The SKS
The Soviet carbine that was superseded before most of them were built, and then made by everybody else for forty years — the secrecy the USSR wrapped around it, what the CIA actually learned, the whole knock-off family, takedown to the last pin, and the modern aftermarket.
The SKS · Deep Dive
A state secret whose manual was not classified — and a rifle nobody has manufactured in decades that has never had a better aftermarket.
The Soviet carbine that was superseded before most of them were built, and then made by everybody else for forty years — the secrecy the USSR wrapped around it, what the CIA actually learned, the whole knock-off family, takedown to the last pin, and the modern aftermarket.
Photo: Simonov SKS-45 by Original uploader BigBattles, cropped and retouched by Atirador
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