Dang, I've had an SKS that I bought (back in the day) for about $100 or less right out of the wooden box. Cleaned all the cosmoline off & out of it. It was surprisingly accurate for a mil sup iron sight gun...
To each his own. I think it's a generational thing. I don't have any tat's.
I always remember the Jimmy Buffet lyric (to paraphrase) "Its a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling..."
I've lived in ATL all my life and it's been awhile, ok, a decade or two since I've been to the Clermont Lounge...But I'm OK with a M&G there. I suggest a Friday or Saturday night between 11 PM & 2 AM.