The SKS rifle is a Soviet-era weapon. But they can also be outfitted with detachable magazines with larger ammunition capacities of 40 rounds made by American companies like ProMag.

Nassau County Sheriff Bill Leeper said a five-year-old child ran to a neighbor after the shooting, who then called police.

A Wednesday article on CNN.com pointed out that “traces are still being done on the two firearms recovered at the scene — an SKS rifle 7.62 (which is a Chinese-made AK variant) and a 9 mm ...

Firearms experts at The Military Wire called the weapon a 7.62x39mm SKS rifle with black synthetic stock. That’s the same ammunition as most AKs. In a 2002 report from the federal Bureau of ...

Noah K. Murray/The Star-LedgerThe Norinco SKS rifle used to kill 15 year old Bukhari Washington. In the spring of 1992, two AT&T craftsmen in Georgia were chatting at work when the subject of guns ...

The most iconic rifle of the 20th century is the AK-47.One of the most iconic rifles of World War II — granted, this is more debatable — is the Mosin-Nagant.Both were developed in Russia.

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - The search continues for the suspects after shots were fired in Kalamazoo's Edison Neighborhood. Police say they were called out to a suspicious situation on ...

The SKS was the first rifle to replace the Soviet Union’s bolt-action Mosin-Nagant of Imperial Russian vintage. It was about time too—the Mosin-Nagant had served the Tsar’s troops since 1891.

ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI – State police are investigating the theft of a 1946 Russian SKS rifle during a recent burglary. The rifle, modified with an attached optic and detachable magazines, was ...

Officials said that the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump left an AK-47, but weapons experts said it was an SKS rifle.