[Eska]

Remember when you could buy 5 Russkie SKS's for $450 back in 90's. In Alaska everybody bought 5. The Indians bought even more and started hunting with them; so there was never a shortage of ammo; all the Indians had cases of 308. That did more to bring about acceptance of semi auto hunting guns; almost replaced the ole 30-30 as traditional Indian potlatch gift.

My own family members have killed grizzly bear and moose with 308s, where you hit them. One of the Indians down ft Yukon killed a sow polar bear with a 556 bout 15 years back.

Put a MS2 sling on them and everybody hunts off snowmachine; subsistence of course.

[cuban leaf]

I paid $106 for mine. It came with a thing you wore like big suspenders that had a bunch of cartridge pockets in it. My dad got one too for the same price. His also came with a bayonet. I inherited his last summer. And another thousand rounds.