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The SKS, short for Self-Loading Carbine of the Simonov System, is the odd one out. Developed in the interim between the Mosin-Nagant and the AK-47, Sergei Simonov’s semi-automatic carbine had a mere ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy. A reference to one type of ammunition used in the AK-47 has been removed.) The suspect, Ryan Routh, 58, ran for it but he ...

Key Point: This rifle has been spread widely, even though it is less known compared to other early-to-mid twentieth century weapons. Here is its strange history. The most iconic rifle of the 20th ...