Which or the two SKS rifles is a better gun,. Chinese or Russian , or is there a difference. and why. Any info would be helpful. Thanks![]()
Which or the two SKS rifles is a better gun,. Chinese or Russian , or is there a difference. and why. Any info would be helpful. Thanks![]()
russian
Romanian
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Russian = milled receiver
Chinese = stamped
Milled is better. The chinese had a problem of going into uncontrolable full auto for awhile too.
You must be thinking of the AK47 from each country. Even in that case, you're wrong.
I have never seen nor have I ever heard of a stamped receiver SKS.
The Russians usually look better but I personally would buy based on price unless I was collecting which would cause the Russian to be more desirable.
russian has a threaded barrel while the chinese is pinnned
i have read about a limited amount of stamped receiver chinese sks's. never seen one in person.
i have had one Romanian sks and they were ok. nothing to talk bad about.
and i just sold a chinese surplus sks that the guy told me it was screwed in barrel. tapered and had 2 flat spots for a wrench but i dont know the difference.
just my $.02
they are not Stamped Receivers. what the stamped vs. milled refers to is the trigger group.
all Russian have a milled trigger group. the Chi-Com's came with either a milled (one piece trigger housing) or stamped. the stamped trigger group's trigger guard, instead of being part of the housing is actually tack/spot welded to the housing.
ALL the receivers on SKS's are milled/forged/cast not stamped.
Russian bbls are all threaded into the receiver. Chi-Com have both threaded & pinned (pressed) in bbls. If you are concerned about a Pinned SKS bbl, sell your AK. those bbls are pinned too.
If you would like to know more about the SKS i have a few books on the subject. the best is a duncan long. I have them available for sale along with a few different FN books.
as for the "uncontrolled fire" that too is based upon a rifle that was
1) not cleaned correctly prior to firing. there were issues with small amounts of grease in the f/pin area that unless broke down, and cleaned, did not come out easily.
2) some Chi-Com f/pins were a tad longer then normal. a quick adjustment with a file resolved that issue.
with any of the AK's or SKS' you should never slam the bolt assy/ into battery with one in the chamber as it might just go off. Unless you are at the range.
the later com-block stuff did not present the issues the early guns did.
even some of the chi-com ammo was prone to high primers. combine the 2 and it's unintended rock & roll time.
the SKS that took AK mags. later paratrooper's with a block where the bayo lug mount use to be was notoriuos for this. slamfire-a-rama. few but still enough to shy away from them in the late 80's