Wouldnt this SKS be illegal?

[Rugerman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHF1Kj_tuk

look at the end. the SU16 is perfectly legal if the mag is registered but is the SKS legal? it has a pistol grip stock

[blkA4alb]

Yes the "Zastava" rifle is legal, it has a fixed magazine.

Also what do you mean by this "the SU16 is perfectly legal if the mag is registered."

I think you are confused about something.

[pewpewguns]

In California:
As long is it's not a listed "sks" and doesn't have the ability to accept detachable magazines it's fine.

[slick_711]

Yeah. The pistol grip is just fine as long as it's got the original SKS fixed 10rd magazine.

[bwiese]

Some putative SKS rifles are not SKSes and are really just Simonov-pattern rifles - like the Zastava M59 and M59/66. These rifles, since they are not SKSes - even though they're colloquially referred to as "Yugo SKSes" - can in fact use detachable magazines. (If these guns have detachable mags, they of course can't have flash hiders or pistol grips, etc.)

[CalNRA]

I didn't know they had a registration period for mags....

[jester]

Question, I have had for years, a folding stock for an SKS. I haven't tried it on the Zastava, but if it fits, would that be legal to install?
I mean, fixed 10 round mag. & "not" technically a SKS, sooo....

[chiefcrash]

Question, I have had for years, a folding stock for an SKS. I haven't tried it on the Zastava, but if it fits, would that be legal to install?
I mean, fixed 10 round mag. & "not" technically a SKS, sooo....

if you keep the fixed mag, than you can put a folding stock onto ANY SKS, even real ones. But you will have to play the 922r compliance parts game

Now if you try to add a DETACHABLE MAGAZINE, you have to keep the following in mind:
(1) it can't be an actual SKS. yugo M59s and M59/66s are not actual SKS's
(2) can't be an assault weapon. That means no pistol grip, no folding but stock, no flash hider, etc. when you have a detachable mag
(3) 922r compliance parts are required

[bu-bye]

if you keep the fixed mag, than you can put a folding stock onto ANY SKS, even real ones. But you will have to play the 922r compliance parts game

Now if you try to add a DETACHABLE MAGAZINE, you have to keep the following in mind:
(1) it can't be an actual SKS. yugo M59s and M59/66s are not actual SKS's
(2) can't be an assault weapon. That means no pistol grip, no folding but stock, no flash hider, etc. when you have a detachable mag
(3) 922r compliance parts are required

Don't forget total length of said rifle

[jester]

Thanks! I knew about the 922r parts count, but wasn't sure about folding stk.
Also, will have to keep in mind the overall length.
Does the min length have to be while folded or while not?

[Sydwaiz]

I kinda wish I knew about this a year ago. I had two M59/66's. Both unfired. I've got a bunch of duckbill mags I can't use on my paratrooper...

[chiefcrash]

Does the min length have to be while folded or while not?

in it's shortest configuration (folded)

[PsychoTrucker]

*goes back to explorin teh intarwebs*

*grumblestupidcaliforniademotardantigundimwitsgrum ble*

[bigthaiboy]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eHF1Kj_tuk

look at the end. the SU16 is perfectly legal if the mag is registered but is the SKS legal? it has a pistol grip stock

In the video, I think those guys must be shooting at Burro Canyon range.

[chiefcrash]

the SU16 is perfectly legal if the mag is registered

as the others have said, there's no such thing as a registered mag. But not only that, if you watch the video, he only fires 10 rounds before reloading. Unless he seriously downloaded the mag for some reason, that's a 10/30 mag...