SKS type 63
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aps410
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SKS with detachable magazine is banned by name in MD unfortunately.
Half-cocked
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- Mar 14, 2006
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...unless you owned it prior to FSA13.
Combloc
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That's not an SKS and it doesn't operate like an SKS. It's also select fire so good luck with that.
ken792
Ultimate Member
I think you can find semi auto conversions in some European countries, but they're not US legal.
Yep, only way they're getting into the US is as parts kits with destroyed receivers and barrels. They also couldn't come directly from China either, and the ATF will probably want documentation that it's been outside of China for a while.
Yep, only way they're getting into the US is as parts kits with destroyed receivers and barrels. They also couldn't come directly from China either, and the ATF will probably want documentation that it's been outside of China for a while.
VG-10
Active Member
Please correct me if i'm wrong, but aren't type 63's select fire? They operate with a rotating bolt like an AK, and not a tilting block like an SKS.
Edit: you guys beat me to the punch
Edit: you guys beat me to the punch
My recollection is that a few semi-auto Type 63s were imported to the US before the Chinese import ban. They are extremely rare, to say the least. They also don't take AK mags, so the mag situation is kinda dire. Not sure I'd use one for a shooter.
As an aside, the SKS-D / SKS-M is the SKS that takes AK mags, and is what MD law explicitly bans. These are not quite as amazing as you'd think - they tend to be picky about magazines, lack the SKS' built-in LRBHO, and locking in the mags is not an intuitive process. But, admittedly, once you're past that, they work alright.
As an aside, the SKS-D / SKS-M is the SKS that takes AK mags, and is what MD law explicitly bans. These are not quite as amazing as you'd think - they tend to be picky about magazines, lack the SKS' built-in LRBHO, and locking in the mags is not an intuitive process. But, admittedly, once you're past that, they work alright.
ken792
Ultimate Member
Are you sure you aren't thinking about the Type 81? A few of those came in.
http://www.m4carbine.net/showthread.php?38119-Larry-Vickers-Chicom-Type-81S
Mea culpa, I did mean the Type 81. Why can't the Chinese name their rifles more descriptively? 
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