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Is my SKS Pre-Ban?
nitrouz
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Hello, I recently aquired a Norinco SKS from someone and was wondering how to tell if it is a post or pre-ban? It has the fixed 10 round magazine and a bayonet lug. The original owner installed a folding stock on it with a muzzle brake. Any information on this weapon would be greatly appreciated. It has a letter C followed by a triangle and some Chinese writing on the left side of the reciever. Made in China by Norinco CSI ONT CA. The SKS removable clips sold by Cheaperthandirt.com will not fit it, their clips do not properly fit the receiver. Thanks for any info.
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Is your's a pre-ban? Doubtful. Is it legal with a folding stock? Probably not. Is anyone going to hold you to task on that? Also doubtful. Could they give you a hard time if they choose to? Most likely. Would the burden of proof fall on you to prove it was a pre-ban? Probably. Could you prove it if you had to? Probably not. Unless you could find an original receipt for the gun and the stock, dated prior to November of 1990.
The standard SKS and their folding stocks had nothing to do with the 1994 Crime Bill or the March 1989 Assault Weapons Ban. The laws affecting the SKS were part of (attached to) a health bill passed in November of 1990. Some of the "anti's" snuck it in when no one was looking. Prior to that the SKS had slipped through the cracks of previous legislation since its standard configuration was not a detachable mag and held only 10 shots. The folding stock and 30rd conversion mags for the standard SKS were American inventions.
I do not want to feel like a criminal taking the SKS to a shooting range. I like having more than 10 rounds available and removable clips are a must in the heat of battle. It's time to trade up for a politically correct AR-15.