-=> Quoting Jackson Dryden to Carlos Martinez on 06-25-96  09:54 <=-
 Re: match grade
 CM> JS> The conversion really only consists of removing the fixed
 CM> JS> magazine.  I
 CM> JS> think you have to yank out the trigger mechanism to do so.  The
 CM> JS> removable
 CM> JS> magazines I have require the bolt to be pulled back to pull the
 CM> JS> out, not really a problem unless you count your rounds and like
 JD> Caution should be urged here. The last time I looked it was a federal
 JD> crime  to modify an *imported weapon* that came into the country after
 JD> 1989(?) so  that it could hold more ammo than it could when it came
 JD> into the country.
Not correct. You can add a fixed 20-round mag (provided it was made prior
to the crime bill). You can't add a removable high-capacity mag to a gun
imported with a fixed mag without some other cosmetic changes.
 JD> To my knowledge, no such kit exists. There are, however, "goose neck"
 JD> magazines that effectively do the same thing, but you should heed the
 JD> caution abovebefore using them.
Such kits used to exist, but were effectively banned in 1989. I never
have seen one - I wasn't aware of the SKS back then - but why would they
ban something which didn't exist? (On second thought, that never stopped
them.)
 JD> There are versions of the SKS that are around the came from the
 JD> factory  designed to accept the AK version magazines. These are legal,
 JD> but you won't  find them for $100! When I bought mine, it set me back
 JD> about $350.
Seen locally for somewhat less - but still nearly $300. Certainly not the
$100 you can still find new Chinese SKS with fixed mags for.
Steve
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