Dozier_94
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SKS...for the reasons listed above.
But tell him to keep the 30 round mag. (maybe he will knock $5-10 off the price).
First off, it's not legal to transfer any mag over 20 rounds in Md., and second, just about all of the 30 round detachable mags are junk and don't function properly anyway.
Most detachable metal SKS mags are junk, as a general rule.
About the only reliable detachables out there for the SKS, are the Tapco polymer 20 rounders.
Selling it to you, with the original fixed 10 rounder installed, also leaves no doubt that the rifle is unregulated.
The big problem is that 7.62x45 is a surplus ammo only option.
Currently there are no commercial manufacturers making ammo for it.
At one time it was like 5.45x39 AK ammo was a couple years ago...dirt cheap and plentiful, when the rifles were first being imported.
Only a select few had the foresight to stock up and now the rifles are still available, in great condition, and cheap, with ammo being rarer than hens teeth.
.303 British, Italian ammo and now 8mm Mauser are have traveled the same path, but at lest commercial ammo is an option for those.
Thank you for providing information & your opinion sir thats 11 so now I believe im going to go for the sks