WTF,I'm not anti-gun at all but who goes hunting with an SKS and what are they hunting.
People who want a reasonable priced, reliable, powerful-enough rifle for deer use an SKS.
Someone who can't afford an expensive hunting rig. Believe it or not, some folks hunt because they are poor and need the meat to feed their families. The SKS is one of the cheapest rifles out there and is in use throughout the country during deer season.
An SKS, especially a Russian made one, is easily the equal of a .30-30 lever action rifle such as a Winchester 94 or a Marlin 336 for deer hunting.
I can nail a small coffee can at 100 yards with the iron sights on my SKS. Cheap, accurate bang for the buck.
"WTF,I'm not anti-gun at all but who goes hunting with an SKS and what are they hunting."
Thousands of these guns have been sold to hunters and
they hunt deer, the SKS is a semi-auto (legal) just as
many other hunting guns are and most other hunting guns
are more powerful. I get the impression that you think this a cannon taking from a tank or B-29! It is actually
a light caliber. The guy is just a plain killer, he is
the problem not the gun.
Read the thread. Lots of people, myself included.
Don't fall prey to the 'assault rifle' b.s. They are just rifles. Their Russian heritage means that they are impressively resilient even when their owner is not big on maintenance. That's why I had one.
The 7.62x39-mm round fired by SKSs is ballistically similar to a 30-30, SKSs are cheap and accurate, and if you replace the 10-round attached magazine with a 5-round magazine it is a legal firearm for hunting.
A gun is a gun.