SKS

[mapleleafup]

Has anyone ever added a detachable magazine on a sks? Is it hard to do?

[Josh3239]

The ones that did would love to answer you but unfortunetly they are all in prison having been convicted of possessing and manufacturing an illegal Assault Weapon.

[mapleleafup]

its illegal? I did not know that, i figured there was no pistol grip, no folding stock, ? Not much difference than a siagai with a detachable magazine.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

its illegal? I did not know that, i figured there was no pistol grip, no folding stock, ? Not much difference than a siagai with a detachable magazine.

SKSi with detachable mags are specifically listed as AWs.

[B.D.Dubloon]

Could you do it if you had a bullet button? How does the magazine detach from the rifle (since it doesn't have a mag release button on it).

To answer your question though, I am pretty sure it is very easy. I think you just remove the magazine floor plate and spring and it hooks up.

BDD

[mapleleafup]

damn that sucks.

[Futurecollector]

haha if you do try it let us know how bad prison is lol, but really, if you are in a nother state i think it may be easy to change it but really why would you? stripper clips are easy/fast/ and most of all cheap!!!!

[SJgunguy24]

A yugo 59/66 is a Siminov pattern rifle, but it dosen't say SKS anywhere on it. If you were to modify a Yugo to use detachable mags, it would fall under the 922r rules and you would need to get the O.E. parts count under 10. That modifacation also takes the rifle out of C&R status. FYI most people I know who have tried the detach route, go right back to the O.E. mag. The rifle is unreliable with the detach mags that are avalible.

[Dr. Peter Venkman]

A yugo 59/66 is a Siminov pattern rifle, but it dosen't say SKS anywhere on it. If you were to modify a Yugo to use detachable mags, it would fall under the 922r rules and you would need to get the O.E. parts count under 10. That modifacation also takes the rifle out of C&R status. FYI most people I know who have tried the detach route, go right back to the O.E. mag. The rifle is unreliable with the detach mags that are avalible.

I've asked for clarification on this and I don't see any ruling that would make for a Yugo "SKS" not fall under the general SKS category. What makes it different than an Russian or Chinese SKS?

[Futurecollector]

I've asked for clarification on this and I don't see any ruling that would make for a Yugo "SKS" not fall under the general SKS category. What makes it different than an Russian or Chinese SKS?

Thats what i was thinking, I remember asking on here something to that same effect and overall I have recevied a general answer of, its a bad idea and you will just cause your self lots of trouble that is un-necessary.

[CSACANNONEER]

Fixed ten round mags are the most reliable period! But, if you want to use a duckbill mag, it's real easy to do. All you have to do is use a bullet to remove the fixed mag and then insert the duckbill mag. Some fitting may be required at first. Again, there is no good reason to do this. If you need a reliable detachable mag rifle, go buy one.

[Quiet]

I've asked for clarification on this and I don't see any ruling that would make for a Yugo "SKS" not fall under the general SKS category. What makes it different than an Russian or Chinese SKS?

Russian, Chinese and Albanian rifles all have "SKS" marked on them.

Yugoslavian rifles have "59" or "59/66" marked on them.

Since, 12276(a)(11) specifies "SKS with detachable magazine" and not "59 with deatachable magazine" and/or "59/66 with detachable magazine", it is not considered to be listed.


Penal Code 12276
As used in this chapter, "assault weapon" shall mean the following designated semiautomatic firearms:
(a) All of the following specified rifles:
(11) SKS with detachable magazine

[1lostinspace]

Has anyone ever added a detachable magazine on a sks? Is it hard to do?

get a converted siaga and sell the SKS.

[jamesob]

as long as it does not say sks anywhere on the rifle i.e romanian yugo and a few others its legal.

[JDay]

Why do people ask about this? Its completely pointless since you're limited to 10 round magazines in this state with a bullet button. Detachable SKS magazines are crap anyways, they don't feed reliably.