sks is good all around and still reasonably cheap- yugos are different than the others...
M-1 carbines are great, but the latter era commercial ones can suck ass, and some they modded the design on to save money, and those can blow up in your face (happened to a buddy, can you say optic nerve damage) so you wanna go usgi on those, and that can get pricey- as a plus you can get the ruger blackhawk in .30 to share ammo.... check the surplus rifle forums to get a good idea of which ones to avoid to save trouble.....
Dragunovs vary a bunch - the good ones are spendy, the not so good ones are spendy and suck, and it can take a lot of research to tell them apart.. had several friends that tried one, none of those friends (3 total) like what they got......
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