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Gun Control & RKBA

LongtimeAZDem

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8. Several websites list serial number into the 90's

Reply to benEzra (Reply #7)

Sun Jul 10, 2016, 12:24 PM

Jul 2016

This one lists production numbers into the 90s.

Dating THE CHINESE sKs

I am no expert on it, and if that can be refuted, I'll be glad to retract my statement.

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With all of this talk about Assault Rifle restrictions. [View all] PeoViejo Jul 2016 OP

The SKS he used was almost certainly not a relic; it would have been a replica by that rule (nt) LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #1

No reproductions were ever made of the SKS. JonathanRackham Jul 2016 #2

I belive the Chinese version was in production through 1994, so the only way the above rule LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #3

I believe imports of Chinese SKS's ceased a long time ago, benEzra Jul 2016 #7

Several websites list serial number into the 90's LongtimeAZDem Jul 2016 #8

I am thinking importation ceased in the mid-1990s, which is 20 years ago. benEzra Jul 2016 #11

SKS is C&R eligible bolus Jul 2016 #10

Yeah, it was a prank SCantiGOP Jul 2016 #4

Perhaps Gallows Humor escapes you. PeoViejo Jul 2016 #5

Mine just turned 60. ileus Jul 2016 #6

He didn't use an SKS EL34x4 Jul 2016 #9

Yep, Saiga with aftermarket stock. benEzra Jul 2016 #12

Yes. Straw Man Jul 2016 #13