Is the Norinco SKS a good rifle?

It’s a heavy rifle. Being able to utilize all the features without fiddling around too much makes the SKS one of the easiest guns to shoot. If you find one that has a polymer stock and made to look like an old Soviet machine gun, it’s going to look — and probably run — like a pile of pure garbage.

Which SKS rifles have problems?

It Started When I Was Young.

  • Boring But Interesting Early SKS History.
  • Plethora of Variations.
  • The Hidden Potential of the SKS.
  • But…There Are Issues….
  • Unchangeable Features…Usually.
  • Yugoslavlian PAP M59/66 and M59/66A1.
  • Does it Work and Will it Hit Stuff.
  • By the Numbers: The SKS has a notoriously high reputation for reliability.
  • Parting Shots.

    • How accurate is a Russian SKS rifle?

    The SKS rifle is not made with sniper-like accuracy in mind. However, it is accurate enough for most hunting games anyway. Unless your SKS rifle has some custom works done on it previously to make it more accurate, you will be better off choosing one of the scopes on our list.

    Is your SKS an assault rifle?

    The SKS represents an intermediate step in the process towards the development of true assault rifles, being shorter and less powerful than the semi-automatic rifles that preceded it, such as the Soviet SVT-40, but being longer (10 cm or 4in) than AK-series rifles which replaced it. As a result, it has a slightly higher muzzle velocity than

    Is SKS an assault rifle?

    The SKS assault rifle, like the one reportedly used in the June 14, 2017attack on a Congressional baseball game practice that left five wounded including House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and two Capitol Police officers, is the predecessor to the AK-47 assault rifle and uses the same 7.62 x 39mm ammunition as the AK-47. The SKS is also notoriously easy to convert to full-auto fire. 1