SKS from around the world today (updated regularly)...

[azbubba]

these are really cool pics, sad that those weapons in the iraq pics are gonna be destroyed 

[bumthum]

That bubba-folder reminds me of the basic design of the Ruger Mini-14 folder.  The butt-stock is different but the folding mechanism and pistol grip location are similar.  The Stock has been relieved in the areas that were too small for the AK magazine instead of simply opening the mag well up from the inside as on the SKS-D/M

[Lafayettegregory]

illuminatus90
 Do you have any details on where this pic came from???

That does look like an AK mag and not a duckbill. Thats one neet Bubba job.

[Sabre]

Do you have any details on where this pic came from???

Looks like a Hamas Terrorist to me. Just another midevil murder monkey 

[illuminatus90]

Do you have any details on where this pic came from???

No clue of where the picture was shot. I found it on the 4chan forums under weapons.

[Sabre]

North Korean Honor Guard                                                                                                                                                        

[jblomenberg16]

Oohhh... 

Some nice custom dress-up parts.  The mags look a little funny...might just be they have some work done to them too.

[grousedog]

Either way, I want one 

[bumthum]

Wow those bayonet lugs are different too.  Those rifles look like they had a lot of work done.

[sks noob]

I've seen that north Korean pic but never noticed that the mags seem to be longer and flatter then a normal sks mag.

[bumthum]

The mags really are not any longer, they are just a different design.  Looks like they were meant to be removeable.  As I noticed earlier the bayonet assembly is completely different than other SKS variations.

[RussianRedneck]

those seem more interesting then the albanians. a detachable 10 round mag and improved bayonet. we should have invaded north korea before they had nukes.

[bumthum]

we should have invaded north korea before they had nukes.

  Agreed!

There are a few North Korean SKSs in the US, but all of the ones I have seen have a grenade launcher cutoff and laminated stocks, everything else looked the same as any other country's SKS.  Looking at these it makes me wonder if sometime, post Vietnam war era, North Korea redesigned the SKS and made a new model.  Another possibilty is that these are the original pattern of North Korean SKS and the grenade launching rifles were later production.  Supposedly, North Korea did not receive help from the Soviets when setting up their SKS production.  The Chinese are supposed to have helped Vietnam and North Korea get started.  Considering that the Albanians were also helped by China and came up with a much different pattern I suppose anything could be possible.

[Serellan]

French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at the presidential palace to meet Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, on the second day of a three-day official visit to Algeria, Tuesday Dec. 4, 2007. The visit comes with tensions between the two countries running high, just as Sarkozy hoped to seal billions of euros (dollars) in contracts with the gas-rich North African nation. (AP Photo/Ouahab Hebbat)

Pakistani soldiers look at weapons in the mountainous area of Matta, in the troubled northwestern Swat valley, Pakistan on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007. Major General Naseer Ahmed said in his briefing to media that 230 militants and more than thirty citizens have died in operation so far. (Abdul Rehman/Online/WpN)

[jblomenberg16]

Interesting SKS missing the back half of the stock there...