Pre-Ban or Post-Ban

JimAR · 03-22-2002, 08:53 AM

Hi guys, I was wondewring if you could enlighten me as to if a Pre-Ban SKS exists or were all SKS's imported as Post-Ban. I bought three (two Russians and a Chinese) back in 94 and was wondering if a person could tell by the serial # and importer if the guns were Pre-Ban or not. Thanks -JimAR

AR-tim · 03-24-2002, 04:02 AM

I think some had a date stamped on the receiver, that should tell you when it was imported. If not, you might have to do alittle more research about your gun. I am not sure if there is a way to tell just by looking at it, bayonet lug for example.

Rave · 03-24-2002, 04:19 PM

If you bought it prior to Sep. 13,1994 and it had some evil features on it it could be grand-fathered in as an existing assault rifle.
Proving/disproving existing features is the grey area.GL

03-25-2002, 10:02 AM

SKS is a carbine NOT an assult rifle.

If you wish to piss and moan. The assult rifle class is defined by it's selector switch. AUTO/SINGLE/SAFE. I'm betting yours isn't like that.

I doupt very few on this board have even seen a real assult rifle. Yes I know you FTA, back to the worlders have.

My personal pet peeve is this cluster of wannabe warsaw pact firearms.

The only thing you will get me to agree with is that YOU have the right to own them.

"This is My rifle, this is my gun...
This is for killing, this is for fun"

Sutro · 04-05-2002, 06:39 PM

Oh, get a grip, Armoror. The war is over. Anyway, this is a legal question & should be responded to as such.

Wish I could remember where I found this info - but anyway it's on the 'net. For reasons that make absolutely no sense at all, the Feds consider only Russian SKS's to be pre-ban. With all others, you can get busted for folding stocks, detachable hi-cap mags, etc., although I don't know that the law's actually ever been enforced.

You can legally trick out a Russian SKS with a put folding stock and detachable hi-cap mags, but it'd be a shame to do so.

BattleRifleG3 · 04-05-2002, 07:11 PM

If the gun had the features before 89, it's legal. If it has 10 or less listed imported parts and its features before 1994, it's legal. If it is a Russian, Romanian, Yugoslav, or East German, it can have a bayonet since it's seen as part of its Curio&Relic status. Yugo 59/66s can keep their grenade launcher. E German can keep their night sites. Any other addition of restricted features is illegal.
Restricted features are NOT:
Scope and mounts
Conventional stock of any manufacture
Muzzle brakes that DO NOT also work as flash hiders
Laser sites
Slings
Replacement parts

Rave · 04-22-2002, 12:55 PM

Remember the grandfather clause,two or more evil features prior to Sep.13th,1994 on a semi-auto rifle.:nod: :nod: :nod:

03-22-2002, 08:53 AM	#1
JimAR Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 4	Pre-Ban or Post-Ban Hi guys, I was wondewring if you could enlighten me as to if a Pre-Ban SKS exists or were all SKS's imported as Post-Ban. I bought three (two Russians and a Chinese) back in 94 and was wondering if a person could tell by the serial # and importer if the guns were Pre-Ban or not. Thanks -JimAR

03-24-2002, 04:02 AM	#2
AR-tim Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: WI Posts: 307	I think some had a date stamped on the receiver, that should tell you when it was imported. If not, you might have to do alittle more research about your gun. I am not sure if there is a way to tell just by looking at it, bayonet lug for example. __________________ "Unfortunately, the Army has revealed no plans to develop an air-droppable, laser-guided, self-chilling keg of beer!" From "Airborne" by Tom Clancy

03-24-2002, 04:19 PM	#3
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 8,685	If you bought it prior to Sep. 13,1994 and it had some evil features on it it could be grand-fathered in as an existing assault rifle. Proving/disproving existing features is the grey area.GL __________________ And The Winners are.... The Usual Suspects. .

04-05-2002, 07:11 PM	#6
BattleRifleG3 Retired Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Western PA Posts: 11,721	If the gun had the features before 89, it's legal. If it has 10 or less listed imported parts and its features before 1994, it's legal. If it is a Russian, Romanian, Yugoslav, or East German, it can have a bayonet since it's seen as part of its Curio&Relic status. Yugo 59/66s can keep their grenade launcher. E German can keep their night sites. Any other addition of restricted features is illegal. Restricted features are NOT: Scope and mounts Conventional stock of any manufacture Muzzle brakes that DO NOT also work as flash hiders Laser sites Slings Replacement parts __________________ Trust is earned, not... GIVEN away. - Worf

04-22-2002, 12:55 PM	#7
Rave Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Tampa Posts: 8,685	Remember the grandfather clause,two or more evil features prior to Sep.13th,1994 on a semi-auto rifle.:nod: :nod: :nod: __________________ And The Winners are.... The Usual Suspects. .

03-25-2002, 10:02 AM	#4
Armorer Guest Posts: n/a	SKS is a carbine NOT an assult rifle. If you wish to piss and moan. The assult rifle class is defined by it's selector switch. AUTO/SINGLE/SAFE. I'm betting yours isn't like that. I doupt very few on this board have even seen a real assult rifle. Yes I know you FTA, back to the worlders have. My personal pet peeve is this cluster of wannabe warsaw pact firearms. The only thing you will get me to agree with is that YOU have the right to own them. "This is My rifle, this is my gun... This is for killing, this is for fun"

04-05-2002, 06:39 PM	#5
Sutro Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Nevada Posts: 41	Oh, get a grip, Armoror. The war is over. Anyway, this is a legal question & should be responded to as such. Wish I could remember where I found this info - but anyway it's on the 'net. For reasons that make absolutely no sense at all, the Feds consider only Russian SKS's to be pre-ban. With all others, you can get busted for folding stocks, detachable hi-cap mags, etc., although I don't know that the law's actually ever been enforced. You can legally trick out a Russian SKS with a put folding stock and detachable hi-cap mags, but it'd be a shame to do so.