I could literally turn my chair around and grab both an AK and an SKS. I'm actually a better shot with the SKS. My WASR-10 was bought used, but that Norinco SKS... Ahh, the sweet smell of Cosmoline. SKS good.
@@henryrodgers7386 Totally agree. My Romanian AK is very well built, but ya know... I've outshot AK's on every occasion with that Norinco SKS. Especially once we stretch it out a bit... beyond, ah, forty feet. LOL
A million subscribers on youtube is like super saiyan in dragon ball. When goku did it first it was really cool but when everyone and their mom started becoming super saiyan it wasn't cool anymore
Say what you want about the SKS...every time I take it to the range, I get lots of compliments on it. Affordable, simple, reliable, battle-proven. I love that gun.
the rooftop koreans didn't buy their SKSs, they just knew a guy who knew a guy in the old country, whose cousin made a few hundred fall off a truck forty years earlier
@@girhen no shit and what I got I'm keeping in a safety deposit box. If you don't mind me asking what port yo get? I did but had to file the hell out of it
@@j-rocd9507 On ebay, from hacker32: stainless steel Yugo SKS Gas Valves. It's identical to what people described from now-defunct websites, and there is feedback saying it works. It's built a little longer to better seal the gas. Hope it works.
@@girhen maybe its because I'm from a different country but it's our go to "I piss in the gas port and never clean it" rifle. Jamming doesn't ever seem to be an issue just the 5-6 moa that anything but russian ammo provides. (310 bullets vs 308 bullets)
@@manictiger this bayonet is created by narrow-eyed Chinese farmers.Original sks have beautiful soviet bayonet of 60G steel, which can perfectly make Borodino bread sandwiches with doctor’s pudding GOST 23670-79
My Grandpa served in the soviet army in the 60's. He was one of the best shooters. So when he left the army and became a bus driver, he would sometimes bring reservist officers to a gunrange to practice shooting. In the Winter the Officers would shiver because of the Cold, so my Grandpa just did the shooting for them.
@@captainrutabeggacrossout8482 Hey, since a few Soviet Russian soldiers were sent to Vietnam to help the Commie Vietnamese, maybe your grandparents could have met each other and coexisted happily ever after!
"At the end of the day it really doesn't matter if I like it. Its a piece of history." This. People need to understand this, about everything in the world
@@maxim6088 i can understand the destruction of sovjet monuments in countries that suffered a lot under their rule, but a monument of churchill? seriously? i mean sure the guy wasnt an angel by any measure but he did a lot of good too.
I bought 4 SKS's back in the early 90's and gave one each to my 3 boys. I taught them how to shoot and hunt with them. I love these guns. Triggers are real rough off the shelf but that was easily rectified. The one I kept for myself would repeatably shoot under 3", 3 shot groups @75 yards. Not bad for a battle rifle and iron sights. And these are milled receiver guns for what it's worth.
Back around 1990-92 they were selling SKS rifles new out of the crate for $75 (all day long), I never brought one, mainly due to M1 Garand's were selling for under $200, M1 Carbines for under $150, and 1917 Enfields under $200. One could even pickup .303 British Enfields for under $75.
I still have a page out of the old recycler (LA classified trade paper) that showed all the good stuff in 1987. Sks was $99, AK maybe $149. Top level stuff like HK91 was $599. Colt Ar15 HBAR was $599, galil $600. All ammo was $89/1000. 22LR was $5/500, I never bought any of that really cheap stuff, I wonder why? 🥸
I wanna go back bros 😢. I remember gun shows where people sold crates of five 91/30s for 150 bucks. Each rifle came with a sling, bayo, twin stripper clip pouch and cleaning kit/oiler can. Also spam cans of old Soviet era 54r for .02 cents per round.
He'll they were still $65 up till about 10 yrs ago. Unfortunately I got my Yogu bout 4 yrs ago and had to add $400 to that $65 to get mine. And no ammo.
"Most of you are either Fudds or broke collage students who cant afford to own an AK" the SKS is super popular up here in Canada, it's one of the few good self loading rifles that isn't restricted
Hahaha I thought it was funny the SKS wasn’t on yalls ban list, regardless the fact that bubbas have made kits to turn these into every other gun ever, including bullpups🤣🤙🏽
100% me Red and White bruddah...also to the 'weak and useless' comment all of Alberta's taking a stand and saying we will not comply with the gun grabbers when them come for them
A lot of venison was put in freezers with SKSs by many people I know up here in the north woods. That was back when an SKS could be had for $75 pulled straight out of a crate and still packed in cosmoline.
Brandon: "I love Soviet firearms and I didn't feel like my collect was complete until I had an SKS" Me: "wait its complete? So then where is the PPSH-41?"
I bought a SKS a few months back from sportsman's warehouse, caked in cosmoline, loaded it up and bang. Wiped some off but I feel it's like oiling it. Feels great on the hands after, silky smooth. Bang bang BANG
I'm an old Fudd now, but I got my SKS when I was a broke college kid who couldn't afford a good AK. I also have a MAK-90......oops, he said a GOOD ak. I'm so old, I used my SKS in a speech in my college speech class. I showed how to field strip and clean an SKS. Try doing that today.......LOL
More like AKs aren't allowed in my country, but we have enough SKS's to equip an Army. Welcome to Canada. Anyone who has firearms in this country atleast has an SKS or has had one. Also SKS-D can use AK mags. Pretty nice.
@@nordoceltic7225 i think in urban war it would be way better to have an AK than an sks. And well trained people would use semi auto on the AK and only auto when it’s necessary for suppressive fire.
I remember in the late seventies early 80's seeing SKS's that were converted like hell into AK look alike's because it they weren't available yet in the legal civilian market they costed A lot !
Family member in Vietnam. Said the SKS was his personal favorite small arms. His argument was you can keep lower cover in fire fight. It always made sense to me if some one is shooting at you get as much cover as you can.
Great rifle, and un-registered here in Canuckistan...that's a very good thing. Can't have AR's anymore, same with AK's. An SKS is a great option, no complaints.
SKS is NOT an uglier older brother. It's an elegant older sister. An older sister that isn't with the times, but goddamn does she have a classical elegance and would still wreck your day if your underestimate her.
I hate to say this, but my dad bubba'd an SKS back in the 80's. He, thank God, kept all of the original furniture and will go back on when I get it. #AKGnotificationsquad
So what you're saying is its not appropriate to take a SKS and Bubba it into a CBRPS Bullpup kit with AK magazine conversion? Brandon: *Severe Convulsions*
I actually appreciated the modern look and performance you get from CBRPS chassis. Being a southpaw means I eat alotta brass, but could you see the Romanian PSL or it's Zastavian replacement in that Spike chassis. So fugly it's beautiful.
I've had my SKS for 20+ years. Shot thousands and thousands of rounds through it. Cleaned it maybe 2 times, It always fires and is plenty accurate to 200 yards. With a nice fiberforce stock, my own design scope mount, and removeable clips it is a great gun.
The tri blade thing allows you to make a bayonet out of poor quality steel since it won't bend or break as easily. It just so happens to give it a +10 bleed over time perk.
The tri blade was used because a wound will not close as easily as a single blade cut that is why they were used as daggers also in earlier times . It is my preferred blade on small hideouts .
@@joejohnson4183 wrong a guy on youtube actaully researched this the wounding potential while there was not the reason they used traingle bayonents it was because they were less likely to break they did not have the same qaulity steel we have today back then, also there are medical documents from a field doctor who treated multiple people stabbed with triangle bayonants they made a fully recovery
@@dennislemasters4339 Believe what you will but I have seen the results of a tri blade done to a human in a stabbing and the wound would not close . Also just because people survived being stabbed with a tri bladed bayonet what does that have to do with it ? You do release that people have survived gunshots but that does not make them any less lethal , silly comment . And concerning the steel back then , it was in the 1950's not the middle ages and their steel was good but feel free to provide evidence it was not . The fact that the tri bladed bayonets did not break as easy was less about the steel and the fact it was circular and thicker than the bladed versions and if you had handled both you would see the difference . That is why they make great tent stakes also . Also Brandon mention the lethality of them and how they are frowned on so go ahead and feel free to correct him also .
@@zz3690 Yes because it was stored together with the yugo AK and some yugo mausers in civil guard warehouses which were accessible to the civil population and not under oficial military supervision to fight against official yugoslav army sponsored groups aka Serbs.
There is something about watching dudes shooting awesome guns that is relaxing and puts the world back on track ... at least for the rest of the evening
To be honest, I'd want an SKS just because I like how the old fashioned wood stock ones look. ...That and I use this bad boy a lot as my main gun in Tarkov.
@@commandercody2980 all guns are now, and ammo. Funny how the best gun salesmen are the people in office that want to ban guns and try to turn your country communist. I thought O’bummer was the best salesman but O’Biden is doing a better job getting people to buy guns. And let’s be honest, won’t it be more fun to fight commies with commie guns?
@@gewishworm4724 you can get 2 for 1000$. Yes, there are unissued Russian ones over 1000$ but the polish, Bulgarian, E German etc are 400$ for a decent carry. Bottom line, none of them, including one for 1000$, are exactly a Gucci carry.
I bought an SKS several years ago when they were only $200-300. It's a Norinco that is in really good shape with a TWENTY (yep I typed 20) round internal magazine. I put a B-Square scope mount on it with a UTG Bugbuster scope so that I can still use stripper clips to load it. I replaced the firing pin with a spring loaded one (no more bump fires). I'd sell my dead mother's urn before I'd sell it.
The tri-bladed bayonet is to make a stronger stabbing blade. Even back in the Civil War, there were plenty of people who had bayonet wounds to the chest stitched up and survived
And there were plenty who didn't survive. Some people die from a single bullet, while there are some who take over 20 rounds before they drop. The world is a crazy place.
@@CertifiedSunset no, a triangle hole is the same as a round hole to close it is just substantially lighter than a solid bar while being substantially stiffer that a flat blade and therefore better at penetrating harder targets without being damaged
Honestly, the SKS is my preferred rifle. I was given one for my 16th birthday and I fell in love with it, and when I get back on my feet and get back into pursuing my gunsmithing career, one of my personal projects was going to be to try and take the SKS, and help it adapt to the modern world. Essentially, I want to show people it's not the weapon's system that's obsolete, it's the layout.
@@danielkorladis7869 I'm not going to "bubba" a perfectly good SKS, I was going to purchase a damaged, already broken one to use for my project. Plus the modifications I would do to it wouldn't be anything that couldn't be reversed either. I'd be replacing parts with my own modified ones, meaning you could put it back together into it's stock format. I have a little more respect for historical firearms though. But what I want to prove to people, is that the SKS is not just some old outdated beater that you can buy for cheap and abuse. I wanna prove it's still as much a modern rifle as the others that are still around, it's just the layout it was produced in was dated. The ultimate goal though, if people like my proof of concept and want to buy it, is to produce SKS rifles brand new, in both "vintage" and my modern layout. So that way people don't have to butcher the historical ones, and so you also get a more modern precision manufacturing, and thus probably more accurate gun too.
My dad and uncle each got dirt cheap SKSs in the 90s, along with a train load of that steel-core ammo they used to have all over the place. They didn't get used very often compared to the lever guns, but when the SKSs did come out it was usually to put a hole through something that no one else could put a hole through. There's a big thicc pipe out by a reservoir they used to camp by, and for the longest time there were only 2 holes in the pipe (one from the SKS round going in, one from it coming out sideways). Now that the standard artillery is no longer the .30-30, there are a lot more holes in that thing, but for a good few years that keyhole steel-core penetration looked very impressive.
Most AKs start around $800.00. Absolutely crazy when you remember when you could get them for $225.00 in the early 90s. I'll keep my Chinese Type 56 SKS.
While we don't get why you need them people who are centrist or left-leaning cannot ban or restrict guns past requiring a license. People who are right leaning would get the guns that the already had because they haven't had them taken away yet, and attempt to overthrow the government. Honestly some of us are a little bit afraid if the right. Basically, while I think guns should be restricted, it would be too hard for us because, well, people have guns.
@@bradbauman7594 Are they around $700 to $1000 usd at the moment? I was surprised to see how much they had increased in price over the past year or two.
I remember in high school my best friend's dad told me I needed to buy an SKS while I could. I remember the gun store down the street had them for $129 including a decent amount of ammo (500 rounds if I remember right). I didn't listen to him and damn do I regret it today when I see the prices they're going for now.
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The SKS is my first rifle I ever owned. I changed the firing pin to a spring assisted and made the trigger pull half as light. Ive been told by my ar friends that it shoots just as nice as a well madr ar15. I have done my best to keep it original otherwise and is one of my favorite rifles. I can carry more clips of ammo than magazines tbh
Back in the day (1980s) these were a wonderful deal. Get a Russian with beautiful, multilayered stock for $200 out the door and 1000 rounds of ammo for100 buck. Shoot all year for less than 10 cents a round when you bought in bulk. Very accurate, within it's range, relatively light recoil and just fun to shoot. Great guns! Thanks for the vid!
I'm neither a fudd or a college kid and I bought one to teach my daughter to shoot with. Its fairly light almost no kick and its accurate and easy to shoot.
My very first rifle I bought when I was 20 was an SKS that already was "bubbafied". It was a POS. I later bought a Yugo 59/66 with the blade bayonet and grenade launcher attachment. That one is really cool. I liked it so much that I bought my dad the exact same one.
Love my SKS. One of my favorites bought mine because of Battlefield Bad Company as a meme but once I kitted it out and got an updated 30 rd magazine it is now one of my favorites to shoot.
i was like........ well the cc number on my card away from bubbaing it up with a poly svd stock.... then i thought "eehhhhhhhhhh fuck it theres only 3 marks in the stock. ill fix it"........ so glad i didnt bubba it
@@rattyratstuff7125 yeah a dingedup or scratched stock, as long as it’s not to the point of unusable or broken only adds character. I just got a marlin 39a lever action, and the wood on it has its fair share of scratches I mean it’s almost 60 years old now but I love it how it is
@@brownmangaming1529 was spoiled growing up. My grandpa collected wild west pieces. Not the normal stuff no. He only collected famous ppls guns. His collection included Billy the kids colt. The sherif that arrest hims rifle and his deputies pair of colts. Along with around 500 other famous guns. Almost all were winchester/colt factory engraving done for the buyer. He even had one of Roosevelt's hunting rifles at one point though it wasn't one of his special 2 bore big game rifles. Basically after seeing flawless 150 year old + guns and gun stocks. It was a bit of a shock to get a packed away sks that was never issued which had a damaged stock lol. Also gramps had quite a few war trophy from his time disarming nazi land mines. First gun I ever held was a c96 then a p08. His p38 was in a museum my whole childhood
I bought a brand new Yugo years ago, still had the packing grease on it for 200$, cleaned up beautifully, accurate out to 100 yds, that's as far as my local ranges goes out to, eats whatever I feed it and I absolutely love it. Brandon keep up the great work, love your videos !!
My family is Canadian, and my uncle has a mosin nagant, svt-40, sks, and lee enfield, the lee enfield wood was redone and polished by him. He also has a shit ton of shotguns and lever actions
th-cam.com/video/4p17oFHNPeo/w-d-xo.html Laughs in Kanuckistanian. I love mine its a real treat to shoot the 150 grain Chinese bullets I feed mine , mine appears heavily bubba'd. But it's easily returnable to stock condition, I plan on trying the heavy bullets and going past 500 m to have some fun come spring.
I love my SKS. With a scope it hits accurate and gophers don’t get far. With its wood grain and red hue it is a very beautiful gun. I would not trade it for anything. Its mine and you can’t have it.
When I got out of the Navy in 1992, I purchased my SKS identical to the one in this video with 1000 rounds of ammo for $89.95 at a place named Franklin Sports in Athens, Georgia. Every single deer that I have harvested have been with my SKS with one shot right through the heart including an 8 point that was all white with brown spots in Hogansville, Ga. Chipper (Larry) Jones owns that land after seeing me in a hunting magazine with that deer.
I love my SKS rifles. I've been an SKS owner since you could get one for $100. Great deer and pig rifle here in the swamps of Southeast Georgia where you only get a 50 yard shot..
*Don't listen to him SKS, you are beautiful in your own wicked way*
You should reload an SKS. That's be fun
I actually use to have one
You are right
I love your relods
My man aleks
*Pets AKMS with one hand, SKS with the other*
"Daddy loves both you, you make the bang real good. Don't listen to the White Claw addict"
XD
600th like
I could literally turn my chair around and grab both an AK and an SKS.
I'm actually a better shot with the SKS. My WASR-10 was bought used, but that Norinco SKS...
Ahh, the sweet smell of Cosmoline.
SKS good.
@@henryrodgers7386 Totally agree. My Romanian AK is very well built, but ya know... I've outshot AK's on every occasion with that Norinco SKS. Especially once we stretch it out a bit... beyond, ah, forty feet. LOL
Congratulations on 1M subscribers Brandon!
I was about to say the same thing. Been looking at it the past month wondering when it was going to flip over to 1M
A million subscribers on youtube is like super saiyan in dragon ball. When goku did it first it was really cool but when everyone and their mom started becoming super saiyan it wasn't cool anymore
WOO! I noticed a day or two ago that it was at 999,000! Kickass! I hope he makes a vid about it! Maybe an AK-50 update? Yummy...
@@normanmccollum6082
It just turned today, video on it probably coming Thursday
@USAirsoft Hey you too!!!! You just got to a quarter of a million!!! Keep up the great work from the both of you!!!!!
Say what you want about the SKS...every time I take it to the range, I get lots of compliments on it. Affordable, simple, reliable, battle-proven. I love that gun.
>Affordable
@@markrichards7452 I'm glad I got mine for 300 a few years ago...can't find one for that now...
@@markrichards7452Well, maybe the Chinese or possibly Yugo ones, otherwise..
What Battles
@@douglassmith6872 Vietnam, Yugoslavia, Kosovo, there are even pics of them in Iraq.
"The ak's uglier older brother."
And I took that personally.
im just the sks of my family i guess
Your not the only one... I honestly almost unsubscribed. Talk about insta-pissed...
ALUUUUCAAARDDDD!!!
That ominous wind was actually the sound of Ian McCollum approaching with a Fedorov rifle
Lol... I can visualize that perfectly.
Fun fact: The SKS is actually a scaled down version of an earlier Anti-Tank rifle developed by Simonov known as the PTRS-41 chambered for 14.5x114
Is it overkill to use that round to hunt rabbits?
@@grafspee9875 nah, should be perfect
@@grafspee9875 your rabbit is now a toilet paper roll
@@redmist6630 there is no rabbit anymore
@@ThePolish2107 meat slush
My favorite thing about the SKS is how it is dual purpose. Lethal bullet out the front, less-lethal shell casing out the side at 2 zillion rpm.
“Only purchased by Fudds and broke college kids.”
Rooftop Koreans: Are we a joke to you?
It’s the official gun in the hollows of WV too. There are more than a few million of them here in the Appalachians .
Where are you in WV, I'm near poca and I cant find anyone with an sks lol
the rooftop koreans didn't buy their SKSs, they just knew a guy who knew a guy in the old country, whose cousin made a few hundred fall off a truck forty years earlier
@@baronentertainment362 - they're guarding those stills you can't find either.
@@Phantom0fTheRouter ouchy my feelings
Edit:I misread what you said. I feel like a douche now
*Holds my Yugo SKS close
"It's ok, it's ok. I know you're not ugly."
Mine too. She's pretty. (about the same amount in upgrades I paid for her but don't say anything)
*Cries in jamming problems*
I'd test my new gas port, but I can't find ammo without paying prices I won't pay.
@@girhen no shit and what I got I'm keeping in a safety deposit box. If you don't mind me asking what port yo get? I did but had to file the hell out of it
@@j-rocd9507 On ebay, from hacker32: stainless steel Yugo SKS Gas Valves.
It's identical to what people described from now-defunct websites, and there is feedback saying it works. It's built a little longer to better seal the gas. Hope it works.
@@girhen maybe its because I'm from a different country but it's our go to "I piss in the gas port and never clean it" rifle. Jamming doesn't ever seem to be an issue just the 5-6 moa that anything but russian ammo provides. (310 bullets vs 308 bullets)
How dare you to call her ugly?! She’s beautiful in her own ways!
Ngl, I want that bayonet on my home defense rifle.
He's just jealous that his gopnik skank AK doesn't have the class of the SKS.
@@manictiger this bayonet is created by narrow-eyed Chinese farmers.Original sks have beautiful soviet bayonet of 60G steel, which can perfectly make Borodino bread sandwiches with doctor’s pudding GOST 23670-79
My Grandpa served in the soviet army in the 60's. He was one of the best shooters. So when he left the army and became a bus driver, he would sometimes bring reservist officers to a gunrange to practice shooting. In the Winter the Officers would shiver because of the Cold, so my Grandpa just did the shooting for them.
That's awesome! My grandpa was in the US army in the 60s in Vietnam.
@@captainrutabeggacrossout8482 Hey, since a few Soviet Russian soldiers were sent to Vietnam to help the Commie Vietnamese, maybe your grandparents could have met each other and coexisted happily ever after!
@@punjabiplug2823 so true! Either that or kill each other!
@@punjabiplug2823 no, most likely not
I don't care.
Millions of SKSs breathed out a sigh of relief when Tapco went out of business.
Only for ATI to jump in the mix.
I'm not a big fan of the SKS, but even I hate tapco.
Wait, Tapco went out of business?
Who killed tapco?
Remington discontinued tapco not long before going bankrupt itself.
"At the end of the day it really doesn't matter if I like it. Its a piece of history."
This. People need to understand this, about everything in the world
Exactly!
People who destroy soviet monuments, or paint over statues of Churchill have no respect from me...
Yes
@@maxim6088 i can understand the destruction of sovjet monuments in countries that suffered a lot under their rule, but a monument of churchill? seriously? i mean sure the guy wasnt an angel by any measure but he did a lot of good too.
up until the point where we all become history
"Who the fuck says you need a can cannon all you need is a bayonet and an SKS!"
Yes this line is beautiful
I bought 4 SKS's back in the early 90's and gave one each to my 3 boys. I taught them how to shoot and hunt with them. I love these guns. Triggers are real rough off the shelf but that was easily rectified. The one I kept for myself would repeatably shoot under 3", 3 shot groups @75 yards. Not bad for a battle rifle and iron sights. And these are milled receiver guns for what it's worth.
"Excuse me, uh, Bear Fucker. Do you need assistance."
"Ooooh yeah, yeaaah!"
DAMN IT POSSUMCOTS
Tapco stocks and hacksaws: *Exists*
SKS: 'God no'
You forgot the b-squared scope mount & a cheap Chinese scope.
Shit on the tapco stock all you want, but being able to throw an M4 stock on it with a rubber buttpad makes shooting it much more pleasant
@@sjcodan Also detachable magazines.
@@sjcodan I shoot mine hundreds of rounds with not problem or discomfort. Of course, I don't have a vagina.
“You’re either a fudd or broke student that can’t get a real AK”
*blinks in Canadian gun laws*
Well .... looks like I'm a Fudd then lol cause I happen to like the SKS, it lives right next to my AK
We love them in Canada
*surprise Canadian gun laws*
Canadian gun laws are so fucking non-sensicale lol
@Soldat Kaiyodo actually its spelled F U C K Y O U
Back around 1990-92 they were selling SKS rifles new out of the crate for $75 (all day long), I never brought one, mainly due to M1 Garand's were selling for under $200, M1 Carbines for under $150, and 1917 Enfields under $200. One could even pickup .303 British Enfields for under $75.
I still have a page out of the old recycler (LA classified trade paper) that showed all the good stuff in 1987. Sks was $99, AK maybe $149. Top level stuff like HK91 was $599. Colt Ar15 HBAR was $599, galil $600. All ammo was $89/1000. 22LR was $5/500, I never bought any of that really cheap stuff, I wonder why? 🥸
My dad bought two of them. I have one today and the other ended up in my cousin's hands never to be heard from again. Wish I had that other one too.
Good old days.
@@bigbaddms Big 5 would regularly have sales on CCI 22LR. Life was good. Today's prices give me a cramp.
I wanna go back bros 😢. I remember gun shows where people sold crates of five 91/30s for 150 bucks. Each rifle came with a sling, bayo, twin stripper clip pouch and cleaning kit/oiler can. Also spam cans of old Soviet era 54r for .02 cents per round.
My dad bought 2 because before the Clinton import ban they were $65 with a thousand rounds of ammo
He'll they were still $65 up till about 10 yrs ago. Unfortunately I got my Yogu bout 4 yrs ago and had to add $400 to that $65 to get mine. And no ammo.
My grandfather got on for free off the VC
Good investment.
@@Pyro151516 hahahahahah
Same, still have 4 and they're all Bubba'd out too lol
"Most of you are either Fudds or broke collage students who cant afford to own an AK" the SKS is super popular up here in Canada, it's one of the few good self loading rifles that isn't restricted
dang sorry to hear that
SKS: The unofficial official rifle of the Canadian militia
Hahaha I thought it was funny the SKS wasn’t on yalls ban list, regardless the fact that bubbas have made kits to turn these into every other gun ever, including bullpups🤣🤙🏽
Canadian miltia is weak and useless
They should be revolting by now....but nah they take gun legislation up the ass and ask for more
100% me Red and White bruddah...also to the 'weak and useless' comment all of Alberta's taking a stand and saying we will not comply with the gun grabbers when them come for them
@@fsh4204 I wish Quebec was doing something about it
@@dicksimmons357 see we are doing something everywhere....were not going to do a shootout with the police cause that's stupid and wrong
A lot of venison was put in freezers with SKSs by many people I know up here in the north woods. That was back when an SKS could be had for $75 pulled straight out of a crate and still packed in cosmoline.
WHY IS THIS MAN NOT VERIFIED. THE AMOUNT OF PAIN HE HAS GONE THROUGH DURING CURSED GUN IMAGES IS JUST-
You have to apply for the checkmark. He probably just hasn't done it
He's a gun channel. TH-cam probably just hates him.
Why does it matter?
@@eggroll3055 yeah i mean demo ranch isnt verified and he nearly has like 10 million subs
@@EslayerTM lol i was about to say that
"or broke college kids who cant afford a real AK" as a broke college kid who bought the sks as his first gun this hit different
Still got her?
@@HappyBeezerStudios yes, I've had ger for about 4 years, Chinese with the bayonet
Me when he said that: „and I took that personally.“
Damn, I felt that too as a broke college kid who has an SKS.
Cam here to say this but in my heart I knew it had already been said lmao
Brandon: "I love Soviet firearms and I didn't feel like my collect was complete until I had an SKS"
Me: "wait its complete? So then where is the PPSH-41?"
or dshk ?
Or RPD. Or PPS-43. Or PPD-40.
Or dp-27
Or Dragunov
Loves Soviet firearms...buys Chinese sks.....your love is cheap Brandon....very cheap.....
Love my sks. Cheap,fun to shoot, packs a punch. Great bugout gun.
"Is it ugly, yes"
You better watch out the next time you walk into a dark ally, Brandon.
Let me join you in this Julius Caesar-esque dark alley meetup, I want him to sign my tapco sks mags.
But it is ugly
@@osmacar5331 **writes name down on list**
@@Sid0404 bring it, I'll use superior British bolt action technology? That makes me a machine gun by virtue of british XD
@@osmacar5331 Ok, but don't be so surprised when there is a T-34 at your front door.
God he just roasted half of us in like, less than 1 minute.
Yeah I feel the burn.
I wish I had been burnt.
It was a really harsh attack
*chuckles in PSA AR-15 bought over a black friday sale* Now I wish I could find an SKS for less than 800
Yep, he got me to
Good AKs: cost $900
Edit :Sks: *Thats where we DONT come in*
they come in at $800 lol
In Russia you can buy TR3 for $900, it's original AK-12 without auto. But the problem is average wage about $300-600.
Good AK’s cost $900 5 years ago. A Russian SKS goes for around $1,000 now.
I bought a SKS a few months back from sportsman's warehouse, caked in cosmoline, loaded it up and bang. Wiped some off but I feel it's like oiling it. Feels great on the hands after, silky smooth. Bang bang BANG
"Either Fudds or broke college kids that can't afford a good AK"
Sad Canadian noises
Sad New York noises too.
*snow mexican battle cries*
I'm an old Fudd now, but I got my SKS when I was a broke college kid who couldn't afford a good AK. I also have a MAK-90......oops, he said a GOOD ak. I'm so old, I used my SKS in a speech in my college speech class. I showed how to field strip and clean an SKS. Try doing that today.......LOL
Or a Californian who got lucky during a antique auction😔😔
@@cameronwells694 every Canadians first gun seems to be a sks
I don’t know what’s worse, Brandon overpaying for the SKS, or him actually finding ammo for it.
It's not hard to find ammo. It's hard to spend
@@sambloom955 depends on where you look for it too.
@@sambloom955 words to live by
You know he's got a tula stockpile buried in the back yard.
Idk man where I am 7.62 is pretty easy to find if you know where to look.
More like AKs aren't allowed in my country, but we have enough SKS's to equip an Army. Welcome to Canada.
Anyone who has firearms in this country atleast has an SKS or has had one.
Also SKS-D can use AK mags. Pretty nice.
*Laughs in type 63 and yukon
@@nordoceltic7225 i think in urban war it would be way better to have an AK than an sks. And well trained people would use semi auto on the AK and only auto when it’s necessary for suppressive fire.
So that’s where they all went. You maple bastards took them all!!
@@nordoceltic7225 fate loves irony
@@ozielreyes2768 key word well trained.
You cant really well train irregulars mid war ya know
My Dad got an SKS-M when Y2K was a concern. It has been one of my favorite guns ever since. It was my gateway drug into all things Gun.
Gateway drug!!! Yes!!!
Another challenge: Skalashnikov. A AK made out of a SKS parts kit
Chinese already made it. They call it Type 81.
@@RemetaD
I cackled at that. That was fucking hilarious.
I remember in the late seventies early 80's seeing SKS's that were converted like hell into AK look alike's because it they weren't available yet in the legal civilian market they costed A lot !
Type 63 from China
@@haraffael7821 looks like the first assault rifle
Edit: not the StG but actually it looks more like a M1 Carbine
Family member in Vietnam. Said the SKS was his personal favorite small arms. His argument was you can keep lower cover in fire fight. It always made sense to me if some one is shooting at you get as much cover as you can.
Two words
tanker mag
In communist Russia, you are the cover.
He better be from South Vietnam.
@@brahtrumpwonbigly7309 Probably not, they mostly had US weapons.
Which side was he on?
AK Daddy meets the AK's Daddy
*M1 Garand has entered the chat
More like ak's granddaddy lol m1 garand had more influence into the ak47 than sks
🤣🤣🤣
Actually wouldn’t the SVT or AVT be considered the AK’s Daddy?
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Great rifle, and un-registered here in Canuckistan...that's a very good thing. Can't have AR's anymore, same with AK's. An SKS is a great option, no complaints.
SKS is NOT an uglier older brother. It's an elegant older sister. An older sister that isn't with the times, but goddamn does she have a classical elegance and would still wreck your day if your underestimate her.
Chill
Well said
Now that's an excellent way to describe it.
Nee-san...
Sounds like you wanna fuck the SKS lmao
I hate to say this, but my dad bubba'd an SKS back in the 80's. He, thank God, kept all of the original furniture and will go back on when I get it. #AKGnotificationsquad
All though we respect our parents lol I guess they are human as well and make mistakes
So what you're saying is its not appropriate to take a SKS and Bubba it into a CBRPS Bullpup kit with AK magazine conversion?
Brandon: *Severe Convulsions*
I actually appreciated the modern look and performance you get from CBRPS chassis. Being a southpaw means I eat alotta brass, but could you see the Romanian PSL or it's Zastavian replacement in that Spike chassis. So fugly it's beautiful.
My dad put synthetic furniture on his. Never had I thought I'd have a brain aneurysm until them
@@Pingu4708 same, but the fancy stock means it no longer tries to eat me, so that is nice
You too, eh?
Uhm...
I've had my SKS for 20+ years. Shot thousands and thousands of rounds through it. Cleaned it maybe 2 times, It always fires and is plenty accurate to 200 yards. With a nice fiberforce stock, my own design scope mount, and removeable clips it is a great gun.
I'm still salty that I was born too late for the era of the $100 SKS
You can get three 100 dollar Hi Point
I was old enough but didn't know any better. Should have gotten into surplus when I was younger.
:/ $89 mosins were as recent as 2015
@@fosty. yeah but why would I ever do that I’d be better wiping my ass with the cash
Same
Bran : places whiteclaw
Bran : Takes aim
Bran : *AU REVOIR*
"hehe EMNERGY"
I remember when these rifles were under $200 15 years ago.
i remember loads of them for $78 sitting in a barrel inside my local sporting goods store SMH
I remember $250 2 years ago.
@@birdhunter_inc Really where???? I have been looking and cant find any below 500 dollars thats isnt beat all to hell...
RTI C Grade $179 2014.
Yep.My local sporting goods store had a barrel of em for $99,seems like 25 years ago.
I like my SKS, my Dad brought it and German mauser 8mm back when he was in Vietnam. Love the way it shoots.
The tri blade thing allows you to make a bayonet out of poor quality steel since it won't bend or break as easily. It just so happens to give it a +10 bleed over time perk.
true that is why the used triangle bayonets at the time they did not break as easily
The tri blade was used because a wound will not close as easily as a single blade cut that is why they were used as daggers also in earlier times . It is my preferred blade on small hideouts .
@@joejohnson4183 wrong a guy on youtube actaully researched this the wounding potential while there was not the reason they used traingle bayonents it was because they were less likely to break they did not have the same qaulity steel we have today back then, also there are medical documents from a field doctor who treated multiple people stabbed with triangle bayonants they made a fully recovery
@@dennislemasters4339 Believe what you will but I have seen the results of a tri blade done to a human in a stabbing and the wound would not close . Also just because people survived being stabbed with a tri bladed bayonet what does that have to do with it ? You do release that people have survived gunshots but that does not make them any less lethal , silly comment . And concerning the steel back then , it was in the 1950's not the middle ages and their steel was good but feel free to provide evidence it was not . The fact that the tri bladed bayonets did not break as easy was less about the steel and the fact it was circular and thicker than the bladed versions and if you had handled both you would see the difference . That is why they make great tent stakes also .
Also Brandon mention the lethality of them and how they are frowned on so go ahead and feel free to correct him also .
Poor quality steel, a well choosen reference for the Chinese „Great Leap forward" campaign 😆.
First he got a 1911
Now he has an SKS
His transformation into a Fudd is nearly complete.
Not until he puts down the melinals version of beer called whiteclaw. Then it will be completed.
Nah he needs m1 garand or anything in 30-06
next is a bolt action 30-06 and then a lever action 30-30
He looks like a younger hank Jr when he wears a hat and aviators
Now all he needs is a NRA membership.
Do the SVT-40 next. Its the SKS's Older brother, from an affair with a Mosin Nagant.
Or AVS-36. The cooler brother
What about a Ruger Mini 14.
@@Voucher765 the ruger mini 14 isnt Russian.....
Lmfao
The SKS to me is just one of those guns that feel good in the hand. When you find a gun like that it's best to keep it. 👍
You talk about soviet design while holding a Chinese SKS while there is a Tula armoury SKS out there with your name on it.
Yes. The Tula one is good.
Design is different than manufactur.
I would think with his knowledge on aks he would know what kind of sks he has guys
@@AndrewPureMI he said it was a chinese sks in the vid
Or a Yugo :)
*stabs white claw with bayonet and removes by shooting still impaled white claw*
Goddamn it I love this channel
"Oh.. I know what we have to do."
Being a chinese sks, what are the chances it had already done something like that. But with a baby?
3
@@blacklynx24 84 to a banana peel
@@mattmanbrownbro at least 12
Fun fact: The SKS was outdated as soon as it went into production, as it was adopted the same year as the AK47 and was immediately replaced.
Still an effective rifle
Yes, still heavily used in Yugoslavia civil wars in the 1990s.
@@zz3690 Da, zastava?
@@Gaizaz Zastava M59/66 variant of the SKS
@@zz3690 Yes because it was stored together with the yugo AK and some yugo mausers in civil guard warehouses which were accessible to the civil population and not under oficial military supervision to fight against official yugoslav army sponsored groups aka Serbs.
There is something about watching dudes shooting awesome guns that is relaxing and puts the world back on track ... at least for the rest of the evening
To be honest, I'd want an SKS just because I like how the old fashioned wood stock ones look.
...That and I use this bad boy a lot as my main gun in Tarkov.
Brandon: Roasts at least 75% of us
The 75% of us: *breathing intensifies*
Brandon: “you’re all poors!!”
* carries a Makarov
Makarovs are actually pretty expensive
@@commandercody2980 all guns are now, and ammo. Funny how the best gun salesmen are the people in office that want to ban guns and try to turn your country communist. I thought O’bummer was the best salesman but O’Biden is doing a better job getting people to buy guns. And let’s be honest, won’t it be more fun to fight commies with commie guns?
@@ThePinkerton1776 Killing commies is fun with any gun!
haha, good luck trying to find a mak anywhere for less than a grand.
@@gewishworm4724 you can get 2 for 1000$. Yes, there are unissued Russian ones over 1000$ but the polish, Bulgarian, E German etc are 400$ for a decent carry. Bottom line, none of them, including one for 1000$, are exactly a Gucci carry.
I bought an SKS several years ago when they were only $200-300. It's a Norinco that is in really good shape with a TWENTY (yep I typed 20) round internal magazine. I put a B-Square scope mount on it with a UTG Bugbuster scope so that I can still use stripper clips to load it. I replaced the firing pin with a spring loaded one (no more bump fires). I'd sell my dead mother's urn before I'd sell it.
20 rounds is pretty damn good!
I like it!
One of those Norinco 20 round paratrooper Sks's are definitely on my list of must-haves.
As much pain as it’s brought me, you have to admire the sheer ingenuity of bubbafication.
Do we though? do we?
@@martinlarsen7354
No, not really.
sorry i have seen too many bubba'd casualties
@@martinlarsen7354 In a train-wreck, controlled demolition, we live in a society kind of way.
The tri-bladed bayonet is to make a stronger stabbing blade. Even back in the Civil War, there were plenty of people who had bayonet wounds to the chest stitched up and survived
Yep
It was mainly made to punch though armor
And there were plenty who didn't survive. Some people die from a single bullet, while there are some who take over 20 rounds before they drop. The world is a crazy place.
Exactly. End the myth of the triangle blade!!
@@societalnormality2268 It's not a myth, it was an unintentional side effect of trying to strengthen the bayonet.
@@CertifiedSunset no, a triangle hole is the same as a round hole to close
it is just substantially lighter than a solid bar while being substantially stiffer that a flat blade and therefore better at penetrating harder targets without being damaged
Honestly, the SKS is my preferred rifle. I was given one for my 16th birthday and I fell in love with it, and when I get back on my feet and get back into pursuing my gunsmithing career, one of my personal projects was going to be to try and take the SKS, and help it adapt to the modern world. Essentially, I want to show people it's not the weapon's system that's obsolete, it's the layout.
Let me know if you get there I love older rifles if you can do it I'll get one
please don't bubba an SKS
@@danielkorladis7869 I'm not going to "bubba" a perfectly good SKS, I was going to purchase a damaged, already broken one to use for my project.
Plus the modifications I would do to it wouldn't be anything that couldn't be reversed either. I'd be replacing parts with my own modified ones, meaning you could put it back together into it's stock format.
I have a little more respect for historical firearms though. But what I want to prove to people, is that the SKS is not just some old outdated beater that you can buy for cheap and abuse. I wanna prove it's still as much a modern rifle as the others that are still around, it's just the layout it was produced in was dated.
The ultimate goal though, if people like my proof of concept and want to buy it, is to produce SKS rifles brand new, in both "vintage" and my modern layout. So that way people don't have to butcher the historical ones, and so you also get a more modern precision manufacturing, and thus probably more accurate gun too.
@@Boomstickfan495 yes please!..
@@Boomstickfan495 So, an SKS that has a Tapco catalog thrown at it?
My dad and uncle each got dirt cheap SKSs in the 90s, along with a train load of that steel-core ammo they used to have all over the place. They didn't get used very often compared to the lever guns, but when the SKSs did come out it was usually to put a hole through something that no one else could put a hole through. There's a big thicc pipe out by a reservoir they used to camp by, and for the longest time there were only 2 holes in the pipe (one from the SKS round going in, one from it coming out sideways). Now that the standard artillery is no longer the .30-30, there are a lot more holes in that thing, but for a good few years that keyhole steel-core penetration looked very impressive.
Most AKs start around $800.00. Absolutely crazy when you remember when you could get them for $225.00 in the early 90s. I'll keep my Chinese Type 56 SKS.
Amen to that
No cares old man. Your time is over with.
@@danielcruz2256 ?
I got a Wasr for 320 in 2006.
Sks is more accurate with a longer barrel
Me a Canadian watching PapaKalash loading the sixth round in his mag :
“Wait ! That’s Illegal”
lol you wld have a heart attack watching me load up my 40 rnd duckbill mags tht run flawlessly to everyone who has seen them
I think i almost broke one trying to shove a 6th in there. Really scrambled my brain why it wasnt going in, then i realised the mag was pinned
Not in America! Not yet anyway. Give Biden time and it will be.
@@emperorpalpatine1228 parish the thought!
While we don't get why you need them people who are centrist or left-leaning cannot ban or restrict guns past requiring a license. People who are right leaning would get the guns that the already had because they haven't had them taken away yet, and attempt to overthrow the government. Honestly some of us are a little bit afraid if the right.
Basically, while I think guns should be restricted, it would be too hard for us because, well, people have guns.
I may be a broke college kid but at least I can afford stripper clips!
Best reply. Not a broke college kid and unfortunately still can't afford another SKS at todays prices.
@@bradbauman7594 Are they around $700 to $1000 usd at the moment? I was surprised to see how much they had increased in price over the past year or two.
Lololololololol!
@@TacticalTerry I just sold a Yugo on g broker for around 800.00 USD. Bought for around 375 or 400 two years ago.
@@rcstl8815 Dang! That's a nice profit. Good on ya. :)
Wish I had bought one a few years back fhen.
I remember in high school my best friend's dad told me I needed to buy an SKS while I could. I remember the gun store down the street had them for $129 including a decent amount of ammo (500 rounds if I remember right). I didn't listen to him and damn do I regret it today when I see the prices they're going for now.
Yeah man, it's crazy that they are the price of a nice entry AR-15
@@dirtmcgirt0420 Gives you the hint that despite the crude looks and crude machining, SKSs work very well.
Thanks for watching guys! If there are any other Soviet firearms you want me to do, let me know!
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Do cid on mosin first
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U gave me pink eye
Fuck
There's something charming about semiautos with "traditional" wooden stocks
0:50 The steel casing just makes the entire thing better...
The SKS is my first rifle I ever owned. I changed the firing pin to a spring assisted and made the trigger pull half as light. Ive been told by my ar friends that it shoots just as nice as a well madr ar15. I have done my best to keep it original otherwise and is one of my favorite rifles.
I can carry more clips of ammo than magazines tbh
Back in the day (1980s) these were a wonderful deal. Get a Russian with beautiful, multilayered stock for $200 out the door and 1000 rounds of ammo for100 buck. Shoot all year for less than 10 cents a round when you bought in bulk. Very accurate, within it's range, relatively light recoil and just fun to shoot. Great guns! Thanks for the vid!
Oh yes and Norinco were even cheaper, those WERE the good ol days!! 👍 Surely do miss 'em! 😟
Used to buy them packed in cosmoline for 60 bucks . Tula stamped not norincos . I miss those days.
Viewing when Brandon’s comment is the only one. First video after hitting 1M so proud of you dude #AKGNotificationSquad
#AKGNotificationSquad
I'm neither a fudd or a college kid and I bought one to teach my daughter to shoot with. Its fairly light almost no kick and its accurate and easy to shoot.
Love the SKS i bought for $109 back in the day...great gun for what it is !
The short stroke gas piston actually hits a second spring loaded piston housed in the rear sight block.
I love how instead of squeezing or anything graceful he just MASHes the trigger as hard as possible
he's mentioned before he's not so good at the shooting
Gun is gun!
Brandon has said in the past he's more of a "mag dump into trash" kinda guy :P
Have ya shot an SKS?!....looooong trigger and then BREAK. Took forever to get used to my yugo.
Imagine being useless when you run out of magazines.
This post was made by the SKS Gang
And the moist nugget bois
AK mags are tough as T-34's. Pitching shade towards the AR-15's though XD
Bro am I the only one who’s got a SKS with a external mag?
When you ran out of mags in SKS doesn't metter you still can use clips or load it one by one.
@@heretic_7679 No, but if you just had one magazine you could still reload it with stripper clips fairly effectively, unlike the AK
My very first rifle I bought when I was 20 was an SKS that already was "bubbafied". It was a POS. I later bought a Yugo 59/66 with the blade bayonet and grenade launcher attachment. That one is really cool. I liked it so much that I bought my dad the exact same one.
"Bro, it's basically an AK. It uses the same bullet and has wood"
The SKS's biggest selling feature: well, at least it's not a Mosin.
Mosin are $400 now.
Mosin is god, I will not take your Russian heresy
luls, my first two rifle purchases...
I clap 12x18" plates with irons at 1000 yards with my Mosin. The sks could never.
“Or the broke college kids who cant afford a good AK”
Canadian gun laws: We exist too!
3rd world countries don't count lol
@@daltongarrett7117 We arent 3rd world, we have public healthcare. oh wait...
@@tylerjification I'm only fucking around because of the gun laws lol no offense just shits and giggles.
Damned auto correct lol
Love my SKS. One of my favorites bought mine because of Battlefield Bad Company as a meme but once I kitted it out and got an updated 30 rd magazine it is now one of my favorites to shoot.
As an uglier older brother myself I feel I now have and unbrokable bond with the SKS
:20 "I assume most of you are broke college kids". I'll have you know, Brandon, I'm a low income kid who dosent go to college, thank you very much.
Drunk guy 40 yr old with a dremel and a magpul stock: heyrheuheuheu
Sks: please think of the kids
I represent that...
i was like........ well the cc number on my card away from bubbaing it up with a poly svd stock.... then i thought "eehhhhhhhhhh fuck it theres only 3 marks in the stock. ill fix it"........ so glad i didnt bubba it
@@rattyratstuff7125 yeah a dingedup or scratched stock, as long as it’s not to the point of unusable or broken only adds character. I just got a marlin 39a lever action, and the wood on it has its fair share of scratches I mean it’s almost 60 years old now but I love it how it is
@@brownmangaming1529 was spoiled growing up. My grandpa collected wild west pieces. Not the normal stuff no. He only collected famous ppls guns. His collection included Billy the kids colt. The sherif that arrest hims rifle and his deputies pair of colts. Along with around 500 other famous guns. Almost all were winchester/colt factory engraving done for the buyer. He even had one of Roosevelt's hunting rifles at one point though it wasn't one of his special 2 bore big game rifles.
Basically after seeing flawless 150 year old + guns and gun stocks. It was a bit of a shock to get a packed away sks that was never issued which had a damaged stock lol. Also gramps had quite a few war trophy from his time disarming nazi land mines. First gun I ever held was a c96 then a p08. His p38 was in a museum my whole childhood
I bought a brand new Yugo years ago, still had the packing grease on it for 200$, cleaned up beautifully, accurate out to 100 yds, that's as far as my local ranges goes out to, eats whatever I feed it and I absolutely love it. Brandon keep up the great work, love your videos !!
My family is Canadian, and my uncle has a mosin nagant, svt-40, sks, and lee enfield, the lee enfield wood was redone and polished by him. He also has a shit ton of shotguns and lever actions
He’s ready to invade Germany lol
Oh what I wouldn't give for that SVT though these days.
I am high key jealous my dude
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Laughs in Kanuckistanian. I love mine its a real treat to shoot the 150 grain Chinese bullets I feed mine , mine appears heavily bubba'd. But it's easily returnable to stock condition, I plan on trying the heavy bullets and going past 500 m to have some fun come spring.
I need a lever action
The sks is a beautiful piece of machinery and Brandon doesn't know a good relative when he sees one
The SKS is like the wise uncle at the family reunion and the AK is the nephew who shows up in a cheap suit and shoots his mouth off a too much.
*from the distance* JUST AS GOOOOOOD
I don't have an SKS but..any functional gun is JUST AS GOOOOD as another
*_DEAL WITH IT-_*
I love my SKS. With a scope it hits accurate and gophers don’t get far. With its wood grain and red hue it is a very beautiful gun. I would not trade it for anything. Its mine and you can’t have it.
even a deagle
When I got out of the Navy in 1992, I purchased my SKS identical to the one in this video with 1000 rounds of ammo for $89.95 at a place named Franklin Sports in Athens, Georgia. Every single deer that I have harvested have been with my SKS with one shot right through the heart including an 8 point that was all white with brown spots in Hogansville, Ga. Chipper (Larry) Jones owns that land after seeing me in a hunting magazine with that deer.
Dude the SKS looks really good, idk what it is but it’s so nice to look at
As a long time fan of the SKS, if you had one you would know how great it is and not care what it is not.
I second that. Nobody is looking for the perfect WWII field rifle these days, but that's what the SKS is because that's what it was designed to be.
Well said
@@manlyadvice1789 the SKS is a great rifke.
I have a few guns. When I take new people out to the range their favourite is by far the sks. By the way the sks in Tarkov is pretty good.
Got my Russian SKS back in the 90s for 125 bucks.. beautiful gun in prestine condition.. shoots amazing
"A piece of history."
A piece of history that is now coated in Black Cherry Whiteclaw.., I expect nothing less.
#akgnotificationsquad
About the bayonet:
"Chris the redcoat" has a nice video about that topic, with sources from the civil war. Short answer: it's bs
I bought my first SKS in the crate for $90.00 back in the day. It is a refurbished Tula factory 1954r, love that rifle.
I love my SKS rifles. I've been an SKS owner since you could get one for $100. Great deer and pig rifle here in the swamps of Southeast Georgia where you only get a 50 yard shot..