** When you buy products through the links on our site, we may earn a commission that supports NRA's mission to protect, preserve and defend the Second Amendment. ** The Soviet version of the SKS ...

China’s 1980s stopgap rifle may continue to see service far into the twenty-first century. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to the United States and Russia. The PLA was mostly ...

Key point: It was meant to be a test of the Chinese ability to develop small arms on its own. In the 1980s, China’s small arms were largely inferior to the United States and Russia. The PLA was mostly ...

The Type 63 was China’s 1960s attempt to blend the SKS’s accuracy and short-stroke gas system with the AK’s rotating bolt and detachable magazine, resulting in a rifle with SKS-like layout and ...