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What's the difference? Not designed as a selective fire weapon, the SKS could be imported as a surplus arm. Because of its selective fire capability and a government disdaining of selling them to the public, the M-14 could not be released in large numbers to We The People. The tools and dies to make the M-14 were sold off to Taiwan, thus requiring anyone wanting to make them to do so from scratch. While surplus parts were available, that dried up and became more expensive. Having to fabricate parts drove up expenses to manufacturers which was passed onto consumers.
I wish the Taiwanese would make M-14s for us. I don't know if they still have the tools and dies though.
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