New SKS- AR Mag Adapter ready for sale on Website
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These look great. Would love to have one.
Please snatch them up now and buy them all so I can't.
Then Hi-Cal will recoup the tooling cost, reach his break-even point, and consider making a future batch at a more attractive reduced cost, about the time I will finally be ready to swoop in and get one. Thank you.
Please snatch them up now and buy them all so I can't.
Then Hi-Cal will recoup the tooling cost, reach his break-even point, and consider making a future batch at a more attractive reduced cost, about the time I will finally be ready to swoop in and get one. Thank you.
When I decided to have one built out, I thought of the cost .. then thought of the cost for me to replace / repair etc... I had considered the cost of a 858 and I decided on a good sks build instead. I think I made the right decision, with accessories for the sks now, you can't go wrong.
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Looking forward to seeing the install video, interested in one of these.
I figure that even if we somehow get our magazine capacity laws rescinded then I still have a semi auto rifle in 7.62X39 capable of taking AR mags, which isn't a bad thing. If that ever happens I'm not sure if you can get a drum magazine in 7.62, but I would get one in a heartbeat if you could.
^Agreed. A $250 upgrade to a $175 gun? Well, it might actually push me over the edge to GET an SKS now. Seems to add allot of value to the experience of shooting one. I work for a company that manufactures in Canada...the $250 price seems reasonable to me.
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You mean like this?
http://www.hical.ca/sks-steel-drum-magazine/
Except that one is meant for the standard SKS, with a different mod required to fit the stock, not meant for this new magwell adapter.
Googled and I found an obsolete 'for sale' advert for a 7.62X39 AR type 75 rd drum mag made by Norinco, but it was in the States. Not sure if there's a pinned one available here.
not for the ability to add a measly 5 rounds...... I thought long and hard about this as I've been there done that with so many sks's back in the 90's and gave them up a long time ago except for one minty low round count sksD with AK mags.
I can see this upgrade being "worth it" for guys that do a lot of sks shooting at the range or in matches, but for me it would just be a pricey novelty item. I gotta pass.
I'd consider one if the price came down and the branding logos were subdued.
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DIY "Subduing" 101...
1) take 1 fine point SHARPIE marker in hand
2) place tip in groove or ident of logo to be "subdued"
3) trace tip of sharpie along indent
4) repeat as required
5) reward self with cold beer.
Well it sure is a heck of a lot cheaper then saving nearly $3000 for a brand new XCR in 7.62x39, so in that aspect this is a major bargain priced accessory.
If you look at this adapter under that light, you are just giggling like a school girl at the money you just saved!!!
HI-CAL I love you guys!!!
^A 3D printed plastic part vs. a CNC'd/milled aluminum part. Yeah...that sounds way better. lol Feel free to tinker with your printer, I have a hunch plenty of R&D/trial and error went into this and at the end of the day~it's a part subjected to heat, inclement weather, solvents, impact and hanging under a very robust firearm. It's also a gun part a company is putting their name on. Quality matters.
For the record, I first saw stereolithography in use nearly 23 years ago in my line of work. It's an incredibly useful thing, but in my opinion...so far...actual mechanical parts for firearms~not there yet.
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