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Posted: 10/4/2006 4:19:48 PM EDT
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ok, ive owned a 1954 Russian SKS for 5 years now... and ive always had a question no one could answer so i turn to ARFcom... can / are any / have any SKS's been full auto or select fire? or do the trigger / bolt systems not allow it? thanks |
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Sure, there is a book on it at every gun show.... at the back of the book is a free ticket to club fed. If you really wanted to know you could do a google search on the type 56 rifle or SKS and read the first couple pages you came up with. That would answer your Q. 
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OH NO... im not testing the waters, just trying to find an answer to a question that has been on my mind for a while. ive shot plenty of LEGAL full-autos, and would be cheaper in the long run for me to buy a LEGAL one than to "make" one anyways... i can bump fire like a som-bitch legally 
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see, i swear i saw a vietnam war era video, where a enemy soldier was firing an SKS and it looked so fast it had to be full auto... i think thats why i have been bugged by this question... |
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The SKS-D is a select fire unit. As for legally converting a SKS to Full auto currently, the rifle would be a post ban 86 Machine gun and only available for LEO/export sales. Bottom line is the last day you could register the rifle for such a conversion with the BATF was May 18, 1986 (registered on a form one, and paper worked to you on a form 4 with the tax stamp to own the MG). As for performing the conversion without Batf approval, the fine is up to $250,000, and ten years in a federal prison. So, if you want to own a SKS MG, you would need to buy one that was converted before the 1986 FPA law, or if you want a true SKS-D, then you would have to find one that was registered on the NFA books prior to the GCA of 1968 (cut off for imported MG’s for form 4 ownership). |
Sortof........ Chinese thingy...... I'll be there next week, if I see any I'll pick one up for ya ;) |
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