Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

Whick would you go with, You can get alot of after market parts for the SKS, but I also like the mini 30 which would you choose and why? may try it deer hunting..

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

The Ruger carbines are notoriously inaccurate. Buy the SKS for much less money and customize it to your hearts content.

For deer hunting both are limited to 100 yards or less. Make sure you load up with soft-points or hollow-points as full metal jacket ammo is not suitable for hunting of any sort.

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

SKS.

The Ruger Mini was originally marketed by Ruger as being the 'world's most expensive plinker.' Might as well get the world's cheapest plinker, the SKS, which cost 1/4 of the mini and is at least as good of a shooter.

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

what about a saiga in 7.62 x 39

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

Where can I find a SAIGA? I have never even heard of one...

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

They are a russian made semi-auto available in .223, 7.62 x 39, .308, and 30-06. They are based on an AK-47. Mags are a little pricey. They run about $269-$329. Gilbertsguns.com has them online for $299. I know nothing about Gilbertsguns, just did a quick search and found it.

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

The Ruger mini-14 is now offered in stainless Ranch in 6.8 mm cal that outperforms both the 5.56 and the 7.62x39 and they are getting around 2" groups at 100 yards! Harold

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

I have owned both a siaga and an SKS, and have friends that have mack 90's or what ever they are and AK variants. In my opinion the SKS is the better weapon. Just look at the way an SKS is made compared to an AK variant.

You can get bolt guns in 7.62x39 as well, but honestly you would be better off with a 30-30 lever gun.

After owning and shooting several different guns chambered in the russian short round if I were to get one again it would be a decent SKS hands down.

My siaga was the biggest POS gun I have ever owned by the way. I traded it for a model 60 .22 and some paintball stuff.

Paul

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

I have a Saiga in .223, and I have talked to quite a few Saiga owners since I got it. The only people I hear complain about it got the 7.62x39. So, if you want to get into that caliber, either the Ruger or SKS will be better. A guy I shoot with is seriously into the Russian firearms, and he likes the Yugo SKS best. The barrels are for the most part not chrome lined, but they are the most accurate SKS.

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I like mine as well. Its plenty accurate and its built like a tank.

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I've never shot a Ruger Mini-30, but I'd trade my SKS for one, sight-unseen. Talk about a turd. [:@][:'(]

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Whatever you do, avoid Chinese SKS's, anything Chinese manufacturedis a POC.

We have one, it's made for Chinese people, since the stock is really short, but all the parts are stamped Russian, with cyrillic alphabet characters, and it's a pretty good shooter.

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

In the past we chose to buy the sks because of of price. ( im frugal) Because the 3 chinesesks,s we have where the price of1 mini 30.

All have worked justfine for the 10+ yrs we have shot them & with quite a few thousand rounds threw them( thats with minimal cleaning or care& a lot of dust ,grit involved).Same for the chinese copys of theruski pistols we own( not quite as many rounds have we putthrew them tho)

RE: Ruger mini 30 or SKS
 

Id buy a few new chinese make M-14 copys alsotoday for the right price & if they where allowed to be imported( plus a few other rifles& pistols they have).