The SKS, or the Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova, is a historical semi-automatic rifle made by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov for the Russian Army during the World War II in 1945. It was also arguably considered the most influential rifle, paving the way for many modern rifles to come. However, since its discovery, many SKS variants were [...]
Read More...SKS History: The Birth of the Legendary Firearm In 1945, a Soviet weapons designer named Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov designed one of the most influential weapons in firearms history. Named the Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova, this semi-automatic rifle has been arguably considered one of the fathers of all modern semi-automatic rifles made by one of the [...]
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