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bamaranger · May 22, 2014, 02:35 AM

There are lots of SKS fans on this forum, but I'm not one of them. The SKS was a stop gap weapon on the way to the AK. Its 10 rd stripper loaded box and semi only fire made it outmoded even before it was introduced.

As a civilian/sport/fun gun, none of that matters, but the SKS is/was to long and heavy for what it was intended to be....a carbine. But I suppose alongside a Mosin-Nagant it was indeed a carbine.

As a $100 truckgun/loaner, it had its place, now, the price they get for one is insane. I'd save a few more hundred bucks and get an entry AK.

May 22, 2014, 02:35 AM	#21
bamaranger Senior Member Join Date: October 9, 2009 Location: North Alabama Posts: 8,303	not me There are lots of SKS fans on this forum, but I'm not one of them. The SKS was a stop gap weapon on the way to the AK. Its 10 rd stripper loaded box and semi only fire made it outmoded even before it was introduced. As a civilian/sport/fun gun, none of that matters, but the SKS is/was to long and heavy for what it was intended to be....a carbine. But I suppose alongside a Mosin-Nagant it was indeed a carbine. As a $100 truckgun/loaner, it had its place, now, the price they get for one is insane. I'd save a few more hundred bucks and get an entry AK.