How many SKS rifles in US? Any one know ?

[alex68]

How many SKS rifles in US? Any one know ?

[Loose}{Cannon]

I voted for option #1 because.....  It was first.   

[XXXSKS]

I don't follow the crowd. I voted for option #2 because it was second. 

10 million

...............Joe

[carls sks]

1,967,305 is my guess. did I win? 

[Phosphorus32]

How many SKS rifles in US? Any one know ?

Alright, I'll try a semi-serious answer. The answer to your first question is, we don't know. The answer to your second question is: nobody in the general public knows, but perhaps the BATFE does, if they've bothered to tabulate import numbers for all of the various SKS models, from all of the different importers*. Perhaps a FOIA request could be used to find out **

*  http://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=2111.0

**  The ATF is a Bureau within the Department of Justice. My preliminary check shows that a FOIA request would have to be submitted in writing by mailing BATFE, since it's not one of the DoJ offices to which you can submit an online FOIA request.



"FOIAonline accepts requests for the following DOJ Components:
    Office of the Attorney General
    Office of the Deputy Attorney General
    Office of  the Associate Attorney General
    Office of Legal Policy
    Office of Legislative Affairs
    Office of Public Affairs
    Office of Information Policy"

Also, I suspect this would take quite a bit of time, given the number of importers, and that many of the records are probably on paper rather than electronic.  That time has to be paid for beyond two hours.  If the BATFE has already tabulated these numbers for their purposes, then the FOIA may have limited or just a $25 flat fee.

[rwhite135]

You forgot the third question, P-32! 

Btw, I vote for option 2 to tie it up. 

Seriously though, I wouldn't be surprised if the BATFE doesn't know, either.  With all the war bring backs and what not, some may have snuck under their noses.

[XXXSKS]

Five responses and four votes. Somebody is holding out

.............. Joe

[Greasemonkey]

Ok...

Obviously more than the...eerrr.. xx number I own, and I ain't got enough fingers, toes, sticks and rocks to count the rest..

SO....I'd guess bunches and bunches.. I'll guess

We know roughly how many EG, NVA, NKs and long barrels there is, maybe a few hundred total of them..
then the next smaller bunches would be Albanian and Romanian, maybe a few thousand of each, but a tad more Romanian than Albanian
followed by the bunches of Russian maybe around 10,000,
an enormous bunch of M59-M59/66 Yugoslavian, maybe somewhere in the 10k-20k range and finally,
the ginormous bunches of Chinese, all of them lumped together, I'd guess 25k to 75k, maybe as high as 100k.

Numbers are just a guess based off x% available for at resale at anyone time, more in the supply line, the more one would take it is available. Also, I guess one could take in to account how many were produced, for how long and then x% of production was imported and how long each was available on open market. So....I'm guessing..

So go ahead... GM you can't count past 10....er, ok 5....don't even try


So, my original answer, bunches and bunches. 

I voted the second one, cause LC voted for the first

[rwhite135]

Darn it, GM!  My post doesn't make sense now because you broke the tie (or was that Jimmy's doing?)! 

[1mlt]

Ben Murray and I had this same conversation several years ago. His best guess was "about 25 million". Granted it is just a best guess.

BTW, I voted for number one is at appears, on the surface, to be the correct answer. Number 2 doesn't seem to have any merit !  TIC

Marcus

[Justin Hell]

I voted number two because I am in training, and it was furthest from my cursor.

The answer is obvious...not enough.

[Dannyboy53]

I didn't vote, I was too confused from too much Vino! 

[Power Surge]

I voted choice number 2, because the government told me to.

[1mlt]

xxxsks, Not to change th esubject, but, I've wanted to know for some time who the young lady is in your avatar? Very nice I might add.

Marcus

[Loose}{Cannon]

Its a dude...

[XXXSKS]

I have a soft spot for puppies

...................Joe

[1mlt]

Nice 'puppies' and the dog is cute too.

Marcus

[Loose}{Cannon]

I'm tellin ya...  Its a dude.

[1mlt]

I'm tellin ya...  Its a dude.

If you say so. Not that I would ever meet this 'person' anyway. Nor am I into 'dudes'.

Marcus

[Loose}{Cannon]