[pabianice]

Twice the stopping power. One-fifth the price.

[Stayfree]

A friend of mine has one of these because both the gun and the ammo are not expensive. I have shot it, cool for plinkin’, but I forgot the name of it.

[KoRn]

You can get “black rifles” chambered for 7.62x39, and you can still have the ‘coolness’ of the “black rifle” and have the power of the AK. The mags aren’t as inexpensive and easy to come by though.

[cpdiii]

Not really double the power and half the price. The half the price part was correct. However, both of them are good short range calibers. If you want to reach out and touch someone long distance the 7.62-51 (.308) or the old 30:06 will do the job. However, if you want something almost as good, new calibers for the black rifle (need a new upper) in the Grindel 6.5 or the new 6.8 caliber will reach out and do the job and you can still carry a lot of ammo. The 6.8 will probably be the future of the black rifle.

At 100 yards the 7.62-39 123 grains is 1150 ft lbs and 2060 ft/sec.

At 100 yards the .223 62 grain is 911 ft lbs and 2572 ft/sec

[PzLdr]

One tenth the accuracy.

[SJSAMPLE]

LOL for so many reasons ;)

“Stopping power” ?

I like my Romanian SKS, but it’s not even in the same league with any of my three AR15s.

Great handouts for the masses, though.

[SJSAMPLE]

Here we go ;)
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[GladesGuru]

Perfectly put. An AK or an SKS will do the same job, better and cheaper, and most certainly more reliably, in most instances.

[Fee]

DITTO. Poor man’s deer rifle. Rugged and battle tested.

[tcostell]

Twice the stopping power. One-fifth the price.

You just have to hope that nothing you want to shoot is ever more than 200 yards away.

(No offense intended... I own an AK ... it's just a question of the right tool for the right job...)

[Charles Martel]

Twice the stopping power. One-fifth the price.

The Simonov is a rugged carbine in a proven caliber, but it's crippled by a truly horrible trigger design. IMO, China's exporting its surplus SKS rifles was a devious attempt to destroy American marksmanship! ;-)