A magazine.
No. PA does not require gun registration- and the SKS is not an assault rifle- it is a semi auto rifle with a fixed magazine.
Assault rifle is a legal term, and laws vary place to place. Under MOST of them, it is a centerfire semi-auto rifle larger than 22 caliber, with a removeable magazine that holds more than 10 rounds, and a pistol grip. The SKS does not have a pistol grip, and has a fixed 10 round magazine. Not an assault rifle.
about 1 second If you have a spare magazine ready.
roughly one pound, when loaded
Assault rifle is legally defined as a rifle having a detachable magazine, of intermediate rifle caliber(medium power) and selective fire. (machine gun). the Media has corrupted it to be anything.... AR=automatic rifle.
The AK-47 assault rifle weighs 4.78 kilograms (10.5 pounds) with a loaded magazine.
Assault rifle.
One made for the weapon.
The current issue rifle of the British armed forces is the L85-A2 or SA80 (Small Arms 1980s) as it is commonly known. It is a 5.56mm calibre assault rifle. It is a bullpup, meaning that the pistol grip and trigger are in front of the magazine housing. It's magazines hold 30 rounds, and the weapon has two modes of fire; semi automatic and automatic.
The SOAR (Special Operations Assault Rifle).
There are several different assault rifles - both by the true definition of an assault rifle and by the political motivated BATFE definition of a so-called "civilian assault rifle", manufactured by several different outfits. Which assault rifle did you have in mind, specifically?
The first true assault rifle debuted in 1942.