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your experance with barska scopes?
okay i got a sks with a ati monte carlo stock tapco 20 round magazine and a tapco 5 rounder i have a choat scope mount that your drill and tap to the reciever (not one of them dust cover mount a scope mount thats acually good for the sks. and im trying to make this thing look like a marksman rifle so i can shoot targets at 300 yards (about what the gun is accurate 2) well the 7.62x39 is a low recoil cartridge but is it low enough recoil for a barska to hold zero shot after shot. heres the scope im thinking of buying
http://www.midwayusa.com/eproductpage.exe/showproduct?saleitemid=157599&t=11082005
your opinion? ive also seen some very atractive tasco varmints i beleave or the world class. would i be better off with them?
IMO, you can spend more money for a scope, but you can't get a better scope than a Leupold. Cheap optics are not worth their cost, their zero drifts, the reticle wires break, and the bloody things get cloudy. So if you are going to buy a scope, you might as well buy a good one. And since mounting a scope that costs three times as much as the rifle, you might as well go with a Simmons.
I'm not familiar with Barska scopes. I am familiar with SKS rifles. If you want to set it up for 300 yard target shooting, I'm afraid you are going to be disappointed.
Not only does the rifle lack the necessary accuracy to be a target rifle, but the 7.62x39mm Soviet cartridge has about 27" of drop with a 100 yard zero, that is 1" to 2" more drop than you get with a .30-30 WCF, and a lighter bullet.
From my experience with SKS rifles and scopes, it is not worth the expense.
Jonah, I get the distinct feeling that you are trying to turn your old SKS into something she isn't. SKS is tougher than an old boot, uglier than an old maid, and as dependable as the Postman used to be. But it is not a long range target rifle, it is not a target rifle of any sort. What is is a tough battle rifle designed so that the most ham-handed farm boy can't screw it up, and accurate enough to shoot minute of enemy at about 300 yards and somewhat better at 200 yards and less.
If you want a rifle to shoot butterflies at 300 yards or more, you need a different rifle. Use the SKS for what it is, a dandy semi-automatic .30-30 useful at moderate ranges for deer and coyotes. As a youngster, your eyes are probably good enough that you don't need a scope to make a 150 yard shot on a deer.
If you want a long range target rifle, save your money and buy a good .308 Win bolt-action and top it with a Leupold scope. Then you can slaughter the butterflies and Tumble-bugs as far as you can see them in your scope.
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