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Any thoughts on this rifle for taking care of 2 legged and 4 legged predators?

Excellent economical choice. Plenty of power, plenty of capacity, super reliable, relatively compact, easy to maintain, more than accurate enough within a couple hundred yards. What's not to like?

It's indestructible, and it will kill what you hit. Hitting things, though, ain't always easy.

If you already have one, great. If not, you probably have something that will work as well or find a equal or better alternative on the market.

I like the bayonet option on the milsurps.

Would prefer a shotgun myself for close range as in a built-up area. Makes a bigger hole and fewer penetration and danger downrange issues.

Depends on where the threat is when you're doing the protecting.

If the threat out in the yard the SKS would probably be a reasonable choice.

If the threat is inside the house an SKS might not be the best tool for the job.


Mike

Best tool for the job is often situtation dependent too.

SKS will work. Wouldn't bother me if thats all I owned and all I had to use.

Over-penetration sending bullets into the neighbor's house.

If you have a "safe room" with your family inside behind you, then an SKS would be a formidable choice. Having to move through a building to clear it, not so much.

Another consideration is the risk you pose to your neighbors if you miss ... or even if you don't. In a rural area, that's not such a consideration, in town, it should be.

it's a handy, reasonably powerful combat weapon. It is accurate enough, and certainly reliable.
Use the HP bullets, or soft points.

Pretty long for indoors but not bad outside. They worked for the Russians.

They are heavy for their size, but will work. I have several. There are some cool Bullpup kits out their that shrinks the overall size down, but for home defense, not sure I trust the trigger linkage on them.

They are very reliable.

Sadly, penetrative capacity is often closely tied to effectiveness.

My thoughts are that it is at the very bottom on the list of firearms I would buy.

For anything.



Travis

Same here.

Shotgun & buckshot penetrates plenty...especially at HOME DEFENSE distances.

The imperfect rifle you can afford and at hand when you need it beats the heck out of the ideal rifle you can't afford or one that's locked up when needed.

Just don't have very high expectations of having the ability to hit anything smaller than a pie plate at 100 yards.

WTH are you going to do when you half way through your house?


Too much penetration from any high power rifle, if you have a family that is.

Better than nothing.

But, then a Raven .25 is better than nothing at all.

This.

IF you are going to go ahead and use it. Full metal jackets will go through your house, your neighbors house and probably your neighbors neighbors house.