Always, you do an amazing work, my advice for you, be prepared, a 2nd American civil war is closer than ever.

Is ALG or anyone figured out how to make a correct hardness AK trigger here in the USA?

@AkOperatorsUnion, my pleasure! Thank you for the content. My father was a Marine, and I showed him the video where you used a rubber-band, and a tooth-pick to keep you're AK running, not a full speed, but a few shot's, and he said there's nothing you can use to quick-fix an M16. It's complete crap! I wish you could see all of the US Marines, ARMY, Navy Seal's, that like the AK better than M16/M4. Take care.

@@ghostwriter1415 - 😉👍

Scenario: There are four of you left. You're position is about to be overrun. You have 2 functioning SKS rifles with bayonets. You also have 2 crates of ammunition on 10 round clips. 250 yards separate you and the enemy and you have a rise to fight from. Do you; A. Take both rifles and hold them off so the other three escape? Or; do you B. Split into 2 pairs {one man firing and one loading} using the bayonet as a monopod? The "crew served" SKS

Paid that for new Norinco back in the 90's. Never would think those things would be going for so much as they are now

I wanted to get an SKSs for a couple of bux back then just to have one but never did. Look at the prices on them now. Those people that bought containers of surplus sks and couldn't dump them are making big bux now 😂

@@BDAILY365 I know plenty of them bought those cases with the intention of keeping them until they were needed.

Paid $75 back in '94 . Milled receiver, bayonet, cleaning kit , oil bottle, stripper clips , and sling.

The Russian máfia sells AKs for US$ 600,00.

$64.99! Hole cow! I paid $300 for my preban Norinco. But it came with 6 75 round drums, two 100 round drums, and twenty thirty round mags and 600 round of Norinco ammo. It's kind of a rare one. I was offered $3500 for in a couple years ago. But not for sale. Too good a gun. :)

@@mikey92362 You got a better deal than me my friend. Those drums are expensive.

@@markwhite6782 for sure! Can't even get the good Chinese ones now. Same for the stick mags.

@@markwhite6782 Well, I woke up today and realized I got my guns mixed up. I actually paid $600 for my Norinco with all the extras. Still an awesome deal though. $300 is what I paid for my SLR-95. One of the best AKs ever made in my opinion. I think it was exactly $289 plus tax, new in the box. Also paid $300 new for my Draco. Another favorite. :) Love Mosin Nagants too. Wish I'd bought more. If I could go back in time I'd buy as many crates of cheap 762x39 and 7.63x54r as I could. I don't understand why republican presidents won't even mention undoing all the ammo import bans. :(

@@mikey92362 I have wondered the same thing. Why can't any of these import bans be reversed. Most people are unaware that about 1/2 of all ammo shot through AR-15's and 95% through AK's come from Russia ie Wolf, Barnaul (Brown, Silver and Golden Bear), Golden Tiger,Tula etc. Well, the kid sniffer got them banned. Now he's trying to ban Lake City ammo from being sold to pedestrians. Lake City accounts for roughly 1/3 of all ammo shot through AR-15's ie M855 and M193. Now if he's succesful he will have gotten rid of 90% of our supply but oh, it gets better. Every government agency is tying up private ammo manufactures like Winchester, Federal, CCI, Black Hills etc so that their is very little left for us to purchase. I mean C'mon man the IRS ordered 10 million rounds just this year. Did you know the federal government purchases more ammo than all of the military branches combined? Fact check that then explain why the EPA is buying machine guns and millions of rounds of ammo. They are all just government agencies purchasing as much as they can, not because they need it but because they don't want it available to you and I but if so we will pay a much higher price. This is working like a charm for them right now. 7.62 ammo should not be over 5 cents a round when one looks at the components and manufacturing speed. This is frustrating. Lift the bans and let the Chinese export along with the Russians!

Buying means nothing, what matters is what you will use to defend your life. And AK will win that 100 percent

@@tubeguy4066 you can outfit an SKS so it has a folding stock, and a 30-rd magazine! You can take all of the wood off, and make you're own transparent furniture that is also heat-resistant (LOWES hardware store). You can fix a hook that takes a handgun, and still let's you rotate the handgun 360 degrees, and that's you're foregrip.

@@ghostwriter1415I have no clue what I just read but I’m intrigued

@@ghostwriter1415 - Don't bother with the 30 round magazine. Tried the SKS with the 30rd curved non-AK-47 patterned magazine. It will only feed with moderate reliability when the magazine is loaded with 24 to 25 rounds. Using AK-47 patterned 30rd magazine and the rifle will missfeed or doublefeed every second or third round. Just stick with the standard 10 round fixed magazine and practice how to load fast with striper clips. The SKS was design to use the 10 round fixed magazine and it functions with near absolute reliability with it.

@Tube Guy You gotta buy it to use it. Unless you steal it I spose.

And the men and women who use sks have longer *****

The short stroke piston also seems to be a contributer to improved accuracy, perhaps it has better harmonics than the long stroke AK, not sure if it matters on slowly paced round counts vs full auto or fast paced semi auto fire rates.

The Tech Sights on an SKS give you an even longer sight radius and a peep sight.

It also doesn't have a detachable magazine, and pistol grip or any way to mount optics.

@@tballstaedt7807 talk to Bubba about that and it will.

Why would any gun shop accept a return on a firearm that was used and broken, much destroyed by a customer. In my experience, if there is a problem with it, it’s between you and the manufacturer. I must be buying my toys from the wrong toy stores. 😂

@@EeZ3-808 u know how ppl are they screw up everything. They may not expect a return but help getting em back together.

I’ve had the bent firing pin issues with them but a Murray’s kit always solved it. I still have a yugo m59 in cosmoline lol

Yea sure, added to one of those dumb things that never happened. Its not reliable gun at all.

@@Alen725 hahaha you don't have a clue what you are talking about

now a year later... Russian steel ammo going for 50 cents a round general steel cased ammo going to 42 cents a round. The world has indeed gone mad.

I have two SKS...one is a Yugo M49/56 I picked up still packed in cosmoline, the other is an early Chinese in superb condition. It just feels so good when you shoulder it. It's one of my primary home defense guns and I'm looking at it right now. I would never sell either of my SKS rifles.

Sks with very little work can be converted to take ak mags, or duckbill mags which mine takes and it works perfect

I think the main argument for a survival rifle would be weight...a modern bolt action in 762x39 might reign supreme

Exactly why I got one. I have other platforms to use first if need be, but I also wanted something that I needed nothing else to use.

But AK steel mags are basically indestructible, though also pretty heavy. Polymer mags can be pretty durable as well.

@LURIFAX Completely agree with that too. And there should be plenty of both AK and AR mags to 'obtain' given that they're both so common. I'm just weird... I wanted something last ditch, something I could use no matter what in addition to the other stuff I have.

Both underdogs that got an underserved reputation for being sub par, when they're actually some of the best from each platform.

Aw man. You should have just got a payday loan or something!

You’d have to mill the SKS right?

only fake posers lookin for attention care about social media status...but thanks for your opinion dylan

​@@joemarchinski914 mad hater energy

Same. To me thr recoil impulse is smoother and it just feels better to shoulder.

@@AKguru762 this was in 92, I still have it. But mine is Chinese

I had an unissued Russian with a laminated buttstock. Beautiful gun. Slam fired almost an entire magazine first time I took it to the range. I sold it before I found out that it probably just needed the cosmoline cleaned out of the FCG. Sure wish I still had that puppy.

Had the same probs when I owned one of those!

Mine runs good with any ammo or magazine. I have an SKS M.

You will always have 1 magazine. I’d take the 30 rounds over 10. The one advantage I see is you could use the spike to roast meat over a fire lol

@@gunsforevery1Its heavier to carry multiple 30 rnd mags compared to stripper clips

@@Basedlocation you could carry one magazine and a shit ton of stripper clips. Detachable magazines>fixed magazines.

The thumb hole stock is a "sporter version". I had a Norinco MAC90 sporter.

Don't feel bad if the ex husband is a gun guy. That means the rifle should be in good care

When I was a teenager, you could buy SKS' by the case. The were $75 to $90 each depending on quantity purchased.

dude id be the first to buy one i have 1000s of rounds of that shit

I remember when thry were 150 and people thought that was too much.

I have seen them for 75 dollars at gun shows.

Hold on to it I believe we're gonna need it.

I have 4 sks also.

Same here

@@AKguru762 "they" is the sellers of course my friend. Talking mostly tho at gun shows.

Mate you could’ve bought a Chinese SKS from classic firearms just a few years ago for 339.

I also have a Russian saiga (.308/7.62x51) that has been worked on and runs like a beast. Izhmash factory might make the best AKs of all time.

he was trying to say that AKs have more buyers in the market. less people will be interested in an SKS than an AK due to the fact they are obsolete so if you are a seller, it will take longer to sell and you will get a lower price.

>practical >3 times less ammo capacity >longer to reload OK lol

@@tubeguy4066 You evidently don't know how to load it.

The first rifle I ever shot (centerfire) was the SKS. It was fun at the time and felt like I was shooting such a powerful gun compared to the 22lr I was used too. That was my dad's fun gun at the time. I was too scared to shoot his 30-06 back then when I was 10, but my first hunting rifle was a Mosin Nagant that I started using when I was 15, brings back some great memories, lol.

I've never had a problem with mine, either. Even though I like Rob's videos, I think he may be a little biased. I mean it's called AK Operators, right? Not AK/SKS.

@@timothygaffney621 lol we could just both be lucky too, I dunno. The issue he mentioned could also possibly be mag-related. In all fairness, I’ve heard mention by a few different guys about trouble with AK mag-compatible SKS’s…BUT…what I don’t know is if those rifles had stocks with AK mag adapters or if they were actual model M Sporters.

haah good days when people couldn't dump sks are over 😂

Times changed unfortunately. Imo, the AK or SKS is not worth those prices they are going for. The import bans as well as other laws sure didn't help and caused the high prices as demand didn't decline. One of the reasons why the AR took the market by storm.

Yep I remember in the mid 80's SKS rifles were $59 and AK rifles were in the low $200's. When I got out of the Navy in 1978 I bought a Colt SP1 for a something like $480. I also had a Colt HBAR I "think" I paid about $600 for in the mid 80's. Now the SKS and AK's are the expensive rifles and the AR's are the best deal. A blem PSA M4 parts kit for $320 and a lower from the local FFL for $60 and your into a AR for $400. Add a rear sight and or red dot or optic and you have a great rifle for the money.