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I have owned 7 so far and shot many others. The most accurate has been a Romanian followed by a Tula Arsenal, those 2 are still in the safe. The worst have been the Chinese and Yugo's.

The accuracy of most SKS rifles depends on the ammo used. I started out assuming a 6 inch group at 100 yards was all that could be expected. My friend always cut those groups in half with his rifles and finally told me to buy some U.S. produced ammo. The quality of the old milsurp ammo I was getting went from poor to near useless except for short range plinking. The very cheap surplus is gone now although I still have a large quantity bought while it was cheap. The stuff on the market now is current production of much higher quality than previous. Dont trade off your SKS as inaccurate untill you try it with some U.S. ammo or at least try several brands from the bench of the former commie block stuff.

The chrome plated bores are not a key to accuracy and not all SKS have them. The Chinese ones are always plated unless very early production. The chrome plating was intended to save barrels fired with the then standard corrosive ammo. Although the bore resists pitting and rust the gas system is NOT chrome plated. I have seen two rifles which malfunctioned. When disassembled both had rusted gas tubes. If you are shooting corrosive ammo swab out the gas system especially the tube, the pistons are usually but not always plated. The chrome plating helps functioning, BUT a dirty chamber will eventually cause a jam.