The 7.62×39mm was a much more manageable round thanks to its much lower recoil. The SKS also had a 10-round non-detachable magazine that was loaded via a stripper clip. Compared to the Mosin-Nagant, ...

Key Point: The SKS has an odd place in the civilian world, too. Because China produced so many — and exported so many — the carbine has become a cheap, popular hunting and sporting weapon in the West.

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The Department of Justice says that two people helped Donald Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh — the man accused of attempting to shoot the president last year at one of his golf courses — ...