SKS's Chinese compared to Russian?

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As I'm not too familiar with the SKS, I'm guessing that the Chinese sks were simply imported from the eastern block. Or was the technology to build them shared with the Chinese.

The reason I ask is that I'm thinking about getting in on the Marstar deal. But don't want to buy one if the quality isn't there.

So what are your opinions on the Chinese SKS's, or should I wait or a shipment to come from Russia?
 
chinese have a reputation of always being accurate. so if you want a shooter first,Get the Chinese. If the finish quality and looks are your first priority the Russians win.
 
Wow good trade ex deal! Cheaper than marstar too (no such thing as 75 sks)

I always owned Russians and liked them, but I have to say that the Chinese trigger is way way smoother and better
 
I personally prefer to use the Chinese ones (but I only own a Russian). They are the same rifle the only major difference is the Chinese ones tend to be like new or new and seem to be slightly smaller with a nicer trigger for the most part. Also the Chinese stocks take damage easier than the Russian ones.
 
Same rifle built from the same machine. Same Soviet designer same material and quality control. I have both and no prejudice involved : I say just pick up both.
sks are fine rifles so you cannot go wrong.
 
the11 said:
The Chinese ones are WAY better in the all important "Roasting meat over a fire" category. Unless you can find a '49 Russian of course ...
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Chinese have better bluing and trigger.
Russian better stock.
I shooting with chinese and keep rusian as colector value.
 
Haha u won't know the difference between the two when shoring, I have both, both work like sks's which is great, I can't imagine everyone gun owners in Canada owning sks's each that they will ever have collector value
 
My Chinese has a Pinned Barrel,Russian are threaded.

The recoil spring on the russian shoots across the room at a higher velocity than the chinese when I forget to close the action during dissasembly
 
new and novice said:
As I'm not too familiar with the SKS, I'm guessing that the Chinese sks were simply imported from the eastern block. Or was the technology to build them shared with the Chinese.

The reason I ask is that I'm thinking about getting in on the Marstar deal. But don't want to buy one if the quality isn't there.

So what are your opinions on the Chinese SKS's, or should I wait or a shipment to come from Russia?
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To answer your original question, the Chinese built their own in a factory that was setup by the Russians. I believe the Russians also supervised the first couple of production runs. Quality is good on the ones actually built for the military, which are what you see at Marstar, Tradeex and other sponsors right now. They also appear to be unissued stock, unlike the Russians, most of which are factory refurbished.
Norinco also built a commercial version in the 90's. I've never owned one, but they seem to get mixed reviews.
 
transam_218 said:
Haha u won't know the difference between the two when shoring, I have both, both work like sks's which is great, I can't imagine everyone gun owners in Canada owning sks's each that they will ever have collector value
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Funny, that's the exact same thing they said about the Lee Enfields. I wonder how the numbers compare, there were barrels of Enfields in every hardware store in the country for decades.

I kept a couple SKS's original for when the kids will be old enough to have one. Should make for a sweet present for getting their hunter's safety. My other one is my one and only bubba gun, if you don't count a few Enfields that someone else did the dirty work on.
 
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I bought a Chinese model with a very beat up stock, replaced it with a draganov style stock and slapped a scope on it, very accurate rifle that I sometimes use for hunting. And then I have a case of new Chinese SKS just because.
 
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