the standard 10 round mag and strippers. A big mag sticking out of the small sleek SKS
ruins it. Strippers are faster, if it''s all about lead downrange.
The SKS is one of the worlds great carbines, I sure enjoy them. They all work.