The SKS, short for Self-Loading Carbine of the Simonov System, is the odd one out. Developed in the interim between the Mosin-Nagant and the AK-47, Sergei Simonov’s semi-automatic carbine had a mere ...

Key Point: The SKS has an odd place in the civilian world, too. Because China produced so many — and exported so many — the carbine has become a cheap, popular hunting and sporting weapon in the West.

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<Sigh><BR><BR>I sort of fell in love with this good-condition SKS rifle at the store today. My brother-in-law was exchanging a defective Smith semi .22 pistol, and as the employee was giving him a ...