I bought an SKS last week from a friend. He only wanted $100 for it and I couldn't say no to that. I thought it was going to be beat to crap and that would be why it was so cheap. Boy was I wrong. It's been in climate controlled storage for the past 15 years or so. Only had about 50 rounds through it. So I recently did some research on it and it's a Norinco Paratrooper model. I've put about 30 rounds down it and it shoots really nice. I think I might enjoy it more than the M-16/M-4. And since this is worth less with out pictures!