The downright chunky five-shot semi-automatic was chambered in 14.5x114mm - a round a good bit larger than John Browning’s vaunted. The outsized elephant gun sprang from the mind of one Sergei Simonov and the rifle’s designation, in typical Russian fashion, includes his name ( Protivo Tankovoye Ruzh’yo Simonova= Simonov’s Anti-Tank Gun) in its title. There was yet another "pistol" made in that caliber at the time, but I don't remember what it was or who made it.This thing. At the time 7.62X39 was all the rage vecause of the mountains of cheap ammo, and as I reclall, TC thought they'd make a bundle from those barrels. I do believe that TC did sell those 7.62X39 barrels for the Contender pistol. Imagine what it would sell for on today's panick market! It was packed into steel "spam cans" and packaged 10 rounds to a plastic tray.
When I sold off all of my guns I still had a full case (1440 rounds) of the East German ammo. The Ruskies managed to sell 7.62X39 ammo here after the Chinese steel core stuff was banned, and even the East Germans dumped bunches onto the U.S. I didn't say "all 7.63X39" ammo was banned. Had the barrel so hot that oil was blurping out from under the front sight. Had a lot of fun with a MAK-90 and a 75 round drum.
It was steel core - and fantastic shooting ammo. Kinda what I said about the 'Cheap Cinese ammo'. Seeing as there was a "handgun" chambered for it - this ammo was quickly banned for further import by the Clinton Administration. A lot of the Chinese ammo was steel core - and the anti gun/ignorant press labeled it "Cop Killer Ammo". But one of our greedy American Corporations built a handgun chambered in 7.62X39. Just FWIW - the SKSs being sold during the Clinton years ran the price range from $85 to $175. Your SKS isn't one of these - it is a much later production model. A lot of those SKSs were captured and brought back by GIs as sovineers - and are quite valuable with the supporting "Bring Back" documents. These were better suited for the hot/wet enviornment of South East Asia. Many importers were bringing in these SKSs during the Clinton years - and your's happened to have been brought in by an importer based in the Knoxville, Tennessee area.Īs far as the composite stock, back during the war in RVN, the Communists issued many SKSs with the composite stock. Thye "Importer's Stamp" Liketoshoot mentioned is the "IC-KNXV-TN". Most everey Chinese made SKS and AK variant that I've seen are stamped "Norinco". The Communist Chinese have long produced the SKS carbines. There really aren't any real independant corporations in Red China - everything-everyone is owned by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
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