The Bosnian Full-Auto SKS with AK Mags
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During the Balkan Wars, a great many oddball guns were built and used. One of them was a Bosnian conversion of the Yugoslav M59/66 SKS to have a select-fire trigger and to use modified detachable AK magazines. These are extremely rare today, as only a few of them (probably a dozen at most) came into the US with the bulk of Yugoslav SKS imports. The ones that did arrive came with regular trigger assemblies and regular 10-round fixed magazines (and are not legally considered machine guns by ATF).
Today we will take a look at two examples, and go over the discreet changes required to make the conversion (the magazine conversion, that is - I unfortunately don't have a full auto trigger assembly to show you).
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