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OneTenthofOnePercent

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1. "SKS assault weapon"... LOL, what?

Reply to MightyMopar (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2013, 09:09 PM

Jan 2013

A standard factory SKS has NO pistol grip. It does not have a detachable magazine. Up to TEN bullets are loaded into the top of the rifle by hand with the bolt open. It fires an INTERMEDIATE power round... it's not even in the same power class as other common hunting cartridges (.30-06, .308, 6mm ...). Functionally, it's pretty much the same as any other semiauto hunting rifle. A factory SKS is NOT an assault weapon.

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I Went After Guns. Obama Can, Too. [View all] MightyMopar Jan 2013 OP

"SKS assault weapon"... LOL, what? OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2013 #1

OK GeorgeGist Jan 2013 #3

Nothing like gun porn! MightyMopar Jan 2013 #5

That looks like the one in above pic on... Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #6

That does NOT look like an assault weapon. Lady Freedom Returns Jan 2013 #4

While that might have worked in Australia ... spin Jan 2013 #2

America is changing, that's why the RWNJ are buying their military weapons, they're scared of change MightyMopar Jan 2013 #7

Who knows. You might be right. ... spin Jan 2013 #8