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The M1 Does My Talking
My brother used to say, "You can, but you may not."
Man he could be annoying.
Man he could be annoying.
If you're worried about the improving the functionality of a 50+ year old marginally effective rifle, what you really should be doing is working some overtime to buy a better rifle ;-)
Some things just aren't worth the time and cost of "improving". I can put an LS motor in a '72 Audi, but at the end of the day it's still a '72 Audi.
The SKS was designed as a carbine rifle for fighting the west and squashing internal dissent, and it is not nearly as effective in that role as an AK-47. That's why the Soviets dumped it so quickly - it's the M14 of the Soviet weapons development world.The rifle is very effective for what it was designed for...the user has to be effective in utilizing it.
The SKS was designed as a carbine rifle for fighting the west and squashing internal dissent, and it is not nearly as effective in that role as an AK-47. That's why the Soviets dumped it so quickly - it's the M14 of the Soviet weapons development world.
Bought this year. Can I modifiy the mag if its C&R eligible?
In '72, I was coming back from a flight and a Marine handed me one from a guy who wasn't too effective in utilizing it.
Best use for an SKS is a crab pot anchor.
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Don't kid yourself. Plenty of Soldiers were killed in Vietnam by SKS rifles.
Agreed.
However, I doubt any French soldiers were killed by the sks in Vietnam. The french abandoned Vietnam in 1954, didn't they?
I suppose the Russians were supplying the North Vietnamese Army with munitions before 1954. I would conclude that would have included SKS rifles and even WWII Russian captured German K98k 8mm rifles.
China was the main source of aid for NV throughout the 1950's. The Soviets didn't really step in until the US started to get involved.
The soviets were dumping the sks into eastern bloc countries in the 1950's.
I admit I had no idea who all exactly may have been suppling small arms to the North Vietnamese Army in 1954 and back. It's my understanding the Chinese didn't start their own SKS production until 2 years later in 1956.
Honestly I'm surprised the Russians wouldn't have been more than happy to help give the French a black eye by sliding arms over or under the table to the North Vietnamese.
Clearly another Hollywood historical mistake in that film.
The AK47 rendered the SKS45 virtually obselete before the first one come off the line in 1949. But the soviets weren't able to produce the AK in numbers substantial enough to replace the SKS until the middle to late 1950's.
If I had to guess, I'd say the soviets were keeping the SKS at home and in the Eastern Bloc until they had 'ironed' out all of the kinks and logistics of mass producing the AK-- around about the time that the M56, Type56, and M59 went into production in Romania, China and Yugoslavia.
If you're worried about the improving the functionality of a 50+ year old marginally effective rifle, what you really should be doing is working some overtime to buy a better rifle ;-)
Some things just aren't worth the time and cost of "improving". I can put an LS motor in a '72 Audi, but at the end of the day it's still a '72 Audi.
Weren’t the Ruskies producing contract SKS for the Chinese starting in 54? I’d be surprised if they made it to the NV at that point in the war, but maybe some did as a proving ground for them.