The SKS most American’s are familiar with is probably the Chinese version. So, it’s easy to see why this wasn’t a common military firearm since the AK production was very close behind and was even adopted by the USSR military in the same year: 1949! To put that into perspective, the AK47 was designed in 1945 and finished in 1947 – hence, the ‘47. The first rifles were made by the Tula factory – and highly sought after by collectors – but wasn’t completely adopted by the USSR until 1949. In many ways the SKS is a combination of the M44, SVT-40, and the AVS-36 (above) Knowing the history of how Russia releases information, its designs may have started before then but that’s purely speculation. The SKS is a Russian design with original experimental production dating back to 1943. There might be a lot of information you already know, but bear with me. Boring But Interesting Early SKS History. Looking at where the SKS comes from and how it’s been used we can really see the history of reliability and can promise you if you don’t have one, you’ll want one. A screw here, a little weld there, and they’re left with a steaming pile of ugly… Ugly reliability. While my preference of the SKS aesthetics is purely subjective, there are some who love to make it look like pure plastic trash.
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