Mike the Usurper wrote:
] Jello wrote:
] ]
] ] The SKS is not the same gun as the AK-47. It has a rifle
] ] grip, instead of a pistol grip. The one I played with was
] ] full auto, but that may have been a redneck modification.
] ] Both use 7.62 x 39 ammo.
]
] Good point. Here's an SKS photo
] http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976528453.htm (only $150! a
] steal!)
] and here's the AK-47
] http://www.sovietarmy.com/small_arms/ak-47.html
]
] There are significant differences, I was incorrect. My bad.
] I still stick with the "not a hunting rifle notes for the
] reasons listed, the damn things rattle.
]
] You are correct that they both use the same ammo, and I
] guarantee the full auto version you saw was a redneck mod.
] Full auto weapons are flat out illegal in the US without
] special permit under the National Firearms Act of 1934.
]
] The large clips were banned under the 1994 crime bill which
] recently expired, although I am not sure if the clip size part
] was a section which expired. I know the "assault weapons ban"
] part did, and it is once again legal to buy brand new Ak-47s,
] Uzis and AR-15s (M-16s).

There were loopholes in the ban. I own a semi-automatic Romanian AK-47. It is a post-ban gun. Which means that in order to have a pistol grip, they have to pull some shenanigans with the stock. It is cut to be one piece with the pistol grip, with a hole through it. It came with a 30 round clip three years ago, at a gunshow.

I don't think he had a permit for an automatic weapon (not hard to get, but a bit pricey), so yeah it must have been redneck.

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