Looks better and performs better. There, now you've heard it twice. Back in the day, I had two Chinese SKS's's...The one w/ the original stock and fixed 10 round mag was rugged and ran flawlessly. The other was adapted to run AK mags and FTF'd to no end. As far as second-hand experiences, most people I've spoken w/ who run the duckbill mags have had feeding problems. Tapco, etc., stocks are just plain ugly (IMO), except for the Monte Carlo--but it still loses something, though.