Frag Out! Magazine
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which allows holding weapons in "order arms" stance and helps when pulling the rifle up (in SKS, soldiers used the folding bayonet latch). The buttstock was modified and the metal butt-pad was added which prevents the stock from being damaged. The metal pad also serves to improve "the acoustics" of the ceremony drill when it hits the ground. The charging handle was slightly modified – it is now one-sided, enlarged and moved to the back (the shape is similar to the flattened S-letter) so it is in almost the same place from the butt-pad as in the SKS when the rifle is near the thigh. The bayonet detaching button in bayonet lug was down-sized as the standard one was accidentally releasing the bayonet during ceremony drills during trials. The last modification is single-sided safety switch lever. Ambidextrous one is not necessary for the honor guard unit and it could switch the safety off during drills. The MSBS-R was developed by FB Radom and Military University of Technology in direct cooperation with the Warsaw Garrison Command as a replacement of SKS. This close cooperation allowed to build the rifle which introduction will not change the ceremony drills learned with the SKS. The fact of MSBS-R adoption was widely commented – some were saying that modern rifles does not fit the more "traditional" uniforms but it should be mentioned that Queen's Guards in the United Kingdom are using the L85A2 bull-pup rifles (even more "modern" looking) instead www.fragoutmag.com