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Mr. Perfect
I don't know anything about an SKS.

How do you convert a fixed mag to a detachable 30rd mag or don't you?

I'm thinking about buying an SKS to keep in the trunk of my car because they are so cheap and I already have a couple thousand rounds of 7.62x39 ammo.

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  • Mr. Perfect
    I'm going to buy an SKS for my Christmas present to myself.
    I have a choice of an older Norinco with matching numbers or a new Yugo SKS. They each cost the same, $139. I imagine I can put a bayonet on the Norinco, but not the Yugo. This rifle will be for behind my truck seat.

    Please give me the Pros and Cons on the Norinco and the Yugo.
    Which would be your choice and why?

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  • beantownshootah
    I believe all the Commie-Bloc SKS rifles have milled receivers (ie Russian, Yugoslavian, Albanian).

    MOST of the Chinese/Norinco SKS guns also have milled receivers.

    Stamped receiver Chinese SKS rifles do exist, but they are fairly rare, and somewhat collectible (ie cost more).

    The way to tell is just look at the receiver and see if its a solid block of metal or it looks like its a bent piece of sheet metal. The sheet metal gun will have rivets holding parts in place, including a flat metal triggerguard.

    The milled gun won't have any rivets.
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  • Mr. Perfect
    for some reason I was thinking the opposite was true, with regard to rarity and value. I do believe you're correct about commie bloc SKS rifles having milled receivers. Thanks Beantown.
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  • beantownshootah
    quote:Originally posted by Mr Perfect
    for some reason I was thinking the opposite was true, with regard to rarity and value. I do believe you're correct about commie bloc SKS rifles having milled receivers. Thanks Beantown.

    Well, I'm 100% sure that every Yugo and Russian SKS I've ever seen has a milled receiver.

    I've never actually seen a stamped receiver Chinese SKS. They're supposedly quite rare and there can't be that many of them in the USA.

    The stamped guns are probably a bit lighter in weight than the usual milled receiver gun, but other than that I can't imagine they're functionally better in any way than the typical milled receiver gun.

    With regards to what you said above, in general, the opposite is true of Kalashnikov rifles.

    Most AK-type rifles have stamped sheet metal receivers.

    The heavier milled steel receiver AK guns are scarcer, though not as rare as stamped SKS gun. Whether or not milled AKs are really functionally any "better" is debatable, but they are more expensive and generally considered more desirable.
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