the SKS is actually a blast to shoot, one of my all time favs that i’ve owned

It’s a myth that triangle shaped wounds are impossible to sew shut, they were used because they’re easier to produce than knifes and were more durable in the musket era. They lost popularity because knife bayonets are multi-role and without Calvary charging you, you didn’t really need a stronger bayonet that comes with the triangle shape. Cutting down weight from a knife or short sword and a spike or triangle bayonet to one tool that works as both was more beneficial. Bullet, shrapnel or musket ball wounds are much more messy than any wound from a spike bayonet and have sewn shut for centuries. It was simply a matter of doctrine and ease of manufacturing.

"In Soviet Union, we test rifle by shooting German." got me laughing.

I've tried them all, the Chinese version is so accurate it has a great barrel

Chinese SKS: Stab to 💀 Russian SKS: Made to chop veges after battle

I remember seeing these in the 90’s for ~$75 a rifle. So cheap.

The wood on the Russian SKS is beautiful, the Chinese stocks look like they were made from scrap 2b4s.

Can you imagine the game changer if a rifle like this had come around in world war I

If I had a choice at either of them, I'd probably choose the SKS over the AK.

I have an Norinco SKS. And I love it... for a gun that was made in China it's very durable and reliable as well! And I love how simple it is to use... very underrated Rifle!

My first firearm purchase was a mossberg 500 which turned out to be on sale and left me with $100 extra which was enough to also buy a Yugoslavian sks at the same time so I bought both I'm 43 now and still have both ,that sks was the best $100 I ever spent eats all ammo and still runs like a sewing machine

There's one of those tools I should've bought back when those and Mosins were $99. Can't get either for under $400 now.

The Russian stock looks gorgeous

Many people cut their hands on the Russian model with that blade down when your hand slid forward I witness this in Vietnam

I have many rifles including a M1 Carbine, yet the Type 56 remains my favorite gun.

Actually, the Russian military picked the SKS over the AK, initially, because they thought the AK was too gimmicky, and there was some mistrust since the AK was designed by a "tank mechanic" (as if to say, "what would a tank mechanic know about designing guns"). The AK did have some push behind it and it ended up replacing the SKS a couple of years later.

The SKS fits China's doctrine even more because they love accuracy more than volume of fire, and the SKS is perfect for that because it's more accurate than the AK

Got my 1st SKS in 1991 , I installed a radiator in a coworkers 86 S10 pickup for it . I loved it so much I bought 27 more throughout that year @ $109 each , I'm soooooo glad I made that kind of an investment back then . Still have them along with other beauties 😊

My SKS came with the blade. Fun gun to shoot.

First rifle ever bought,1995 from a pawn shop in Mesa, Arizona. Chinese SKS, It was $150 brand new in the wood crate covered in waxy grease to keep it preserved. They had like 10 crates of them.

Skss rifles make for a GREAT action for building up a straight pull precision platform. Replace the barrel, lose the entire gas system and drop it into a benchrest stock. Ive got mine running 6.5 arc and i dont think ill change it anytime soon.

Yugo sks was my second rifle& gun, a norinco is my…. Let’s not get into numbers but, I still like it a lot and is way lighter than the yugo for obvious reasons.

As a Dayz player, I’m quite fond of this weapon

These are absolutely awesome to shoot.

The type 56 was my teenage deer rifle, great rifle

Gorgeous guns. Always loved the sks.

The Chinese bayonet is a triangle bayonet, which is quite literally designed to inflict a would that is incredibly difficult to stitch up. Generally considered cruel and unusual, although not expressively a war crime.

I have a Korean Model SKS. Idk why people hate on it, it's an amazing and accurate rifle

The original Russian SKS also had a spike bayonet like the M44 Mosin did, also Norinco did not make SKS they just exported them, you need to go by the factory code and serial # among some other stuff to find out when and where its made

Still the best “steel case” blaster of all time, probably only second place to the Marlin 336 for taking deer in the 80s and 90s. Also a great gun for teaching younger people the fundamentals of marksmanship do to them being sized for smaller stature people. I still think they deserve a serious consideration as an all around “truck gun”, even at the prices they go for now.

I just love my SKS.

I have a norico sks and looked up the marking it was made in 1982 and the guy I got it from had packed it on grease and left it in a closet it’s entire life only shooting it a few times. It’s a tack driver surprisingly. I went and bought some stripper clips for it but it’s hard to find 7.62 where I am

My favorite SKS is the Chinese model. It's slim and light.

Hey brother! They switched to spike style bayonets because they figured the style of cut was less compromising of the integrity of the stock

I've got a Chinese version, and man, that clip that holds the upper and lower together is the toughest shit ever. I had to put all my weight on it for it to snap shut. I've seen someone else do a video on one and they just clicked it together like it was nothing.

The SKS was not tested at the end of WWII, Russian small arms expert Max Popenker said so himself

I love my Yugoslavian SKS. Much more accurate than an AK, having a longer sight plane and smoother action.

The sks is a superb rifle. Very easy to service and clean and theyre quite accurate all things considered. They balance better than an AK as well as mosins, with a managable recoil. Super super guns.

While the ak would render the SKS obsolete, it was not seen that way at first by the russians. they were intended to serve alongside one another with the SKS as an infantry carbine and the AK as an officer's weapon, essentially replacing the SMG. Only in the early 50s did they begin to realize the AK's role as a superb infantry rifle and cease production of the SKS.

I bought my first, a Chinese Type 56, in April of this year. Based on 25 years experience in oilfield manufacturing, I guarantee this is a quality made piece of machinery. It runs and shoots to point of aim any ammunition I put in it. I really couldn't ask for a better rifle.

My 57 Soviet is the best survival rifle. The design is so well thought out.

that’s my favorite marksman semi auto rifle in CODM ❤️

I love when they change wooden frame with a modern aftermarket polymer frame and make it mag field Thats looks so good

SKS is a fantastic mammal killer.

I bought an SKS for 109$ in thev90’s. great gun.

I’m betting the Chinese bayonets being a cross shaped spike is due to cost, with the wartime Mosin Nagant rifles you see a lot of that type of bayonet as well, I have a 1943 model from Russia that has the same spike shaped bayonet with it

"We test the weapon shooting at the germans" Yup. Thats about right

The Chinese bayonet was called a pig sticker

In case anyone is wondering, btw, one of the reasons they kept the SKS even after the AK47 came out is that it may have been adopted in 1947, but production took time to set up, and the original stanoed receivers were kind of doodoo. Thats why they went to a milled reciever until the AKM, and didn't immediately drop the SKS like a hot potato.

I’ve shot SKS and Mosin Nagant. Both beautiful and very powerful guns to shoot. I was 10 when I shot both for first time.

I have a Chinese variant. Such a fun and reliable gun. Favorite gun I own

The distressing on that Norinco is givin' me ALL the fizz.🤤

The Chinese also used a folding spike bayonet on their type 56 (AKM/47 knock off)

I have a Nirinco that has an AK mag conversion kit, so it takes standard AK mags

We have a sks that the importer Bouchard ruined the finish with a belt sander I bet to remove the cosmoline didn't even seal the wood back up so it's fuzzy. I like the rifle hate that it was so crudely taken care of

People: bro the SKS isnt a WW2 rifle Stalin: *watch this comrade*

These things are a handy little ranch rifle.

The Chinese also created the SKS-D model which takes AK-47 mags. Super fun to shoot

Sks is really nice to shoot nice video

In Vietnam there were probably more SKS of various versions than AK 47s. There is a fairly inexpensive conversion that adapts the magazine to accept AK magazines. And there are heavier caliber versions ballistically equal (more or less) to 3006

The SKS is so much like the SKS they can be converted into a very effective weapon. Even in their stock version they are great weapons. Solid guns.

Spikey blade is because it harder to stitch up the wound from the tri-blade than a regular bayonet.

The spiked bayonet inflicted horrible damage to whoever got it. Had the chance to play around with a select fire version that was brought over from Vietnam

17 years ago when I was 18 years old I bought an SKS for $190. My stepdad was with me and the guy gave us a deal if we bought two for $300. I was just looking at them and now they are going for $700 to $1,000. Haha

I have a Norinco MC5D, which is a paratrooper mod that has a shorter barrel and no bayonet that accepts an AK47 mag, pretty cool

Dude awesome video

Big spiky boi is special and we love him

I love that family guy reference haha that killed me😂

The spike was used as a bipod, it allowed it to stick in the ground

Just found out my sks is a 1953 Tula never had any idea

Most of the civilian variants have the spike bayonet. The ones that were used in war have a bladed bayonet because of The Hague/Geneva Conventions. They are humanitarian laws to reduce suffering.

Chines bayonet shown here is called a cruciform bayonet. It’s also tapered making it almost impossible to stop the bleeding.

I think the Russians went with an actual blade because that’s the traditional dagger blade of that region of the world. They probably had a lot of those blades lying around, or they had dies for drop forging them

The "big spiky boy" is more deadly than traditional Bayonet

The reason for the spike bayonet is they realized your not out there slicing tomatoes with it. Everyone knows how a bayonet works.

I’m pretty sure the Chinese sks has a technically banned bayonet. The spike shape is frowned upon because the wounds are hard to seal

The long spikey boy on the 56 had a little cap to give it a foot and on the 56 long you could use it as a monopod.

Weird yes but more accurate than the AK . THE MAGAZINE WAS THE REAL FLAW

Since the bayonet wasn’t detachable it made sense to have it be cruciform like on the Norinco. It takes less room on the front of the rifle, doesn’t have to be sharpened, and is very effective. That’s the same bayonet and swivel mount the Russians used on the Mosin-Nagant M44. I kick myself all the time for not picking up an SKS at my LGS in 1994 for $99, and 1000 rounds of 7.62x39 was another $90. I did end up grabbing a bunch of ammo later for not much more for a Mini-30, but missed the rifle. Then a few years later the ATF couldn’t make up their idjit bureaucratic minds if the SKS was legal or not.

The most “modernized” old rifle

I have a beat up Chinese SKS that came with a blade bayonet, guy at Cabela's said he'd never seen that before when he sold it to me.

“Yo soldier, take this gun. We need you to go into combat to test it.”

It's a beautiful rifle, especially with that darker finish. Better a ceremony rifle than have it dragged through the mud

I wouldnt call the SKS platform archaic. For civilian use, I would argue that an SKS Sporter variant with the detachable AK magazines is a better rifle than the AK. It is more accurate than the AK on account of being a milled receiver and the tilting bolt lockup mechanism is more resiliant to debris than locking lugs. The only reason the AK made more sense from a military perspective was that it was select fire, was designed with detachable magazines, and was designed to be stamped which allowed for it to be produced cheaply in massive numbers. It should be noted that the chinese LOVED the sks and put some effort into modernizing production. They had some select fire prototypes and stamped receiver SKS's do exist. I think if Simonov had forseen the need for detachable magazines and had offered stamped receiver design variations it would have been much more prolific as a rear echelon rifle, much like the M1A1 Carbine. As far as select fire goes, it seems from my research that the tilting bolt mechanism design in the SKS doesnt lend itself to full auto as well as a rotating bolt, hence why the Chinese ultimately decided to drop the project and commit fully to the AK, being that select fire carbines were already the new standard for infantry.

I wouldnt hesitate for a second to carry an sks into battle today. Room clearing would'nt be great but an actual ground war it would do fine in.

They did field test it against the Germans and it got "glowing reviews". US soldiers encountered these in Korea and Vietnam quite a bit.

The spike is only for stabbing. Bayonets aren't for slashing or chopping, they're for thrusting. Many bayonets are normal knife-shaped to be used as a survival knife also. You can't use a three-edged spike for bushcraft stuff.

Alot of people use them here in quebec for hunting

My dad has both of these and they’re fun as hell to shoot

The spike bayonet was judged illegal by the ATF.

You should know the differences between those bayonets! The three sided Bennett was almost impossible to stitch up in a battlefield. Mosin nagant comes with one.

The 1st SKS was in a caliber 7.62x45mm

I've got a gorgeous 1951 Tula - with a BLUED bayonet...

Spikey flat head screwdriver looking bayonet leaves a huge puncture hole in the enemies chest. Blade makes a nice clean cut and stab wound, more easily stitched and fixed.

You're missing the coolest one, the Yugo with the grenade launcher.

My favorite all purpose rifle... and the round bayonet is for leaving a whole ....wich makes it harder to stitch and getting bleeding to stop

The spiker bayonet was meant to create a wound that can't be stifled by standard field dressing, requiring further medical intervention.

I had a Russian vision and I loved it, Fun to shoot

The Chinese version is also a tool. It's a flat head screwdriver to open up the cleaning tools in the butt. The only Chinese SKS however needed a flathead to secure the spikey boy but I guess you can hand tighten if you don't have another screwdriver

That spikey boy is easier to pull out of an enemy and causes a lot more internal bleeding due to its dullness and tearing through.