Looks like House Republicans are down another vote.

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      10 months ago

      They fire the same rounds but I wouldn’t really consider them a knockoff. SKS was made sort of as an answer to the M1 carbine and other lighter shorter weapons. This was in comparison to the Mosin Nagant which is a big beefy boy and hard to lug around. Also the SKS was designed 4 years before the AK47.

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        I was never a big “gun guy”, so my limited exposure was during the gun shows of the 90s. They’d always have AKs and SKSs (I believe they were Chinese manufactured) on display/sale. Extended family members bought a few just before Michigan’s (now expired) ban went into effect. As a kid, they all looked about the same to me (fired the same ammo, interchangeable clips, etc).

        So I learned something new today and I appreciate your response.