Built a SKS for my son

[Rosco7002]

My boy has been shooting his 22 for a couple years now. He’s gotten to the point where he is safe and accurate however the lightweight caliber seems to have lost some luster. When I saw a mint condition, unissued Chinese SKS for sale at Cabelas I got hit with some inspiration and decided to do a build for him. The short LOP and intermediate caliber seemed like a great next step for the young lad.

Purists beware... this is what happened.

Here’s the untouched rifle:



Stock stripped and bedded:





Bolt machined for drop free mag changes:



Barrel mods - bayonet delete, cut to 18.75, recrowned, paratrooper sight, threaded and new flash hider.







Other mods included a nice trigger job, matador razor rail and Vortex crossfire.

 

[Rosco7002]

Really like the end result and the accuracy was pretty surprising. Most of all - my boy loves it!

 

[drail46]

Nice work! Looks good.

 

[lacroian]

Nice, hope your boy enjoys this! Hopefully he helped out with the build!!

 

[Magellann]

It looks really good, I especially like the new mag.

 

[Murray 3-D]

What did u use for a bedding compound ?

 

[silverfoxdj]

Nice work I'm sure he will appreciate it for a very long time

 

[laker415]

Nice work, looks great. Lucky kid.

 

[btabin]

I wish I had a dad like you, haha. As stated above, lucky kid.

 

[Robert Nicholson]

I wish I had a dad like you, haha. As stated above, lucky kid.

Plus one!

 

[xdmer]

Tastefully done, and nice results. Two of those 1.x groups look lovely if shot at 100 (even 50) with a red dot, what ammo was used? That must have been one fun afternoon, happy son, happy dad I'm sure.

 

[Curtton]

I wish I had a dad like you, haha. As stated above, lucky kid.

I would have settled for a dad just interested in gun.

 

[Rosco7002]

What did u use for a bedding compound ?

JB Weld.

 

[Rosco7002]

Appreciate the complements fellas. I am at the point where I like working on rifles as much as I like shooting them and, beyond this being a fun, low-budget build, it is a real pleasure to share things with my son (Government better not fvck that up for us all).

In answer to a previous question - groups were shot at 50 yards using Chinese corrosive milsurp ammo. Was rushed for time so they opened up a little with barrel heat but all in all, a satisfying accuracy change over an “as issued” SKS.

 

[WmMcLeod]

A good crown makes a world of difference! That looks great!

 

[MechanicalSparky25]

Nice Rifle !!! Looks like a sweet shooter.

My dad didnt want a gun in the house when I got my PAL, mom wanted me to get a safe. So the next day i went and bought a brand new 12gauge, the safe and 3 more firearms came not too long after. 1 of them my dads dads 100 year old sporterized lee enfield.

 

[Rosco7002]

A good crown makes a world of difference!

^^^^ definitely ^^^^

 

[Intrepid]

Looks good to me!

And, please tell me where you found that nice, beefy die holder; it sure beats the crap out of crappy tire's...

 

[Rem7]

Beautiful looking sks

 

[tepp]

Any trouble with ejecting cases hitting the scout mounted scope?