Comments on: SKS and the media

By: Big D

Big D — Mon, 18 Sep 2006 05:14:29 +0000

If you do modify it to fa even if you sqeeze and let go it empties the mag.

By: Ed Buckby

Ed Buckby — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:09:08 +0000

There’s an SKS variety that takes AK magazines. That COULD be a nice FA weapon, but cripes, it’s about as much as an AK clone . . . which is easily converted to FA.

But cripes guys, a Glock can be converted to FA. They even make a “stock” FA version. Almost ANYTHING can be FA given some work.

The SKS USED to be cheap. Now, eh, they’re $180 for the fixed mag versions. Honestly, I don’t see much use in a FA rifle with a 10 round fixed magazine.

Besides, I think FBI numbers show that more people are killed by golf clubs yearly and all rifles combined.

By: existingthing

existingthing — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 03:20:28 +0000

I know it’s already been said, but that must be a huge backpack! Even for the chinese paratrooper variation!

By: trainer

trainer — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 22:54:11 +0000

That must have been one honkin’ big backpack. My SKS “carbine” is over 40 inches long, and is about as easy to conceal as a quad 40.

By: Alcibiades

Alcibiades — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:36:11 +0000

Maybe he meant “autoloader”.

By: Lyle

Lyle — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:26:31 +0000

Who wants to bet? It was a semi auto and the writer wanted to make this (largely non story) story sound juicy.

By: Heartless Libertarian

Heartless Libertarian — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 16:40:27 +0000

How big was this backpack to have an SKS inside?

I’m told that the SKS can be altered to make it full auto-I believe full auto only, unless you’re good with the trigger.

By: TXGunGeek

TXGunGeek — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:09:16 +0000

I don’t know exact numbers of these in the US but it is at least >1. The class 2 manufacturer I know was holding it in transit to a new owner. He usually calls me when he has something new and different coming through so I can get a look at it. He understands my engineering curiosity.

By: Guav

Guav — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:21:05 +0000

No, you see ... after you pull the trigger, the bullet automatically flies down the barrel. Or maybe it automatically "goes off at any time" or automatically kills children.

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:05:03 +0000

And how many of those have been imported into the US?

By: TXGunGeek

TXGunGeek — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 14:03:46 +0000

Hate to break the news to ya but the SKS was made in select fire versions. There was an additional flip lever, similar to the safety, located on the front of the trigger guard that was the selector.

By: drstrangegun

drstrangegun — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:22:33 +0000

heh, an SKS wouldn’t make a very useful auto even if the firing pin were malf’ed. 5-8 shots? “Bip” “hand me that stripper clip” “Bip”…

By: Jay G

Jay G — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 12:51:28 +0000

“The SKS is a semi-automatic weapon.”

Maybe it had a bad firing pin and was using commercial ammo?