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I have owned a number of them. I don't now. If they were all that great, then countries would still be using them. Better designs came along within the Eastern Bloc. Doesn't mean that the SKS isn't still a highly effective and reliable weapon. One point to keep in mind is that if you own an SKS, you actually own a firearm that was a main battle carbine of several major nations, constructed with arming their soldiers in mind. When you buy an AK, on the other hand, you are invariably buying a gun that looks like an AK-47, but was actually made specifically for the civilian market, not a military. Nonsense. Must be why the Russian and Chinese armies are still supplying their troops with AK's. Fine, but you can’t buy a real AK is what he is saying.
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I have owned a number of them. I don't now. If they were all that great, then countries would still be using them. Better designs came along within the Eastern Bloc. Doesn't mean that the SKS isn't still a highly effective and reliable weapon. One point to keep in mind is that if you own an SKS, you actually own a firearm that was a main battle carbine of several major nations, constructed with arming their soldiers in mind. When you buy an AK, on the other hand, you are invariably buying a gun that looks like an AK-47, but was actually made specifically for the civilian market, not a military. Nonsense. Must be why the Russian and Chinese armies are still supplying their troops with AK's. Fine, but you can’t buy a real AK is what he is saying. Nonsense again. But i'm not going to put a target on my back by going into the reason why.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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I have owned a number of them. I don't now. If they were all that great, then countries would still be using them. Better designs came along within the Eastern Bloc. Doesn't mean that the SKS isn't still a highly effective and reliable weapon. One point to keep in mind is that if you own an SKS, you actually own a firearm that was a main battle carbine of several major nations, constructed with arming their soldiers in mind. When you buy an AK, on the other hand, you are invariably buying a gun that looks like an AK-47, but was actually made specifically for the civilian market, not a military. That’s true for the M16/AR-15 as well. Makes no difference to me. Auto fire from a standard issue rifle/carbine is overrated, IMO.
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I’ve got a Chink and a Rudky sKS handed down from my dad. The Chink gun is in a plastic stock and has an aftermarket 30 round fixed mag. Easy to load with stripper clips.
The Rusky is in great shape and unmolested. Both a great shooters.
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I have owned a number of them. I don't now. If they were all that great, then countries would still be using them. Better designs came along within the Eastern Bloc. Doesn't mean that the SKS isn't still a highly effective and reliable weapon. One point to keep in mind is that if you own an SKS, you actually own a firearm that was a main battle carbine of several major nations, constructed with arming their soldiers in mind. When you buy an AK, on the other hand, you are invariably buying a gun that looks like an AK-47, but was actually made specifically for the civilian market, not a military. That’s true for the M16/AR-15 as well. Makes no difference to me. Auto fire from a standard issue rifle/carbine is overrated, IMO. Doesn't seem to make a difference to the marxists and communists in government either. They still want to take it away from you.
Slaves get what they need. Free men get what they want. Rehabilitation is way overrated. Orwell wasn't wrong. GOA member disappointed NRA member 24HCF SEARCH
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Zero interest though I believe my eldest son owns one of some make.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Friend had the carbine.
Brother in law still has a full size (I think).
Neat rifles to a kid in late 80’s/early 90’s.
Never had the urge to dish $600 for one though…..
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Back when Clinton was president he said we did not need one. When you consider that if Clinton lips were moving he was lying, I figured that meant I needed one so I got one.
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I have an Albanian SKS that I got for under $49.95 . It's looks like it got dragged behind a truck. However, it functions and I've kept it for two decades at deer camp for the odd bump in the night.
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I remember going to the Ohio Gun Collectors shows back in the late 80’s. Chicom SKS carbines were $149. The Russian made SKS carbines which were machined instead of stamped were $300+. 7.62x39 ammo was dirt cheap then.
Ron
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I have an Albanian SKS that I got for under $49.95 . It's looks like it got dragged behind a truck. However, it functions and I've kept it for two decades at deer camp for the odd bump in the night. Yep, the tendency for them was that, no matter what they looked like superficially, they worked just fine. That's because, prior to being cosmolined and stored away in national armories throughout the Easter Bloc, they were fully inspected by armorers, and anything that needed fixing or replacing on them was done prior to storage. And then we got them shipped here for sale to us from those very national armories.
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