I guess it is just my frustration with poor sportsman... I would venture a guess that most people whom hunt with SKS's are typically the ones who are taking ill-advised shots. They are using a gun that is basically meant for as you put it spraying in praying. People whom have invested the money into a remington 7400 or Browning BAR are typically hunters whom will not take such shots
Wow. John effen Kerry and Sarah Brady would be proud of you. You don't want to be in the same room as those "dirty poor people" who cannot afford a $1000 rifle for hunting. Spraying and praying? Pulease. The people who do that type of shooting are the guys with with BARs and Remmys 9/10ths of the time, in fact I would bet that 95% of ther people who buy a Remmy 7400 shoot less than a box of shells through their rifle per year- serious rifleman or sportsman my ass.
BTW- the badguy in the shooting in wisconsin did not use a sks- he used a sporting rifle manufactured on an AK action- not much different than a remington 7400 except the color- but then again we aren't going to discriminate now based on color are we?
I've taken deer with mauser 98's and the M1 Garand- alll in original military issue, they work just fine that way, no need to work them over to make them pretty or to exorcise the eeeeevil out of them before hunting. I haven't used an sks for hunting yet, but I think I will next year if only to piss off blissninnies like yourself. And I would bet taht I could shoot one better in the field than you could with any of your prized sporting rifles.
Muddydog- great post, its right on the mark.