SKS vs. AK. I actually like the SKS better. :eek:

[John Browning]

After having and using a Romy G AK and a Polish Tantal and these recent Chinese Type 56 SKS, I have to say that the SKS seems to be better in every aspect. They are reliable, lack stamped parts, are just as accurate and just as rugged. I think they feel a lot more solid and the trigger is appreciably better. The SKS doesn't use detachable mags, but with stripper clips you can load them pretty quick. The safety is a lot more ergonomic. I would guess that the major factor making the AK the winner is that they are select fire in 99% of the world and are cheaper to make.

I hated my commercial Norinco early 90s SKS. These new ones give me a whole new appreciation for the well made Russian pattern ones.

[rodngun762]

Hard to disagree with what you said. I just wish I bought a whole crate of 'em back in the good old days...80 bucks for a shooter grade yugo! (fall 2005, aim surplus catalog)

And look at what the better value was at the time. Now an SKS is $350+, while the WASR AKs are "only" $450-500.

[bohoki]

yea if you cant use 30 round mags then an ak is just meh

i like my registered bulgarian it bumpfires nice

[backstrap]

A battle field and a target range are two different things. I guess you compare the 2 because they shoot the same caliber?

[E Michael]

backstrap, I don't believe he is speaking battlefield. Most of us here in the good ol CA have very limited variations of guns and an sks can be pretty much as is and as for the AK its got its balls chopped off as does any dog that has an owner that likes Bob Barker.

[NOTABIKER]

i agree with you. AK cheaper to make, full auto and large capacity mag. none of this matters in civilian life. after getting my first SKS i no longer want a AK. i do think the AK is a little cooler looking though.

[John Browning]

A battle field and a target range are two different things. I guess you compare the 2 because they shoot the same caliber?

Please Mr. Brilliant, tell me where I went wrong in comparing two rifles that played major roles in ALL of the wars fought by communists.

I compare the two because they served the same purpose. If I'm arming an army of peasants, I'd prefer the simplicity of logistics associated with ammo on stripper clips rather than magazines. The only advantages I can see in the AK are 30 round mags (which some of us Californians have from way back when) and cheap production. Everything else seems to go to the SKS, and the 30 round mags are a beeyotch out of the prone position.

[RAMCHARGER]

Once I burned through all that ammo a stocked up on when I bought my Saiga I stopped using it. Took it out maybe 3 times in four years. It sits in my attic. Turned out the AK didnt do it for me...
I started mising the SKS I traded for an M1 carbine years ago...
I finally got one of the classic Arms SKS and Its christmas as a kid al over again!

[backstrap]

Please Mr. Brilliant, tell me where I went wrong in comparing two rifles that played major roles in ALL of the wars fought by communists.

I compare the two because they served the same purpose. If I'm arming an army of peasants, I'd prefer the simplicity of logistics associated with ammo on stripper clips rather than magazines. The only advantages I can see in the AK are 30 round mags (which some of us Californians have from way back when) and cheap production. Everything else seems to go to the SKS, and the 30 round mags are a beeyotch out of the prone position.

Panties in a bunch little lady? I simply asked why you compared the 2. Some consider the SKS and Garand comparible. Im sorry I asked a question Mr. Cool guy. I thought you were looking for correspondense now I know to only listen to you and not ever question you lol. This is the part where you imply how tuff you are in real life, I will exit now, something tells me you have a vast skill and knowledge of typing kung fu.

[toby]

WHATEVER^^^^ anyway I prefer the Mini over any of them, battle proven or not!

[John Browning]

Panties in a bunch little lady? I simply asked why you compared the 2. Some consider the SKS and Garand comparible. Im sorry I asked a question Mr. Cool guy. I thought you were looking for correspondense now I know to only listen to you and not ever question you lol. This is the part where you imply how tuff you are in real life, I will exit now, something tells me you have a vast skill and knowledge of typing kung fu.

I don't know how I'll make it without your pointless, aloof and idiotic posts, but I'm going to try anyway.

[gotshotgun?]

[E Michael]

I know some SKS have 20 round fixed mags, my buddy has a russian that is 20 round fixed....

[Marcus von W.]

The correct answer is you gotta have both. And an SVT-40. And a few cool Mosins.

And everything but the SVT in a laminated stock. Why didn't the stupid commies make laminated SVT stocks after WW2 like they did Mosin and SKS stocks?

I like M38 carbines better than M44's, but the SKS and M43 (which was later adopted as the M44) were developed side by side at Tula in May 1943, and a lot of the features from the various 7 or 8 M43 designs and prototypes that didn't make it on the M44 were used on the SKS. So besides my laminated stock M38, I do also have a laminated stock M44 in it's correct original early stock.

Why did the Soviets never think to shorten the SKS to AK length and put a detachable mag on it?

I would love, love, love to have a paratrooper length Soviet SKS that takes AK mags and is in a laminated stock. That would be almost as good hot, nasty, no holds barred, wild-eyed sex with Elizabeth Banks. (yes, I know she is an Obama loving lefty Marx-licker, but tell me you wouldn't do her!)

[hakenlag]

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I would love, love, love to have a paratrooper length Soviet SKS that takes AK mags and is in a laminated stock. That would be almost as good hot, nasty, no holds barred, wild-eyed sex with Elizabeth Banks. (yes, I know she is an Obama loving lefty Marx-licker, but tell me you wouldn't do her!)

Wait 65 years, look at the SKS, then look look a Lizzy-Left, then look back at the SKS..... Which one do you think will look better?