Finally got a day out with my SKS!

In my case,

chinese sks + clean barrel + surplus ammo = 3" at 100 yds.
(use wipe out and leave it for an hour, continue till patches are clean, then light coat of oil)

Same chinese sks + dirty barrel (bore snake, etc) + surplus = 6" at 100 yds.

So, if you're not happy with the way your sks shoots, try cleaning the barrel with wipe out as per directions. Of course there are other products that can be used as well.
 
LarryG said:
In my case,

chinese sks + clean barrel + surplus ammo = 3" at 100 yds.
(use wipe out and leave it for an hour, continue till patches are clean, then light coat of oil)

Same chinese sks + dirty barrel (bore snake, etc) + surplus = 6" at 100 yds.

So, if you're not happy with the way your sks shoots, try cleaning the barrel with wipe out as per directions. Of course there are other products that can be used as well.
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Very good post, my Russian SKS can shoot 3" groups with good ammo at 100 yards if I've properly cleaned the barrel...no dice if it's dirty. Iron sights, on the sandbags...
 
ghostntheshell said:
Respectfully, if this was at 100 yards, I call poppy ####.
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I am sure there are people in this world who can shoot better than you, this guys seems to be one of them, don't hate him because he is good.

Look into a #### extension if you can't handle someone being better than you.
 
GTA Dragon said:
I am sure there are people in this world who can shoot better than you, this guys seems to be one of them, don't hate him because he is good.

Look into a #### extension if you can't handle someone being better than you.
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reminds me of a gunstore visit.. I was trying to find a one-piece mount for a Savage 111, and was explaining that with the light barrel and iron sights, I was getting offhand groups of 4" at 100 yards with milsurp, to justify that it needs a scope, but because it's such a light rifle a lot of the recoil goes into the scope and all the mounts I've found get chewed up. Some old fart was eavesdropping, and decided to comment "what, 4 inches? that's nothing." Somehow I think he stopped listening and didn't hear "offhand" and "iron sights" and "milsurp" and somehow interpreted I was bragging!

I should have told him to take his bottle glasses off and get out of his wheelchair and try offhand with irons and still pretend its easy. Some people just have something to prove to everyone. Truth is, it only shows everyone how insecure they are.
 
GTA Dragon said:
I am sure there are people in this world who can shoot better than you, this guys seems to be one of them, don't hate him because he is good.

Look into a #### extension if you can't handle someone being better than you.
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I didn't say I hated anyone in my post, nor would someone shooting better than me make me hate them. Heck, I'd ask for some shooting tips. Not quite sure where you are going with that.

It's more a comment in regards to the limitations of the SKS. If you are familiar with the rifle to any degree you would understand why 0.5 MOA with iron sights at 100 yards with an SKS isn't happening.


I'm not sure if you bothered to read the rest of the thread, but the response to my comment was this:


"Group was at 50m. The place I'm going all the deer would be taken in 50m or less essentially, 50m zero makes me pretty comfortable for 1-100m shots.
I replaced the rear sight with a williams peep sight and that has helped tremendously."


As you can see, the group was not at 100 yards. A Williams peep sight was included. The conversation also took place with out any need for any "extensions" required.
 
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Group sizes with an SKS is not a concern for me as an SKS owner/shooter/enthusiast.
I also never measured my old Tercels time during a quarter mile run, if you pick up what I'm putting down.
I'm satisfied hitting a 10 inch gong at 100 yrds with one, since it was developed a volley/suppress fire semi auto front line engagement rifle. I'm not concerned with attempting to make it do something it wasn't intended to do. I save my tight group concentration for my more appropriate rifles.
 
Yup! Agreed.

I'm not knocking the sks. For it's purpose - it's a fantastic, reliable and adequately accurate for its purpose. They are also affordable and a great way to get new shooters into the sport. Affordable rifle. Affordable ammo. - what's not to love?
 
Got out again!!! Checked and there was no rust from the first time...so success.... (but upon cleaning it this time I did noticed a bit of the bolt has a bit of rust. Must have missed a part the first time)

Anyways had an interesting time... here is the setup:

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First group:

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Shot with Polish Mesko Steel Case

I was actually proud of this group (and unfortunately it is best of the day), 9/10 on the paper, 6ish inches across. The target is 110 ish yards away so 6moa...not bad I guess.

Second group:

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Shot with brass cased ...bulgarian? I can't remember. Bought a case at cabelas when they were on sale for $219.99. Great price! But it shoots to the right!!! What the heck?? 8/10 on the paper and they were all to right.

So I figured I would put up two side by side (aiming for blue dot)

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Quite a bit to the right....

The wind was picking up so I figured it might be due to that?? So I fired some of the steel cased stuff at the right side target (aiming at blue dot, green dots are previous holes, ignore black dot...stupid photobucket)

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Ok so left and right (windage you experts call it correct??) is dead on...but now steel cased is shooting high?? Wtf?? (thoughts: on some of my good groups I pulled the trigger faster because if I pulled slow I started swaying before it released...making me more inaccurate as opposed to when I quickly pulled the trigger while the crosshairs were centered on the target, so pulling may have brought the group down a bit??? I dunno. On this group I pulled slowly I believe, may cause higher group?? Who knows. Only 3/5 on target and all high, I am guessing the other two were above)


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So again I shot at the target (aim at blue dot) and this is what happened...only three outta five on the target...and in the upper left...weird. So I said frig it and shot at the gong...that is 400+ yards away (in yellow dot area) there is a...maybe 4 foot square and above that there is a 1 foot square

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Didn't know where to aim and the wind was getting pretty stiff...tried about 25 shots (15 brass cased and 10 steel cased...maybe other way around) at the gong with multiple aim points...thought I saw one hit the ground so I would correct a bit...didn't know where to aim really at all...BUT!!! I hit the small gong once!! (by accident...I was aiming at the big one) It was the greatest feeling in the world, I think that is the moment I became hooked on long range shooting...great...now I need to get a bolt action with a high power scope....

Anyways...there is my interested day out with the sks part two..
 
I would recommend it!!! Speaking of the stock that reminds me. I noticed some play in the stock yesterday. Front to back I could slip it about 1/8th inch...I will have to investigate and see what I can do to shim it up or something. Maybe that is the cause of my inconsistencies... I had forgotten about that until just now
 
Dweano said:
I would recommend it!!! Speaking of the stock that reminds me. I noticed some play in the stock yesterday. Front to back I could slip it about 1/8th inch...I will have to investigate and see what I can do to shim it up or something. Maybe that is the cause of my inconsistencies... I had forgotten about that until just now
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I would bet yes, that's whats causing the inconsistencies.
Everyone should hold the butt of the rifle with one hand and the barrel with the other and pull the two apart and back and forth. A little bit of movement will make a problem with achieving consistent accuracy.

I fixed a synthetic stock by applying a blob of epoxy to the stock at the tip, for under the front ferrel area.
But I've never fixed a hardwood/laminate one before. Ive just swapped out the stock and found a better fit that way.

Oh and I believe your brass cased Cabelas ammo is Romanian.
I shot some of it the other week and I didn't notice anything odd. But the SKS I was using is still on the new side so I hardly know its performance.
 
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The best accuracy I got was with hornady zombie ammo.
*really* worth a try.

Expensive plinking ammo, I don't recommend a steady diet of this ammo unless you have deep pockets - but it will give you an idea of what your rifle is truly capable of.
 
ghostntheshell said:
The best accuracy I got was with hornady zombie ammo.
*really* worth a try.

Expensive plinking ammo, I don't recommend a steady diet of this ammo unless you have deep pockets - but it will give you an idea of what your rifle is truly capable of.
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I feel I don't deserve expensive ammo yet haha. Need to blow through a case to work on "the fundamentals" and get practice. Then I will buy some good ammo and see what I and the gun can do. I will take apart the gun and try to post some pics and figure out my sloppy stock situation tomorrow

Also yep it is a great day. The "range" is just a farmer I know who happens to be into shooting as well. Hes a nice guy who lets me go out pretty much whenever, only gotta be careful during seeding and harvest time (there is a field behind in case you didn't notice!)
 
Another day out! A very windy day out...but I managed to tighten up the stock. I shot this group which I thought wasn't bad:

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Only problem is it supposed to be a 5 round group hahaha. It was super windy tho. So I am blaming that.

Also I got some new rings and the scope is now literally as low as possible. The front adjustment on the scope looks like it is touching but it turns without contact

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So close I can't even photo the gap:

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