Which sks should i buy

Price has gone up but the two I got were all matching and worth what I paid. September 1st, , PM Ammo Jon. Originally Posted by bigmancrisler.

At that price, I'll stick to picking up peoples "duds" from the dud box at AGC and shoot those lol. September 1st, , PM Arcamm. None of this cheap dirty steel cased ammo comes from former soviet block countries that are not Russia? All times are GMT The time now is PM.

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Send a private message to mopar Find More Posts by mopar Join Date: Mar Posts: 10, The SKS has a conventional layout, with a wooden stock and rifle grip. The SKS is a gas-operated weapon that has a spring-loaded bolt carrier and a gas piston rod that work the action via gas pressure pushing against them. Also, it has a "tilting bolt" action locking system. However, the SKS has a 4-inch longer barrel than AK-series rifles, which replaced it; as a result, it has a slightly higher muzzle velocity.

The SKS's ten-round box magazine is fed from a stripper clip and rounds stored in the magazine can be removed by depressing a magazine catch located forward of the trigger guard thus opening the "floor" of the magazine and allowing the rounds to fall out. In typical military use the stripper clips are disposable. If necessary they can be reloaded multiple times and reused.

While early Soviet models had spring-loaded firing pins, most variants of the SKS have a free floating firing pin within the bolt. Because of this design, care must be taken during cleaning especially after long storage to ensure that the firing pin does not stick in the forward position within the bolt.

SKS firing pins that are stuck in the forward position have been known to cause accidental "slamfires" uncontrolled automatic fire that empties the magazine, starting when the bolt is released.

This behavior is less likely with the hard primer military-spec ammo for which the SKS was designed, but as with any rifle users should properly maintain their firearms. For collectors, slamfires are more likely when the bolt still has remnants of cosmoline embedded in it. Its many parts made it both time consuming to manufacture and difficult for troops to maintain. In the early s, Simonov undertook the challenge of improving upon the AVS to correct its major shortcomings.

Chambering the new gun in 7. The barrels of SKS rifles were typically chrome lined to prevent excessive wear-and-tear due to weather and use. All Soviet SKS military models had a standard issue degree folding bayonet connected on the underside of the barrel.

Although this is not necessary for uses today, it was a requirement for military rifles at the time. The SKS rifle was an improvement, but it was not a prime example for accuracy and craftsmanship of the s.

Even so, the government liked it because it was easy to use, maintain, and manufacture. It also was cheap and fast to produce for the large numbers of Russian troops. Unfortunately for the Soviet SKS rifle, it saw a very short run after its mass government production in by Tula Arsenal. The AK proved to be a better weapon for the Soviets having all the good qualities of the SKS plus being capable of full-auto fire.

Tula Arsenal still produced the rifle for the civilian market until Luckily for the classic gun, instead of being lost to history, other countries began to adapt the SKS rifle. China led production with millions and millions of SKS rifles and used them from the early s into the late s.

Even as recently as the early s, some forces around the world have been seen carrying SKS rifle variations. Countries like Cambodia, Vietnam, and North Korea still like the weapon and assign it for their military personnel. The SKS rifle is a battle-proven gun with a classic look.