Thread: History of SKS/SKK rifles in NZ?

Originally Posted by Flyblown

One thing I meant to follow up on and never got round to. In South Australia a few years ago we were out shooting goats and foxes with aforementioned mate. He had one of his old SKS on the bike. Not being particularly into old military weapons I didn't pay it much attention. But I remembered him clearly telling me it was .223 not 7.62x39. Didn't think anything of it at the time. Defo an SKS not an AK.

Later I learned from a pig culler in the east of QLD that the .223 SKS was bloody rare and highly sought after. There was a shipment of them into Aus in the early 90s (?). So I did some googling and they are real, I didn't imagine it. And they are worth proper money. So I'll ring Laurie later on, see what's what.

So just wondering, did any of those make it to NZ do you think?

Can`t say I have ever heard of a Chinese SKS in .223 though when you consider the Norinco company made the 84s AK in .223 nato for the civilian market and probably from the same barrel blanks as the 7.62x39. Why not if it sells the Capitalist west.