I've seen them talked about heaps here, http://www.fishnhunt.co.nz/forum/YaBB.cgi?board=firearms1

Blair_D wrote: Be careful with it, i personally don't like them and would have kept saving for a .308 or similar.  Remember after each shot there is another in the chamber ready to go,seems obvious but in the heat of the moment easily overlooked. When unloading ALWAYS check the breech, (look and feel) there was a guy shot in the ass in the Oamaru hut by someone playing with an SKS from memory.  At least with a bolt action everyone can see when the bolt is open

people lol?????

If it was a Guns.h.i.t.t.y package,throw the scope away and get a better one from the $2 shop.Most stuff guncity branded is either knockoff chinese junk or plain ole chinese junk,both overpriced.

I have several of the $400 for new, Baikals in .223, 243 and 762.39. Just the one stock though and change the calibres as i want. Brilliant guns for the money if you like single shot.Get a 12 guage barrel as well,and its a very versatile gun.

Be a bit of fun i reckon, see a few of em down the range, pretty serious firepower, not sure what there like hunting!!

Hard_core_gamer wrote: Semi auto's should be banned in the nz bush.

Well I guess you won't be coming hunting with me cause i only have semi autos and have done for last 20 years. SKS work OK, shoot what you have.  If it goes bang and the deer falls over it will do.
As long as you are safety concious you will be fine, hunters seem to get their nickers in a bunch when talking about semi autos!

Hard_core_gamer wrote: and lets face it people have a habit of sticking there finger on the triggers on any rifle..

Funny I was taught way back when you only put your finger "inside" the trigger guard when you are "almost" ready to shoot and on the trigger only when 100% on target.
When I was a nipper my dad painted a black spot just above the trigger and said " unless you are actually shooting at something that's where your trigger finger lives, I see it inside the guard and you aren't shooting I'll remove the finger" (ah good old no PC days).

Semis vs bolt action. it always comes down to safety really.  I have seen untold numbers of people with bolt action rifles( wouldnt call them hunters as i understand the meaning)who load the mag fully plus one up the spout at full cock then walk around with the safety on. F that. I prefer to Squeeze the trigger,close the bolt,then put the mag in and thats how i stalk untill i am ready to shoot.  Once shot i will leave the bolt closed on the empty round untill i need to shoot again.if i dont fire i eject the round,top mag up and,repeat.Its something i do almost without thinking about it.

To be honest,by the time i was at the stage of being able to coherently form words his rifle barrel was bent and the stock had somehow fallen off. I was tailend charlie of a group of trampers and he was the first of a group of 3 hunters following us in. Only one of the mugs had a licence and it was all 3's first hunt ever. If you ever make it to Daleys flat hut,look closely at the poker used for the fire.

I have one and recommend it, have shot everything from cattle to bunnies with it was great for bomb ups on goats, shot deer chamois and alsorts, not long ago got another one in synthetic lots of fun they are. Like any rifle treat it as loaded all the time.