Nevertheless, he states that the SKS outperformed the AK-47 during the military trials of the late 1940s. And here are some reasons why. The SKS’s design appears to be something in between the ...

In reality, it wasn’t until the late 1990s and early 2000s, the second “golden age” of military surplus arms, that a few previously unknown SKS carbines had been revealed for the first time.

along with a stock accessory—all of which conveyed distinct advantages to our commercially imported Chinese Norinco and Yugoslavian military Model 59 examples. Like most SKS rifles, our Yugo ...

His reasons for designing the SKS and the 7.62x399 cartridge are described in a May 2021 article for NRA American Rifleman: “[T]he Russian military began to look for a new self-loading carbine ...

Firearms experts at The Military Wire called the weapon a 7.62x39mm SKS rifle with black synthetic stock. That’s the same ammunition as most AKs. In a 2002 report from the federal Bureau of ...

Both of these guns have iron sights, but the SKS is usually considered the more accurate. "At 100 yards, holding the sight on the bottom of a military target, I can hit the black with every round ...

Most military surplus guns are admittedly not as ... when it was replaced by the AK-47 and SKS. Mosin Nagants have also been widely distributed throughout the world, and to this day are seeing ...

Firearms experts at The Military Wire called the weapon a 7.62x39mm SKS rifle with black synthetic stock. That’s the same ammunition as most AKs. Notably, an SKS was used in the 2017 ...