AT the range this morning I got to shoot one of my SKSs for the first time. I had purchased it a few months ago, but today was her first trip to the range with some AKs and some pistols. My God!!! The Chinese trigger on this particular gun is so smooth! It has no take up per se, but a smooth fluid pull to bang. I have felt pro trigger jobs on ARs that don't feel this good. What a terrific gun... and very accurate, too.