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Originally Posted by rosh7674
would love to but my old lady wont allow me to have three guns
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Ever hear the saying "forgiveness is easier to get than permission"?
Try to get her interested in shooting and let her shoot the low recoil, easy to handle, and cheap to shoot SKS and get yourself an M14.
Used SKS's have little to no resale due to the low price for a new one. Just keep it and enjoy it for what it is and accept it's limitations for hunting.
I personally would not even think about shooting at a deer with my SKS at over 100 yards.
I put a scope on my M14 this year and took a running doe at around 150 yards this year. Got a little lucky I think and ended up with a perfect neck shot that dropped it instantly. My hunting buddy was laughing the whole time because it was the third shot that tagged the deer and it took less than 10 seconds to take all three shots.
For under $500 I don't think there is a better deal out there for a non-restricted semi-auto rifle. They are fun to shoot, quite accurate, and easy to strip and clean.
They are nowhere near as cheap to shoot as the SKS but there are some good deals out there on bulk purchases, I picked up 200 rounds of Remington softpoints for $17/box last month and I've been buying 147 grain FMJ for $16/box.
There are also plenty of bolt guns out there that are around $500 that would make excellent deer rifles if you want to keep the cost of ammo down.
Good luck which ever way you go but I highly recommend the M14, I love mine and can't help myself whenever I find deals on ammo and I now have well over 1000 rounds of FMJ and over 500 rounds of hunting bullets for it and I keep buying 5/20 mags whenever I find them for a good price. Great rifle with unlimited possibilities for aftermarket parts and there are a few gunsmiths around that can make them even more accurate.
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