ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI – State police are investigating the theft of a 1946 Russian SKS rifle during a recent burglary. The ...

Russian SKS rifle (modified with an attached optic and detachable magazines), a green and gray Schwinn Wayfarer bicycle, a DeWalt drill along with three DeWalt battery pack ...

What's the difference between the weapons? Of the three, the SKS is the oldest. Developed in the 1940s by Russian weapons designer Sergey Simonov, the Samozaryadny Karabin Sistemy Simonova or SKS ...

It was designed in the 1940s by another famous Russian weapons designer, Sergey Simonov. The SKS was a slightly older rifle than the AKs with replicas sold worldwide in the civilian market.

Despite this, the SKS was a common sight throughout the Cold War, being widely used by Soviet supported nations and groups. While Russian production of the SKS only lasted from 1945 into the late ...

But the Russian-designed SKS rifle was not added to the federal government's 2020 list of prohibited weapons, raising questions as to why it wasn't included. The type of semi-automatic weapon ...

(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 ...