Any disadvantages to the sks 30 round clip?

Question

I have a chinese model that is made by norinco.

Answer 1

Prone shooting sucks and they are snagging on everything; other than that no problems.  

Answer 2

They jam more often and in some are extremley tempermental. Somtimes you can't even install them but this seems to be a gun to gun basis.

Answer 3

Well it's an aftermarket part that tries to integrate with a rifle that wasn't designed for it. It'll never quite be as good as a magazine that was designed for that rifle.

AK's are pretty cheap these days. If you sell the SKS you could probably get an AK for a few dollars more than a couple of aftermarket SKS mags would cost.

If I had an SKS I would skip the after market mag and focus on reloading drills for the factory SKS set up.

Good luck

Kurdis

Answer 4

As long as they feed reliably on your gun, (some guns like 'em, some don't) the main disadvantage is that they make firing from a prone position difficult without the addition of a bipod. 20 round after market magazines tend to feed a little more reliably and are easier to use in a prone position.