SKS Rifle

[Petrovich]

If you really want to impress them with your brains lay this on 'em.

SKS = Samozaryadnyi Karabin Simonov

Sammo-zarry-ODDinya care-uh-BEAN SEE-min-of

Self loading carbine Simonov....or Simonov self loading carbine

[Buckshot]

Bukshot, isn't this a dumbfounded way to find you that you don't read into anything I said which further just outlined why a SKS isn't used for much more than anything match-wise than a sideshoot at another type of event.

Someone who buys a $130 surplus rifle and expects it to shoot 600 yards is pretty far from being the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Ampleworks

I guess I am just dense, but you are going to have to explain the first paragraph to me. I just don't understand what you are trying to tell me.

As for an SKS being used as a CMP rifle, it is definitely possible Especially at a club that runs ONLY 100 yd. competitions, and somewhat possible at a club that runs 100 & 200 yd. competitions.

I have SEEN them used sucessfully at those two ranges. It is 300 yds. that seperated the rifles from the cabines. A LOT of things changed a whole bunch a couple of years ago when our club got our 300 yd. line up and running for matches.

I was simply trying to answer the questions as honsetly as I could, and get enough information to do so.

Buckshot

[Jronjakoh]

Exactly! i'm no expert on rifles. CMP is new to me and Have never fired under the CMP rules nor knew what the yardage was in the competition.
When I saww the SKS I was merely wondering if this was anywhere near the Garand.(which I now understand the difference from Buckshot).
Nope I'm definetily not the sharpest knife in the kitchen but I CAN shoot a straight shot with a rifle.
Never too late to learn in life what I don't know and this forum is the best place I know of to ask and learn.
Our outdoor range IS a 200 yarder and it will suffice in learning to shoot the CMP way with the instruction from the rangemaster. In due time I will get the right rifle to compete at Camp Perry.

Thanks Guys