COSMOLINE.   THE RIFLE PICTURED HAS BEEN CLEANED UP. ITEM #:  RI1660-G   0 REVIEWS | WRITE A REVIEW DETAILS SPECIFICATIONS SHIPPING The  SKS  is a  Soviet   semi-automatic rifle  chambered for the  7.62x39mm  round, designed in 1943 by  Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov . SKS-45 is an acronym for  Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova,