Russian SKS45 long thread.

Here's my Norinco! I finally took pictures today!!
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The bubba SKS looks nice, but I'm all against bubbaing an SKS. By doing that you make your SKS less distinctive and less attractive. An SKS with a worn out cheap stock, an iron sight and original attached mag is the ###iest. One of my SKS's cheap wood stock isn't straight any more, but everyone who has shot this one loves it. It functions flawless and is full of characters.
 
i dont get what's the point of having optics of any sort on an SKS. Dont you need to remove them every time to clean them? Having to zero it every time must be a huge PITA.
 
Hey Valishnikov, being where the scope is positioned presently, do you have to remove it to clean it? I have to say though, it does look pretty nice and I bet it's fun to shoot. Have you taken it out yet?
 
Claven2 said:
Yes, if it was said on an internet forum, it MUST be true. :rolleyes:

For the record, I do belong to Gunboards and read there. To many Americans, the SKS is like a cooey is here - I doubt many of the GB claimants know much about them, certainly not enough to convince me their one example is a true-blue non-refurb SKS with a laminate stock and that the stock had not been changed out by a prior owner.

The recognized authorities in the US on the SKS are Howie Bearse and Doug Bowser. AFAIK, neither has acknowledged legitimate proof of a non-refurb in laminate wood. Period.
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Yes,Howie is a well known SKS Collector,but I do believe his main focus has been on the Chinese versions,not Russian. There are a few Collectors that I've known for more than a couple years South of the Borde, that have let me know that they have more than one or two factory built laminates. Also the differences between the un-refurbs and refurbs. So I guess I'll just go on believing them,and that The Great Pumpkin really does exist.
 
I have no "position", no honour to defend, I'd just like to know. All it would take is one example of a non-refurb in a laminate stock to say that some were made that way.

Have those "few collectors" shared photos and descriptions of their non-refurb laminates? If so, can you point us to that, or should we just "Google it"?

"Experts", especially those who have published books or articles, are notorious for digging in their heels on a position, regardless of proof or lack thereof.
If they won't pony up the goods, then their word alone isn't good enough (for me anyways).
 
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Valashnikov that SKS looks great. Enjoy and be proud of what you made. I have a Russian sks coming from Frontier, and i will use some of your ideas on my Norinco and leave my Russian as is. Good job. AGE
 
Woodbeef said:
So I guess I'll just go on believing them,and that The Great Pumpkin really does exist.
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meet ya at the pumkin patch .:D im with you on this subject .

showing old pic wont prove a thing , it wont change anybodys mind , bcos of possibility of altering the stock.

what i like to see is one of us to receive a non-refurb with a laminated stock from the recent shipment.
 
age said:
Valashnikov that SKS looks great. Enjoy and be proud of what you made. I have a Russian sks coming from Frontier, and i will use some of your ideas on my Norinco and leave my Russian as is. Good job. AGE
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Thanks!! It was fun. I wish I had unlimited funds and I could play with guns all the time! Sigh!
 
lone-wolf said:
Yea tech-sights is all I'm looking at for my rusky. Unless the pin needed to be cut, then it'll stay stock.
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I have the Tech Sights on one of my Norincos, and I had to cut the pin.

Great sights for shooting, but it has to be removed everytime you shoot the gun to clean it. They say that it returns to zero when re-installed, and it seems to do just that. Still, I'd definetly go for any other system with as good a sight picture, but that can stay attached when cleaning.
 
For those who care to know, the two primary indicators that a rifle may have been refurbed are:

1) The bolt carrier has been blued.
2) There is a box, a box with a slash through it, or a box with an "x" through it stamped in the the metal of either the receiver or the receiver cover.

Some other indicators sometimes found include:

1) A prior serial number is stamped into the stock, possibly might be faint due to sanding.
2) A Tula stock on an Izhevsk rifle, or vice versa.
3) A bolt through the wrist of the stock.
4) The gun is wearing a laminate stock (currently being disputed by "Woodbeef" above.
5) Re-serialized parts on the gun, or electropencil serial numbers.
6) Barrel counter-bored.
 
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