SKS Para vs AK

[seaslob]

Just great feedback all around.  I have a 20" and 16".  My next pick up with be an AK
when I move to a state that allows it.  Which will be in the next couple of years. 

Thinking about a WASR but would like to get a norinco. 

[armedhippie]

Oh yeah, A Norinco AK is worth the move to another state  My problem is I have Norinco dreams on a Wasr budget. But....with the price on Wasr's going up every day...might as well save up and get 1 of those sweet, sweet double hook Norinco's.

[Power Surge]

Just great feedback all around.  I have a 20" and 16".  My next pick up with be an AK
when I move to a state that allows it.  Which will be in the next couple of years. 

Thinking about a WASR but would like to get a norinco.

What state are you in that you can't have an AK?

[seaslob]

Oh yeah, A Norinco AK is worth the move to another state  My problem is I have Norinco dreams on a Wasr budget. But....with the price on Wasr's going up every day...might as well save up and get 1 of those sweet, sweet double hook Norinco's.

I was looking at an SAR10 er something.  Looked ok.  Not too much. A little bit better than WASR.  With the norinco you have to use their magazines.  They are so expensive.  I was checking it out.

[Greasemonkey]

Both my Norinco Mak90s take normal Ak magazines, I have Yugoslavian, a Romanian and hand full of others that fit and work fine, same with the NHM-91. The .223 Chinese Ak takes a hard to find expensive magazine.

Like any Ak, its trial and error in feeding and fitment for best results.

Again.. Like Power Surge ask.. What state?

[seaslob]

Ive got a lot of time to decide which ak.  I prefer the basic ones.  Im a novice.

There are so many choices that it is tough to figure out. 

[Power Surge]

What state are you in?

[seaslob]

What state are you in?

Hey PS

I dont know who reads this stuff

i dont want to get into that

[Dragonscout]

Late to the thread and new to this forum. I've shot AKs and SKSs since '69 when my Dad was an instructor for Navy Seabees going in-country. AKs were awesome for the sheer rate of firepower, the SKS didn't seem as sexy. But Dad took the time to show me the quality of the SKS design versus the sheer brute utility and reliability of the AK. I first shot the AKs as a soldier working with the Phillipine government in the 70s. Shot one of the 6 or 8 SKSs I've owned in the early 2-gun matches in Florida in the late 80s...That said, The AK is the one weapon I would select above ANY other on the planet if forced to choose. The 2 SKS paras I have owned have been problematic, to say the least. Fussy in mag acceptance and somewhat prone to misfeeding if the mags aren't in the right position, I traded them away actually for regular SKS rifles. So for me, the SKS Para is an interesting version to add to a collection. But if I need enough volume of fire that mags changes are necessary, it'll be an AK...My 2 cents...

[Power Surge]

Late to the thread and new to this forum. I've shot AKs and SKSs since '69 when my Dad was an instructor for Navy Seabees going in-country. AKs were awesome for the sheer rate of firepower, the SKS didn't seem as sexy. But Dad took the time to show me the quality of the SKS design versus the sheer brute utility and reliability of the AK. I first shot the AKs as a soldier working with the Phillipine government in the 70s. Shot one of the 6 or 8 SKSs I've owned in the early 2-gun matches in Florida in the late 80s...That said, The AK is the one weapon I would select above ANY other on the planet if forced to choose. The 2 SKS paras I have owned have been problematic, to say the least. Fussy in mag acceptance and somewhat prone to misfeeding if the mags aren't in the right position, I traded them away actually for regular SKS rifles. So for me, the SKS Para is an interesting version to add to a collection. But if I need enough volume of fire that mags changes are necessary, it'll be an AK...My 2 cents...

What kind of SKSs did you have that had all those feed issues?  Paratroopers are just regular SKSs that have cut down barrels. They still have original 10 round box mags. If you were running duckbill mags on them, then yes, those are typically problematic. If you had AK magazine model SKSs, those are not paras, they all have specific model names. And the AK mag SKSs are a bit of a pain to get the mags to lock in.