The one I got from Aim Surplus was clearly drug behind the finest tractor in all of Turkmenistan.

@shellcracker18

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Wood sounds like the crap classic firearms passes off as excellent

@dickblackbeard5752

4 жыл бұрын

Prolly shoots like a dream still

@1982kinger

4 жыл бұрын

You mean dragged behind a donkey and cart in Turkmenistan

@dylanhealy8126

4 жыл бұрын

Andy Wood Drug? What kind of drugs? I’m gonna be that guy lol, the correct past tense of drag is dragged. That aside, she sounds like a real beaut! Love when milsurps have an authentic rough used look

@andywood6376

4 жыл бұрын

Dylan Healy My preference for linguistic descriptivism and southern dialect mean that drag will continue to be treated as an irregular verb because it’s got fewer syllables for me to trip on.

For California this is the gun to have. It’s already “featureless” having that fixed mag. Holds the standard 10 rounds for Ca, shoots as fast as your AK and same power. Few seconds slower to load if you don’t practice. But the media doesn’t think it’s very scary since it has no pistol grip or assault clip.

@nf4866

4 жыл бұрын

It also has lots of wood. And if you take the bayonet off it doesn't have all the angles and jutted out parts that scare anti gun folks so much.

@cdawson198600

4 жыл бұрын

Josh Domoslai the funny thing is that it’s an actual weapon of war that they hate 🤣

@thefizz9521

4 жыл бұрын

@@cdawson198600 right like I love my old war girls because they gun grabbers point at ar15s and go no one needs a weapon of war I point to mine and go what about these and they just go those are fine and I laugh in man stopping power over 300+ yards away

@Swarm509

4 жыл бұрын

It is the go-to here in Canada as well for the same reasons. We are stuck with 5 rounds max (a rivet keeps the mag from accepting 10) but they are unrestricted so we can shoot anywhere we are legally allowed such as rural land. Unfortunately the media here still thinks it's a scary semi-auto....

@CPHannigan

4 жыл бұрын

Mxxx Bxxx That’s incorrect. The SKS is a specific exemption to that law. California law specifically states that that adding a detachable magazine to an SKS makes it an “assault weapon,” making it illegal.

I bought three of the Chinese SKS's in 1995 in a gunshop in Louisiana for $79.00 each. The bayonets were removed by the dealer as he said he the bayonets were prohibited under the Clinton assault rifle ban. He had a bucket full listed as tent stakes for $9.95 each. I bought three. That's the reason a lot are missing bayonets.

@ClawsoftheLion

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jesus for Bill Clinton, without his contributions to society we could have seen a steep incline in drive by bayonettings...

@dylanhealy8126

4 жыл бұрын

Colonizer-Chan IIRC, I’ve heard both the SKS and Type 56 AK were used sometimes by sticking the bayonet in the ground to act like a monopod.

@scottbuckley6578

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanhealy8126 that's what I do with mine

@slambrew3849

3 жыл бұрын

Imagine thinking a bayonet makes a gun more lethal in anything besides trench warfare. Like literally the only use I can personally think of is putting a deer out of its misery if you didn’t get a clean kill. If a guy breaks into my pad I’m shootings his ass lmaooo

@piratetreasure1019

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

In 2021, anything that launches a projectile is viable.

@trevormiles5852

3 жыл бұрын

yes, when push comes to shuv a wrist rocket can do plenty of damage with a bearing or marble.. lol a rock.

@king0dasouf

3 жыл бұрын

My A-Hole shoots corn. Is that valuable?

@jdelgren9927

3 жыл бұрын

Ima goin down to the river pick me up five smooth stones

@bemotivated8443

3 жыл бұрын

Get a crossbow

@ernestwalden3894

3 жыл бұрын

Heard that

Thanks for the video, Tim. My dad has an old Chinese SKS that he bought years ago when we lived in CA before the '94 ban. When the ban was initiated he received a letter instructing him to get rid of or destroy it. He tossed it in the trash -- the letter, that is -- and still has the rifle to this day. His no BS attitude was passed down to me and when I inherit the SKS I will keep it for as long as I live.

@Adam-zi5se

4 жыл бұрын

Your father is awesome

@harrisonmantooth3647

4 жыл бұрын

@@Adam-zi5se I wholeheartedly agree with you Sir. The anti gun laws here in Commiefornia are ASININE. When I think about how it was here in the 1960's and prior, and the way things are now, I really noticed how much we have lost of our Freedoms. I used to have a 1967 Chevy P/U with a rifle rack over the rear window. Yes, since we've been burdened with more and more gun laws, there have been more shootings. Something in our culture has changed for the worse. It's not the firearms, it's the loose nut holding the firearms.

@ArmatisReviews

4 жыл бұрын

@@Adam-zi5se Thanks! I think he's pretty swell! :)

@ArmatisReviews

4 жыл бұрын

@Eric da' MAJ This was back in the 90's and his SKS has detachable 30 round magazines. I was just a kid back then but I imagine at minimum the 30 round mag violated the ban of '94.

@ironrangerw6r1

4 жыл бұрын

The ban didnt require anyone to get rid of or destroy anything. If you had one you could keep it. All weapons were grandfathered in. The SKS was never one of the weapons on the ban list. But I got mine in 97 with a bayonet still attached. The SKS didnt have enough cosmetic points to require it to not have the bayonet. But some were still imported without them. Also how did California know he had the rifle. They didnt have any type of registration for them, especially back then. This story sounds incorrect to say the least.

There's always room for another SKS, they're like potato chips.

@mikewhalen8020

4 жыл бұрын

You can't have just ONE.

@chuckmiller5763

3 жыл бұрын

Amen, I buy them when I find them less than $250.00, I have several. I have some Yugoslavia made, they are cool just because there is no country of Yugoslavia anymore.

@fanofkira

3 жыл бұрын

I have one for shooting... and another which is branded as a "parade SKS".... Which is clean and polished as as hell and never fired. That one is for display...

@chuckmiller5763

3 жыл бұрын

@@fanofkira They make a great deer and varmint gun. Good behind the seat of the truck gun too.

@ALswampfox

2 жыл бұрын

@@chuckmiller5763 are you still finding them less than $250?

Taught my grandson to shoot on a Russian SKS that I bought in the 80's for under 200 bucks and the smile on his face was worth a million!

While shooting the SKS in prone you can use the bayonnett as a mono-pod for a more stable platform.

@saltydawg8988

2 жыл бұрын

I have no idea why I never thought of this. Genius

@garrettferrell6821

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah and it works quite well

@emcash8874

Жыл бұрын

can confirm. excellent if you have a stump or log to stick it in.

@rafaelramirez7089

9 ай бұрын

​@@saltydawg8988I used my spike bayo as a monopod, I thought it was common sense; now you're telling me that I geniused the concept. Boy how you really do, learn something new every day. 😮 😅 😢 😂

@ms.annthrope415

9 ай бұрын

Have you tried it? Have you notice that no gun manufacturer uses a "monopod" because there is no stability as it wobbles left and right? Maybe if you stab it into the ground. But when I worked in a gun store in the 1990s, we called them "monopods" to get around the Clinton Assault Weapons ban against bayonets....because we had such a problem with drive by bayoneting.

Killed my first deer with an SKS, still had the bayonet and everything on it. Hands down my favorite milsurp rifle.

@mikewhalen8020

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how many deer, hogs or coyote I've taken in Ga, Fl and Co with my SKS. I love the damn thing, it just keeps on going and going an going....

@LusaOfi

4 жыл бұрын

Mike Whalen ditto from Bama....

@shannon9487

4 жыл бұрын

Same here! Excellent rifle for deer hunting.

@FlyingTigersKMT

4 жыл бұрын

Should've done a bayonet charge on the deer. That'll give all the liberals within 10 miles a heart attack.

@Looking4TravelingWelderJob

2 жыл бұрын

That's hilarious.

Wait...what? Your MOM bought you an AR for your birthday?! Nice mom! 👍

@dempoy

4 жыл бұрын

Robert Cairns because of that he is now famous to all of us

I bought a full case of them in the late 80’s for $59 each. That was $590 for 10 rifles

@JayTX.

3 жыл бұрын

Man those days are long gone sadly, you hang on to any of them?

@SkyHigh_177

2 жыл бұрын

Today that would be 10500😂😂😂

@devonfelix5943

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll pay you that much for one of them

@off6848

2 жыл бұрын

Great way to equip your community/neighborhood 50 citizens equipped with these and a single belt fed hbr AR with a forced reset trigger would make a formidable force against local LE / ATF raids Theoretically..

@steveh5307

2 жыл бұрын

gas was a nickel a gallon too. What's your point.

watching this in 2020: "you can get a complete AR 15 for $500" oh no.

@al3xander353

3 жыл бұрын

At this point you take what you can get lmfao

@trigmcblasty8163

3 жыл бұрын

@@al3xander353 damn straight! Ha. If you can find an SKS it won't be south of $650.00, Yugo or otherwise.

@nitewatchman1576

3 жыл бұрын

weapons ammo, @@al3xander353 thats why I got all my stuff, years ago. I could start my own gun store lol. Not really but I have enough for a looooooong time

@WardenWolf

3 жыл бұрын

The question everyone needs to be asking about their gear is, "What are the odds a person threatening me will be better-equipped?" Some things matter less; a 1911 vs. a Glock, 95% of the time the extra ammo capacity of the Glock won't come into play and a quality 1911 is otherwise equal or superior in terms of accuracy, ergonomics, and shootability. But at rifle distances, magazine capacity is a much greater factor and ergonomics, recoil management, optics, and more are important. We've crossed a tipping point where the odds are good that an SKS will be outmatched. Objectively better guns are cheaper and more widely available.

@zachyeet1806

3 жыл бұрын

@@nitewatchman1576 oh man, it’s unfortunate to hear about your tragic boating accident.

The SKS is a great rifle for many reasons. It shoots an inexpensive and abundant .30 cal round, it is a well built military grade weapon, it is quite accurate, it is very reliable, proven, low maintenance, etc. The list goes on...If I were stuck with nothing but an SKS, I would be fine with that. In fact, I would prefer it over most others. They are excellent rifles. The poor man's Garand! Great video!

@STdoubleDs

4 жыл бұрын

^^^Holy shit, Einstein of the year right here

@tylerwhite9923

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCheezynutz Same diameter, different lengths.

@mikewhalen8020

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheCheezynutz Oy. The .308 and 30.06 are the same size bullet. The difference is in case length.

@TheMoose126

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDavis-im1oy I'll stick with the gun that'll put shit down with one bullet instead of wasting 40 for that exact same target.

@daytonasixty-eight1354

4 жыл бұрын

Tool-less disassembly (you need to use a bullet tip for some parts, ideally screw driver). That's a big feature too. Only a complete 100% requires a tool and it's a flathead so use a stick.

My dad fought in the Vietnam war and got one of these chamber in 762x39. He hasn’t shot the gun over 15 years and decided to take it to a outdoor range the summer of 2022. My dad was hitting 3inch clay targets at 50, 80 yards with just the iron sights.

Yes the SKS is VERY much still viable and has several things to recommend it over an AR in a SHTF scenario.

@kuessebrama

8 ай бұрын

I would not say that a SKS is better then an AR in a SHTF scenario but it is definitly a viable option, it hits hard and it is reliable and fairly accurate, i would easily trust my life to this weapon without thinking twice.

@NotchFox

8 ай бұрын

​@@kuessebramaexactly correct. I wouldn't hesitate to grab whichever was closest. I do believe the SKS would make a better club, if it came to that!

Bought 5 of them still packed in cosmoline 20+ years ago. Kept one and give the other 4 away as Christmas bonuses. $100 each and everyone loved them.

SKSs are like Makarovs: always room for one more.

@mikewhalen8020

4 жыл бұрын

As the ecstatic owner of both, I have to agree. :)

@paulramsey5695

3 жыл бұрын

I would agree as well

@russelljames5631

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly

@nitewatchman1576

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@WardenWolf

3 жыл бұрын

My general rule of thumb is "Don't buy junk." I'll stick with my nice-condition Romanian and, if I ever get a good deal, maybe a Russian. General rule with Combloc surplus is, if the Romanians made a version of something, it's generally a perfect technical copy of the Russian stuff and the best other than actual Russian. My all-matching Romanian has nice blonde wood and no rust but some gorgeous metal wear that can only come from actual service. A pristine chrome bore rounds it out quite nicely. I like that it's not a sterile rifle with no history, but not beat to shit either.

Short answer: yes. Everything in one package, just get ammo. No magazines. Cleaning rod and cleaning tools always with the gun. And bayonette for drive-by-bayonetting and sticking the gun in the ground at wintertime. What is there not to like? And it's accurate enough and the sights are pretty much identical to AK. (I got the Tech Sights for mine, shittier to disassemble/assemble now, needs a flat screwdriver, but much much better sight picture without ruining the gun's beautiful profile)

Everyone should have a couple SKSs hanging around.

At the start of 2023 an sks is still more reliable than a AR-15.

PERFECT timing, just bought a unfired 1951 Russian SKS in box condition around 400 bucks

@rzr2ffe325

4 жыл бұрын

Good deal

@williammccaslin8527

4 жыл бұрын

Leave it as is, it will go up, an up in value if original

@felixstieger9039

4 жыл бұрын

Shukin Andjivin aren’t the Russians ones chrome lined?

@felixstieger9039

4 жыл бұрын

Praetorian ok. Thanks. When did they start doing it?

@OhioCruffler

4 жыл бұрын

If your bolt is black it is probably factory refurbished rather than new-unfired. If it's white, that's a hell of a steal!

It's still my favorite and I trust it more than my ARs as far as longevity . It's also funner to clean .

I really like the SKS. For a prepper, you can leave stripper clips loaded for decades and not have to worry about magazine spring fatigue. I also like how it can be loaded via stripper clip or via loose cartridges. It gets around the issue of only having 1 magazine, or loosing your last mag. A good prepper should have a bunch of magazines, but not all preppers are good a being preppers. I agree that the AR is an overall better platform, but I feel that the SKS is more forgiving for the inexperienced and under prepared.

Absolutely. It is a reliable, hard hitting rifle, that needs just basic maintenance to last longer then it's owner.

I love my little "paratrooper" model. I bought it at Buds in the early 90's for $99. Thats when Buds was in a little strip mall down the road from it current location.

My Norinco SKS was my first rifle it was very fun to learn shooting with

@huckleberry4438

4 жыл бұрын

Had a couple of 22lrs..... than a sks.

You can load them pretty fast by opening the magazine with the bolt closed and and just pour in 10 rounds if you don’t have stripper clips.

@LB-np5zv

3 жыл бұрын

Can lead to jamming though

1:55 your mom bought you an AR!? I’m calling my therapist and adding this to the list I call “my lost childhood” It’s gonna take years to get over this one

Dude, your mom bought you an AR-15 that cost today's equivalent of over $1,500 for your birthday??!! You have the coolest mom ever!

Some of my favorite days at the range are just me and my SKS with some loose ammo. Something about hand loading it, has it's own appeal.

SKS fast loading without stripper clips : Fully open the magazine. With rifle upside down drop a half dozen or so rounds quickly into the open magazine well. Close and lock the mag over the rounds, flip rifle back over and you are ready to lock and load.

Something to keep in mind: most AK rifles on the market are stamped receivers meant to be affordable enough to replace instead of repair. SKS are milled receivers meant to be re packed into storage after use and reissued as needed as was the norm at the time the SKS was designed

The SKS, in my opinion, is an excellent stacking weapon.

@toomuchdebt5669

4 жыл бұрын

Stackers, preppers, survivalist, hoarders,......all good.

@jdlflagstone6980

3 жыл бұрын

@@toomuchdebt5669 prepping is buying stuff before a disaster, hoarding is buy up stuff during a disaster

It's a lot of gun for the money. Still a practical 'truck' gun. Rather have an SKS than no rifle at all.

@bigghoss762

4 жыл бұрын

I'd want a little more than 10 rounds of 7.62x39 for hunting trucks but it'll probably work.

@dylanhealy8126

4 жыл бұрын

bigghoss762 Well what’s the standard capacity for a Mini-14? Hope I’m not starting a debate lol. But ignoring caliber and ballistics, I think the SKS is on par with the Mini-14 for use as a truck/ranch rifle. Either way I don’t live on a ranch or own a truck, but I want both a Mini-14 and an SKS. And you ain’t kidding about the price. I live in upstate NY, and cheapest I see them for is 5-600

@rayjordan8513

3 жыл бұрын

@@dylanhealy8126 same buffalo picked one up in may for 650

@phillipdavies6548

3 жыл бұрын

rather have my SKS than the AR15 wannabee groundhog gun in crappy 5.56mm can't knock 'em down calibre

@gusargoan

3 жыл бұрын

@@bigghoss762 they do make 30 round standard capacity mags for the SKS. I have a bullpup version. I believe that a 75 round drum is available as well.

Arguably one of the best surplus rifles ever made available to the public.

Bear in mind, $100 in 1980 is worth about $400 today.

check your local pawn shop, I came across my Chinese sks type 56 for $265 consignment price. all matching number even a cleaning kit hidden in the buttstock....

It puts holes in things. That's all that matters to me.

@TheDjlisgo

4 жыл бұрын

John Davis ok, calm down mr commando

@lukequinlan4523

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDavis-im1oy whoah we got a tough guy

@archvilethe87th60

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDavis-im1oy All you're missing is the Navy Seal copypasta to your inane posts.

@lukequinlan4523

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDavis-im1oy you would rather use a .22lr than a 7.63×39? And you can get all the things you listed aftermarket

@scovserbcurmudgeon6818

4 жыл бұрын

@@JohnDavis-im1oy lighten up, Francis.

The purpose of the SKS is to enable you to upgrade to something more after a well placed ambush.

@ajttambo

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i'm pretty sure any insurgent with one of these ends up tossing it as soon as they can get their hands on a Kalashnikov or other rifle with detachable box magazines and or select fire capabilities. There are a lot of neat photos of SKS's being used like this by citizen militias in the Yugoslav wars.

@cliccclacc6561

3 жыл бұрын

The SKS has a milled receiver versus the AK stamped receivers. Its outlasts most aks even though its not as user friendly or ergonomic

@ViktoriousDead

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliccclacc6561 nah not really

@nicholaslittlefield4424

2 жыл бұрын

I'd still keep the sks in camp as a back up or for someone else. SKS is almost better for someone unfamiliar with full auto because they will take their time to aim rather than waste it. A semi auto ak or ar then yes. Absoloutley. No need to worry about losing mags for sks either :).

@clanka7708

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliccclacc6561 lots of AKs have milled receivers

I really like your realist approach with your reviews. No weapons grade balonium, just simple facts and observations.

The first time I shot an SKS, it was my buddy's and it was an awesome piece of machinery. Thanks for this video, Tim.

I remember when you could get them 10 in a crate for $79.99 a piece.

@slightlyamusedblackkidfrom9153

4 жыл бұрын

Damn that could arm a small militia pretty damn well

@AndrewBrowner

4 жыл бұрын

still van around 1200$-1500$ canadian... thats something like 80$ US a piece

@mikewhalen8020

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, those were the days, those were the days. If ONLY we knew then what we know now.

@AndrewBrowner

4 жыл бұрын

@Jimmy Jim on the interwebs i dont remember the exact site but start googling SKS canada and youll find them, about 180$ single or 1500ish for a case of 10

@hadleyroper6743

3 жыл бұрын

I was born 30 years too late

Awesome SKS episode Tim !!!!!!!!! I learned a lot about different SKS's an types. MAC for Life !!!!!!

$500 for an AR-15, *Cries in Rona prices*

@blackraven8841

3 жыл бұрын

My S&W Sport 2 black Friday edition is going for $996 to $1100 🤣🤣 With taxes it was $690 before covid

@Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III

3 жыл бұрын

Laughable when he said Palmetto State, everything is either outta stock indefinitely or jacked up sky high. They aren’t the go to place anymore. I remember when they had $30 stripped lowers. It’s just a memory now. Fuck’em.

@1977Yakko

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my Sig M400 Tread was $799 last Spring as the Beer Bug insanity was getting on. Now it's $949 last I checked, probably over $1000 with the gun ban insanity being pushed by our "representatives".

MAC: "ammo is still readily available." 2020 enters the chat

@bocconom

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly. You can't find 9mm, etc. for handguns. But when you can't find 30-06 - maybe the most popular rifle cartridge by hunters in North America - you know there is a real problem.

@gabeelkins9059

3 жыл бұрын

@@bocconom 5.56 is by far the most prolific rifle cartridge, 7.62x39 and .308 are also pretty close up there.

@easbreid9879

3 жыл бұрын

I was at one of my favorite gun stores yesterday and the ammo shelf had nothing but7.62×39, red army standard 20 rd boxes for 10.99. Its still out there, at a decent price as well but you gotta know where to shop. Theres other stores where I live that have just about every caliber imaginable but they will rake you over the coals w the price(i saw 500 rds of 5.56 for $699, which I will never pay that much for). If you shoot regularly, to be honest, you should have been sitting on ammo for these types of situations. It happens every so many years, not as bad as 2020 but ammo has been scares a few different times in my adult life.

@scabcrawler632

3 жыл бұрын

1000 rounds of 762x39 i snagged for $399 couple weeks ago. If i didnt have 5 rifles that took the caliber i might have waited. Still got some norinco steel core that came with Grandpas sks early 90s

@floodedcarb7028

3 жыл бұрын

My local shop has a bunch of em in stock. 1440 round surplus boxes and 480 round boxes of non-corrosive.

It makes a good option for those of us who live in non-free states.

@dylanhealy8126

4 жыл бұрын

Behind Enemy lines Where you at brother? I live in the capital region, Albany, of the Democratic Peoples Republic of New York. Fuck Cuomo!

@peterrice8825

4 жыл бұрын

Dylan Healy As a New Jerseyan, I say the same about Phil Murphy.

@Xachremos

4 жыл бұрын

Here in Canadastan SKSs are our bread and butter. Less than 300 CAD can get you a surplus sks

@behindenemylines3361

4 жыл бұрын

Xachremos That’s a good price, especially nowadays! Quick question: are they Russian or Chicom SKS’s?

@dylanhealy8126

4 жыл бұрын

Behind Enemy lines That’s hella good price. In NY any SKS would be at least $500+

7.62x39 hits hard, gotta love that.

I had a yugo once (one of many regrets i live with is getting rid of it), it shot great, I got fast at reloading it with stripper clips, which i think is the best, most convenient way. I happened to find, probably the last of the great "UMC brass, 7.62x39".....it was even more accurate with that. But, since kids like me didn't plan ahead very well, and rent unexpectedly came due....lol, sadly I let it go for waaaay too cheap. Ah, the things you learn. Now I don't get rid of any guns. Still want a Yugo.....

@letsdothis9063

2 жыл бұрын

That's funny (not funny). I have let some good ones go a few times. Never again. The only time I will sell a gun, is to arm a good friend, and I have more than one. That hasn't come up yet, so yeah. I will never sell another gun for money.

@stoegerstewie8351

2 жыл бұрын

@@letsdothis9063 What's funny is I can't get rid of a hi point.....

Tech-Sights makes a peep that bolts on to the back of the receiver. It attaches to the bottom of the receiver, so it's very solid. Makes a huge difference in accuracy. Good news is that it's easily removed if you want to go back to original. Another practical mod is a spring loaded firing pin. Slamfires are not fun.

Another great video Tim! I bought 5 Norinko SKS’s back in 94 for $400. I cherry picked my 2 favorite, put a fixed 30 round mag on one which functioned flawlessly. Kept a 2nd original and sold the other 3. I eventually sold the other two figuring I could always get more later. Well I’ve wanted one for the past decade now and in that time I’ve amassed an arsenal of 50+ firearms, but I cannot allow myself to pay $400 for one. $200 is my absolute upper limit and a I’ve yet to find one for under $399.

My chinese sks i got a few months ago in cali, is completely matching. Gas tube, piston, bolt, ch, dust cover, trigger guard, stock, everything, it also is a early 60s that likely saw use in vietnam. One of my favorite rifles

Good vid, thanks for posting it. A couple things worth mentioning: LOP is pretty short. The firing pin is free-floating in the bolt and if it gums up it'll stick forward and slam fire when the bolt closes. Some variants had a spring to keep that from happening & adding the spring is a pretty popular mod. Or just keep it clean... If you use the cleaning rod to push down on the operating rod, there won't be any spring pressure on the lever when you open it. You can also use the cleaning rod to open the trap door. Point the butt down and the cleaning kit will fall out. It's easier to load loose rounds if you open the mag, flip the rifle over and drop the rounds in, making sure the first one land on the correct side. Here in Canada, ours are pinned to 5 rounds so we reload lots lol.

The very first rifle that my father was issued in Bosnian war was Yugo sks.

@richardm3023

4 жыл бұрын

I think I have his rifle!

@arminlonic7915

4 жыл бұрын

@@richardm3023 good for you. 👍

@arminlonic7915

3 жыл бұрын

@John Beige yes it did.

Survivalist, prepper; is there really a difference? You have to prepare to survive. If you're a gun guy, I'd think you would have at least a couple survival items around.

@1jw769

4 жыл бұрын

ChemistyStudent I prep to survive.

@timunderbakke8756

4 жыл бұрын

The prepper vs survivalist really comes down to politics - in the early 90s the msm and Democrats worked overtime to portray survivalists = militia = evil white racists = McVeigh. And sought to stomp them all out. So, people who had no specific political identity (or at least that wasn’t their principle identity) started adopting another term so as to not be associated with Ruby Ridge and the “militia movement” Never mind that militias never really were that whites racist nonsense the media claimed, but they were targeted as domestic terrorists nonetheless

@BandAid350z

4 жыл бұрын

Tim Underbakke This. Many people forget the smear campaign against survivalists during the 70’s-90’s. Hell, many of those I’ve met are the left wing, hippie commune, anti-gov types.

@ThePlatinumsquirrel

4 жыл бұрын

Most modern preppers aren’t exactly the brightest. They spend thousands on their gun but the food? Nah.

@toomuchdebt5669

4 жыл бұрын

Everyone is a prepper. We just have different length prepping period.

In Canada there's a second most common rifle you can get crate ammo still. Definitely a good option

I got my at Camp Lejeune PX Chicom paratrooper one for $69 in 1992.

@johnmills2274

3 жыл бұрын

Christ You paid less than I did as a FFL dealer

GRAB SKS GO INNAWOODS

I bought a Chinese SKS for $69 in the 80’s. Still got it, still runs. I also have a Russian one that’s a “parade grade.” It’s nice.

Great video! Just got my first Norinco.

Thanks for the review, always informative.

A person who knows what they are doing with an SKS will do better than a person with no skills with a all the bells and whistles AR 15.

@ViktoriousDead

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. And a person who knows how to read will read better than someone who doesn’t…..

I almost bought a Ruski SKS for $400 but thought it may try annexing my Yugos case, so I backed out.

I think this video finally convinced me to buy one. I’m from Canada. The Chinese SKS are $230 CAD even cheaper when they go on sale. I see a lot of these at Cabela’s and my local gun range. Never really paid any attention but I’ll definitely take a closer look next time.

I had an old Tula Arsenal marked SKS back in the '90s and it was a great rifle. These days, I build my own AR rifles and pistols from PSA EPT/MOE kits and locally sourced receivers for $340 to $390.

I love the SKS platform and I have a bunch of them from years of collecting. Reliable, powerful, and a more enjoyable shooting experience than with an AK. If I had to bug out or bug in, a couple of SKS rifles and a few thousand rounds of ammo would make for a formidable defense.

@ronalddunne3413

3 жыл бұрын

"A formidable defense"? Yep I agree.. the problem is that reloading with strippers is a lot slower than with magazines.. until all yer magazines need to be reloaded.... For many reasons the SKS is still a viable option! I've got mine (coulda woulda shoulda have gotten more) if only to sell at a major profit. Doubtful any of them will wear out in my lifetime...

They are still plenty cheap here in the great white north. They can be found around $189 cad if you look around and about $230 from cabelas

@whaniak

4 жыл бұрын

Mexico City you had to remind me of how ass-backwards my country truly is. With all of our magazine restrictions and gun control laws we still have gun violence. A few years ago a deranged individual killed quite a few Mounties with a 5 round limited sks

@0neDoomedSpaceMarine

4 жыл бұрын

There's kits to make an SKS use 10rd 'pistol' magazines, if you don't mind the changed appearance.

My mom wouldnt have bought me a BB gun. My father gave me a nice Browning 22lr break down rifle when i was early teens. It disappeared when my mom complained. I do have a nice 1950 Tula Russian SKS with laminated stock, chrome lined barrel and all matching numbers with all the extras i picked up in the mid 90s for $250 out the door. Fires and extracts 100 % time.

My dad bought a Norinco SKS for $15 back in the 90s. He gave it to me a few years ago and I love it.

Shooting prone, a guy with a Simonov can strike a much lower profile than a guy with an AK or AR platform. This is not to be under estimated when flack is flying around.

@2damaxmr2

2 жыл бұрын

It is important to say that the advantage in prone is often not discussed on the internet.

When I got mine (mid-90's) I was told that the Chinese ones weren't allowed to be imported with the bayonet, but the Russian ones were. Had to go with the cheaper option since I was a kid and it was only $75 (I think the Russians were $120+). Still have it to this day.

@mikewhalen8020

4 жыл бұрын

Back in the day I stuck with Russian whenever possible as their bbl's were threaded while the Chinese were pinned. As I understand, that has changed and the Chinese are threading the bbl's into the receiver. Is this still true?

@LusaOfi

4 жыл бұрын

SuperSecretSquirell bought a Chinese with a spiked bayonet in the early 90’s for $75. Wouldn’t sell it today for a thousand bucks.

@o9rgeronimo979

4 жыл бұрын

@@mikewhalen8020 the Chinese ones were made with Russian tooling and by Russian advisor's (gun Smith's)..very good quality.

Excellent training.Thankyou.

Moved from the free Commonwealth of VA to the occupied territory of NY for family. You can still buy 2 good condition Chinese SKSs & 1k rounds for the cost of an NY legal AK. I also prefer the look of a traditional rifle. Theyre less "evil" looking if you take off the bayonet. In VA I showed 1 tapco SKS & 1 stock SKS to my sister in law, an NYC Assistant District Attorney. I asked her which one was an assault rifle. She was surprised to find out they were the same rifle.

Got 2 old Chinese SKS rifles. Work just fine. Never malfunctioned. That have the Y shaped three sided pokey bayonet.

@jason127x99

4 жыл бұрын

Salty Steel spiked

Excellent talk.

I’m a young man. 21. “Survivalist” is a perfect word to fit the description. No prepper ever says “I should don’t wanna survive with all these preps I have stored up!”

Iv harvested several caribou with my 100$ sks.

@dlam2864

4 жыл бұрын

just say killed

@grs0397

4 жыл бұрын

@@dlam2864 why?

@thegreatoutdoors7610

4 жыл бұрын

Daniel Oliveira probably some vegan hippy

@michaelblankenship7278

3 жыл бұрын

Widely used gun here in some smaller Alaskan villages.

@thegreatoutdoors7610

3 жыл бұрын

@Jeff Scuderi lmao snowflake

The SKS should be called the SHTF, it was made for that role.

Good video. I've had several SKSs. Love em. Tanks

I got myself a chai com 1960s series sk from some shop in my home town of lv nv for 350 a couple of years ago its beautiful absolutely love it and And it is what I taught my little brother how to shoot a centre fire rifle on When he was about 9 years old Is about 16 now and I might just and up handing it down to him for his birthday he's a great kid with a great head on his shoulders good and responsible

This is a good choice in my country (Belgium) as we have a bunch of restrictions on magazine capacity, lawmakers constantly trying to push for bans on those evil "assault-style fully semi-automatic war rifles" as well as the fact that decent ARs start at $1.100 and up, whereas you can find quality unused Russian SKS rifles for little over 500 bucks. Rifle ammo is generally quite expensive as well while 7.62x39 can still be had for relatively good prices.

Bought my SKS in 1989 for $50.00. Best buy

Big agree on shopping around. I scored an immaculate all matching Yugo at a small local gun show for 325.

Excellent presentation.

Is it still viable? Yes. Are there better rifles? Yes, by the time the AK47 Type 2 came out the SKS was obsolete. An AK47 and some jungle mags outclasses the SKS like crazy. Any well made AK makes the SKS obsolete. But does the SKS work? Absolutely.

@inhumanfilth681

4 жыл бұрын

You were on the right track till you stuck your foot in your mouth with "jungle mags" lol. I agree with the overall statement though ☺

@Soff1859

4 жыл бұрын

The one advantage i think there still is to an sks, is its non tactical look. Maybe youre in a less gun friendly place or just dont want to look too threatening and militaristic because you wanna trade or negotiate with someone, not scare them. And an SKS looks more like a harmless hunting rifle to lay people, than like an "assault weapon". So i think for that purpose it is actually better than a modern military type gun. Other, maybe even better, options for that purpose would be a wooden stock mini14, m1a or m1 carbine.

@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz

4 жыл бұрын

@@inhumanfilth681 why? 60 rounds on the gun, 60 rounds in a pocket or pouch. No need to even have gear on. A rifle and 120 rounds, and the only thing you need is a pants pocket.

@inhumanfilth681

4 жыл бұрын

@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz because anyone who has used jungle mags will tell you its a horrible idea. Almost every time you bump the gun you drop 1-3 rounds rounds so when you go to reload you could have 30 rounds or you could have between 0-30. Personally id rather spend the extra 10 seconds dealing with singles to know for sure im slapin home a full mag.

@harrisonmantooth3647

4 жыл бұрын

@@ALovelyBunchOfDragonballz Well, the one reason I can think of, there are other states like commiefornia that limit the number of rounds you can use. A closed magazine, non removable, and 10 round limit is the law.

I like the part when you put the circular cleaning kit into the butt stock.

Outstanding video and presentation

excellent video sir!!!

Here in Canada we can get them under 300, Chinese or Russian take your pick, first rifle in .30 every Canadian buy's also a good hunting rifle for the bush ,sadly our current government is trying to ban everything that is semi-auto. Thinking USA has a import ban, both countries dumped them here,ammo very cheap as well.

@MinhVu-in9iz

4 жыл бұрын

Tom Mobberley you Canadian are so lucky!! A Russian sks for 300 is amazing!!

@3rdeyeulogynima566

4 жыл бұрын

Yea but how many rds can Canada have?

@Mobbs3006

4 жыл бұрын

@@3rdeyeulogynima566 Mag is pinned to 5

@rememberussliberty1822

4 жыл бұрын

@@3rdeyeulogynima566 Fear Innoculm

@sunnesonne

4 жыл бұрын

Tommy Gun vz58 all the way

I bought a Chinese SKS back in the late 90s for 199. I love it.

An SKS is a super reliable, accurate, and easy to use rifle. Definitely a must have if you can still find one

My grandpa bought a Chinese surplus SKS in 1983 for $83 w bayonet, he still has it, and it’s never been fired, and the original grease is still in the gun, also all the serial no’s are the same, and my dad has a never fired entirely original Mosin M-44 W bayonet, and matching serial no’s

6:28 Noticed at 1.25x speed and then slowed it down to make sure. Is that an unfired round?

@Militaryarmschannel

4 жыл бұрын

MAN! You guys have AMAZING eyes. I think you may be correct, it may have launched that last round. When I loaded it, it seemed like the rounds were wonky in the mag (not stacked right). I love the stuff you guys find that I totally miss.

@ZRFehr

4 жыл бұрын

Holy shit you're totally right. I ran it at .25 speed and paused it at just the right moment to clearly see the jacket of the the bullet. It definitely spewed a full cartridge out.

@Enes-wj5xq

4 жыл бұрын

But where is the empty shell ??

@ZRFehr

4 жыл бұрын

@@Enes-wj5xq They come out at roughly the same time. The empty casing ejects faster and doesn't stay within frame for very long.

@DigitalRX2r

4 жыл бұрын

@@Militaryarmschannel SKS tend to toss the last round when you load them by hand instead of with a stripper clip. Jerry Miculek ran into the same thing in his video on the SKS when loading by hand.

yes it absolutely does, it's still an excellent rifle with good accuracy and firepower + reliability, it hits like a truck and it's easy to use, the soviets knew how to make really good guns.

The SKS D models that still had the folding spike bayonets are one of the coolest rifles ever, I used to own one. If I was using just iron sights, I'd want one of those over an AK to be honest.

Well I just learned why my 1951 Soviet Built SKS has Xs stamped into the buttstock, doesn’t diminish how I feel about the rifle but everything else on it matches. Thanks for the great video.

My uncle bought a *pallet* full of SKSs (50 I think) right after the Soviet Union collapsed. He sold them all to family members, so everyone has one. I didn't buy one of those, but I did get a Yugo with the grenade launcher like yours years later for $100. Yours is in much better shape, though. I think mine went through the Balkan war and was never cleaned. I'd love to get my hands on some smoke or dud grenades to launch from it.

@TheSpecialJ11

Жыл бұрын

Your uncle is a smart man. Saw an incredible opportunity and took it. Sure, Soviet weapons don't have the bells and whistles, but that's what makes them so good at what they do. Cheap, reliable, effective. So many preppers with $2000 ARs that will be hard to repair if shit hits the fan, meanwhile someone else has 3 SKSs and double the ammunition ready to share with close family members.

I'm saving up so I can hopefully get one of these on my 18th birthday. Tilting bolt rifles intrigue me like Spanish rifles do. The SAFN/FN49 is a lot like a scaled-up SKS, isn't it? If it's short stroke/tilting bolt like the FAL.

Nice review! Thanks

I haven't seen a great condition Norinco in my area for under $450. These are really a fun gun. A Chinese / Russian version of our Winchester '94 30-30. One cool Export only Norinco SKS was the 16" that was designed to take AK-47 magazines. The one I bought was brand new and the box was labeled 'Chinese Sporting Rifle' The Next one I found had a box labeled 'Cowboy' They are erroneously called Paratrooper models. Cheers