It's not really that bad, kinda like an older sport job.
I had a Universal Carbine about 30yrs ago, traded it on something forgettable. Never pursued another one.
Me and several friends discovered the Carbine Cartridge Association out in Somerset Center Mi. '89-'90ish Some flyer at a gun show back when they did not suck.
They would have shoots, 25yds IIRC, mighta been 50, 4-man teams with either SKS or M1C.
Each team had to bust 10 water filled yogurt containers hung from strings, fastest one with all done took that round, went for like 3-4 rds.
Musta been 50yds, either that or we were terrible shots then. This is back when the 1400rd cases of steel core on strippers were $80
I had a Norinco 20" SKS, carbine guys usually won, until we discovered williams rear peeps for our SKSs. World of difference with a peep, we pulled even.
They did not allow AR15, old grouchy guy ran it, still was fun.