In July 1994, one month shy of my nineteenth birthday, I bought a Norinco SKS from Paul Cole’s Gun World and Target Range (nowadays known simply as The Target Range) in Van Nuys, California.

The second unit, installed on the Yugo, was the SKS See Thru Scope Mount ($110) from Brass Stacker. Die-formed from 0.115"-thick sheet steel into an inverted U-shape, it attaches by way of a ...

The United States also slapped restrictions on imports from the Chinese manufacturer Norinco in 1993, which makes the SKS a rare example of a military rifle that is arguably easier to acquire in ...

I’m a collector of military rifles and keep a close eye on the Internet for unique deals. I was looking at Aim Surplus ’ website, aimsurplus.com, and noticed it had an SKS variant of which I ...