SKS ?

[Rancho Loco]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (will227457 @ Sep 15 2006, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

dosent matter to me[/b]

But I thought it did..You're judging people as yahoo's if they're wearing camo. And you're stating nobody will be taken seriously if they use a SKS.

So what real gun should I save my money up for?

 

[Speckmisser]

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I have to say that your insite about an assult weapon in the hunting area needs to be taken serousley[/b]

Mark,

You're partially right. Appearances do have an impact on initial impressions.

If you show up at dawn and unpack that thing while I'm getting out my own gear, I'll probably have some misgivings about you. I've only hunted once with someone shooting an "assault rifle." He was carrying an AR-15 with a 30 round banana sticking out of it on a dog drive for deer. A 90 lb doe ran out in front of him, and he proceeded to perforate the entire bloody forest with .223 rounds. I was in a treestand, and I was still concerned until the shooting stopped. The doe, by the way, ran off unscathed until she passed by a 12 year-old boy with a 20ga pump gun. One shot, one kill.

BUT... if it's a choice between taking that gun into the field or NOT taking your daughter hunting, then there's no question. The hell with what other people think. Get that youngster into the woods, and let her have a good time. Teach her right, help her select her target and her shot, and make good on it.

If you can buy a different gun, then of course that's what I'd recommend. There are better beginner rifles out there, and a .243 or .260 will give you a good kill on a hog with not much more recoil than that SKS... and will serve as a good deer rifle for years as well. But if you can't get another rifle right now, then there's no good reason not to get her started with what you have.