Quoted: With the sks you can't convert it from a form that was legal to import at the time of importation, to a form that would be illegal to import today. The SKS can have its evil features primarly because it is a fixed magazine gun and therefore does not fall under any bans, except the prohibition of US companies doing business with Norinco. The ATFE in general does not like SKS retrofitted with detachable mags. This is the root of all evil regarding this rifle and at that point you have to start being very very careful and if in doubt consult the ATFE technical branch.
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Let me go a little further on this.
1. All SKS's, except for the Chinese SKS's, are C&R weapons. They can be imported into the country with bayonets, granade lunchers, night sights, etc.... because that is the way they were built. Because they have value as a collectors item, the BATF lets them come into the country.
If they weren't C&R they would not be able to be imported, because they have "non-sporting" features, bayonets, granade lunchers, night sights, etc.... , because 922(r) states the no foreign made weapon can be imported into this country, that has these "unsporting" features.
2. Your Chinese SKS is not a C&R weapon. Previous to 1994, yes they were imported with detachable magazines and bayonets, but after the 94 ban, they can no longer be imported and now fall under Title 18 USC § 922(r) prohibits “any person to assemble from imported parts any Semiautomatic rifle or any shotgun which is identical to any rifle or shotgun prohibited from importation under Title 18 USC § 925(d)(3)
Well that does it, I guess I can't convert my Chinese SKS to have a detatchable magazine.
hineseIf your Chinese SKS had 10 or less foreign made parts, then it qualifies as a U.S.A. made weapon.
Any rifle with ten-or-less imported parts is not considered an imported rifle and is not subject to 922(r). While there may be dozens of parts in any particular rifle, ATF has defined a list of specific parts that are “counted”. Note that the total number of “counted parts” is not important, just the number which are imported. So often swapping just a few imported parts for US-made ones frees a rifle from the provisions of Title 18 USC § 922(r).
What are the parts that “count”?
178.39 defines a list of twenty parts that ATF considerers when deciding if a firearm is imported or not. The total number of listed parts in the rifle is not important, so often swapping just a few imported parts for US-made ones frees a rifle from the provisions of Title 18 USC § 922(r). The listed parts are:
1) Frames, receivers, receiver castings, forgings or stampings
2) Barrels
3) Barrel extensions
4) Mounting blocks (trunions)
5) Muzzle attachments
6) Bolts
7) Bolt carriers
8) Operating rods
9) Gas pistons
10) Trigger housings
11) Triggers
12) Hammers
13) Sears
14) Disconnectors
15) Buttstocks
16) Pistol grips
17) Forearms, handguards
18) Magazine bodies
19) Followers
20) Floorplates
If more than ten of the listed parts are imported, the entire rifle is considered imported. If ten or less of the listed parts are imported, the entire rifle is considered “US-Made”. Recall that the onerous requirements of Title 18 USC § 922(r) only apply to imported rifles.
Just how many of these parts are in an SKS Carbine?
Here are the relevant parts in an SKS Carbine:
1. Receiver
2. Barrel
3. Bolt
4. Bolt carrier
5. Operating rod [aka: driving rod; aka: gas piston extension]
6. Gas piston
7. Trigger housing
8. Trigger
9. Hammer
10. Sear
11. Disconnector, bolt follower
12. Disconnector, rebound [aka: trigger mount arm]
13. Stock
14. Handguard
15. Magazine body
16. Follower
17. Floorplate
If you beat the 10 or less game, you can have your detachable magazine.I would like to thank LESchwartz form Survivors SKS board for this information.