This one is special...it's a Unicorn! I scored a tired, old looking one in 6.5 x 54...forgot to take the WTB ad down immediately got another one... in 7.62 x 39! Since I lost my SKS on a canoe trip....I have all these 1000's rds of ammo...this is cool.
My camera sucks, and other than function... I can't sound off. Was just too Windy to do anything than step out on the deck and enlarge a mudhole in the front yard by running the enbloc til it dropped out the bottom. So no range report.
But I know Andy wants to see a picture or two, so grainy or not... here you go.
The OEM version in 6.5 x 54.
This one isn't nearly as nice as the M43 tweaked one...almost a different grade.
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Down to the good stuff... the conversion
No stub barrel here, a Lee Enfield bbl recut to Carcano threads.
An aluminum block with machined feed ramp, fills up the missing 15mm length between the 6.5 x 54 and the 7.62 x 39... this is the ticket, because it works with USSR fodder. If only it had a shorter bolt throw... that extra 15mm of Bolt throw really hampers it in functioning...
The enblocs are easy to load and use that I can tell
Beauty to shoot. The M43 cartridge has no recoil and no noise... looks like a good job on the chamber...fired rounds look pretty much exactly the same.
The Rail type rear sight is unusual to say the least... but the sight radius ( and sights ) on these units leaves much to be desired. So a aimpoint or Red-dot of some sort comes to mind... this will be a monster of a bush gun...short, handy with a 200 yard cartridge.
But does someone make a holo / red dot style sight that looks 'Trad' as the British folk might say? Or does everything in that type look like it belongs on an M4 in the Sandbox?
The M43 version has a well functioning Double set trigger...OEM, not so much. A double set trigger on a fast moving bush carbine...WTH? It is what is though.
I'm happy and will be sure to post a better posting when I get home for Break-up. See how it actually groups on paper.
Ciao
Tokguy
My camera sucks, and other than function... I can't sound off. Was just too Windy to do anything than step out on the deck and enlarge a mudhole in the front yard by running the enbloc til it dropped out the bottom. So no range report.
But I know Andy wants to see a picture or two, so grainy or not... here you go.
The OEM version in 6.5 x 54.
This one isn't nearly as nice as the M43 tweaked one...almost a different grade.
Down to the good stuff... the conversion
No stub barrel here, a Lee Enfield bbl recut to Carcano threads.
An aluminum block with machined feed ramp, fills up the missing 15mm length between the 6.5 x 54 and the 7.62 x 39... this is the ticket, because it works with USSR fodder. If only it had a shorter bolt throw... that extra 15mm of Bolt throw really hampers it in functioning...
The enblocs are easy to load and use that I can tell
Beauty to shoot. The M43 cartridge has no recoil and no noise... looks like a good job on the chamber...fired rounds look pretty much exactly the same.
The Rail type rear sight is unusual to say the least... but the sight radius ( and sights ) on these units leaves much to be desired. So a aimpoint or Red-dot of some sort comes to mind... this will be a monster of a bush gun...short, handy with a 200 yard cartridge.
But does someone make a holo / red dot style sight that looks 'Trad' as the British folk might say? Or does everything in that type look like it belongs on an M4 in the Sandbox?
The M43 version has a well functioning Double set trigger...OEM, not so much. A double set trigger on a fast moving bush carbine...WTH? It is what is though.
I'm happy and will be sure to post a better posting when I get home for Break-up. See how it actually groups on paper.
Ciao
Tokguy
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