simonov jr
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The recent courthouse shooting in TX has reinforced my sense that a good accessable long gun, aka a trunk rifle, is more of a need that a want. What rifle do you think has the right balance of qualities to ideally fill that role? The qualities that are desirable in a trunk rifle are different I think than other applications. After all, the gun is exposed to more temperature and humidity changes, bumps, risk of theft (or confiscation) than virtually any other kind of firearm. This then necessitates a firearm that is cheap enough to replace if stolen, effective enough to engage perps at extended range or with body armor, and pc or legal enough to withstand LEO scritiny in as many places as possible. I'm thinking the best compromise might be a detach-mag SKS with a picatinny/1913 type rail and Eotech or some other type of reflex-site. It's relatively cheap, the cartridge is combat-effective and it can be quickly loaded from cheap AK mags. Does anyone know if anyone even makes a rail system for the SKS? What about the 7.62x39, does the rainbow-like trajectory of this cartridge make sense for rural or other extended-range applications? Is there a better candidate in your view?