Molot's Modern SKS
Russian gun maker Molot had a very attractive looking SKS rifle on display at Moscow ARMS & Hunting ’12 expo. The rifle (which is of new manufacture, not old surplus) features a carbon fibre stock, picatinny rail, muzzle brake and a factory magazine. I am pleased they went with a traditional “hunting” stock, rather than a tactical style pistol gripped stock that look out of place on an SKS in my opinion. My only complaint would be the long 21.5″ barrel.
Photo by military photographer Vitaly V. Kuzmin.
[ Many thanks to Zach for the tip. ]
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the stock/semipistolgripl looks an awful long way from the trigger group
In Russia you can get self loading rifle for hunting as a sportsman, but you must have professional "genuine reason" like pest controller to get any self loading rifle in Australia.
Russia has more freedom in gun laws than Australia.
Does that seem right to you?