Just got a sweet deal on an early milled Chicom SKS. The DPO (D____ Previous Owner) must have found a batch of extra corrosive ammo because the gas cylinder was rusted tight in the gas tube. Penetrating oil, a block of hardwood and a 2 lb hammer popped it out. The gas tube will polish out very nicely. The chrome bore is excellent but there is a light pattina of rust over the barrel. The rust was burnt off the front of the gas piston so he must have used it like a bolt action the last time he (or she) was shooting it.
Too bad some guys don't know how to clean with water or a water based cleaner after using corrosive ammo.
D.P.O. also must have mounted the cheap (and unreliable) tunnel scope mount on this gun as the receiver cover retaining pin has been replaced with a very ugly screw.
In all, once it is cleaned up and dropped into a synthetic stock ( some in the rifles past history abused the original stock ) it will make a very nice shooter.
Too bad some guys don't know how to clean with water or a water based cleaner after using corrosive ammo.
D.P.O. also must have mounted the cheap (and unreliable) tunnel scope mount on this gun as the receiver cover retaining pin has been replaced with a very ugly screw.
In all, once it is cleaned up and dropped into a synthetic stock ( some in the rifles past history abused the original stock ) it will make a very nice shooter.