Some interesting tidbids on the SKS at Wikipedia in case nobody has read it yet....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKS_Carbine
"The SKS has also been featured prominently around the world during times of civil unrest[citation needed]. In the United States, the SKS was used successfully by Korean shopkeepers to fend off looters during the 1992 Los Angeles riots"
"Nations that utilized the SKS but did not receive manufacturing rights included Afghanistan,Congo, Indonesia, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Mongolia, Morocco, the United Arab Republic (Egypt) and the Yemen People's Democratic Republic."
"The SKS fell out of service amongst its client nations during the 1960s and 1970s, although the Chinese police and military forces continued to use it during the 1980s, and chromed, polished ceremonial versions are still used today in parades, There are a few Chinese reserve and militia units still using the SKS along with the Type 56 assault rifle. Vietnam still has military police units armed with the SKS. Many surplus SKS rifles were disposed of in the 1990s, and photographs and stories exist of SKS rifles used by guerilla fighters in Bosnia, Somalia and throughout Africa and South-East Asia [1] during the 1990s and 2000s. Several African, Asian, and Middle Eastern armies still use the SKS."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKS_Carbine
"The SKS has also been featured prominently around the world during times of civil unrest[citation needed]. In the United States, the SKS was used successfully by Korean shopkeepers to fend off looters during the 1992 Los Angeles riots"
"Nations that utilized the SKS but did not receive manufacturing rights included Afghanistan,Congo, Indonesia, Iraq, Laos, Lebanon, Mongolia, Morocco, the United Arab Republic (Egypt) and the Yemen People's Democratic Republic."
"The SKS fell out of service amongst its client nations during the 1960s and 1970s, although the Chinese police and military forces continued to use it during the 1980s, and chromed, polished ceremonial versions are still used today in parades, There are a few Chinese reserve and militia units still using the SKS along with the Type 56 assault rifle. Vietnam still has military police units armed with the SKS. Many surplus SKS rifles were disposed of in the 1990s, and photographs and stories exist of SKS rifles used by guerilla fighters in Bosnia, Somalia and throughout Africa and South-East Asia [1] during the 1990s and 2000s. Several African, Asian, and Middle Eastern armies still use the SKS."
