Russian SKS45 long thread.

gommee said:
Thanks!

I bet I will have my 4th one before SIR/Cabellas ships....:dancingbanana:

As I said before, ED at Moving Target is great to deal with and he has the stock on hand.
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--- Hey, gommee, Great Pictures, looking Good, and a good idea on the sling clip !! -- and about Moving Target, ---- now you have really messed with my head !! ---- What am I going to do Now :confused: !!! ?? But , Thanks for the Info !!
 
I don't think they would as long as you use shellac as a finish; a dark grade shellac as originally used by the soviets.
Or, you can try first to smooth the surface out with 0000 steel wool, but I doubt it would look any better after 50 years of cosmoline and other preservatives on the surface.

gommee said:
Curtton

As soon as I strip them and charge my good camera, I will post better pictures.

Question:
Even though they are not that expensive of a gun, would they be totally worthless if the shellac was striped from the stock and the stock was re-shellacked? After sitting in crates for 50+ years, they are a little rough.
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took my 1951 bell refurb shootin' today.worked good but a couple of jams.there was a guy there with a '56 refurb bell from sail/baron.lots of wood repairs on it and i'm pretty sure a non-chromed bore???the stock looked like crap(sanded w/ a smooth texture and at least 2 wood pieces glued on.)he was firing corrosive ammo and didn't know about what one needed to do to clean.by the way,that shellac and boiling water thru the gas tube leads to "white/opaque" shellac on the wood.how do i know this?:redface:
 
William's Arms SKS

I was in William's on Friday to inquired as to the quantity they would receive and one of the salesmen quoted me they were only getting 6 and 3 were already spoken for. I was expecting more. I'll wait and see.
 
gommee said:
As Promised, I charged up the good camera and took better pictures.

Note: there is no rust, I took the pictures before the detailed cleaning.

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1953 TULA (bottom) - IZH import. This thing looks like it has not had a lot of use since new. The gun itself is in great shape. Gold bayonet. The stock looks like the gun sat in the corner, as the finish is all peeling off. The gas tube was extremely tight. The barrel does not look chromed, as it does not look like the 1955 or 55/56. ALL numbers match.
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1955 TULA (middle) - IZH import. Another unissued. All numbers match except the stock. Chrome bore. Gold bayonet.
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1955/56 TULA (bottom) - Bell import. Refurbed, laminated stock, painted barrel and bolt. Numbers do not match. Chrome bore. Bead blasted bayonet. Pictures of this one were previously posted. This one is my shooter.
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thanks for the pics. i also rearranged the pics for easy viewing .

your 53 tula does not have chrome bore?
 
The 53 and the 55 pictured 2 posts above both have chrome bores. If you can not tell by looking, take a drop of cold blue and place it on the crown. If it turns color, you have non chrome lined bore. Both of the rifles above have the chrome ring around the muzzle.
 
kwhunter said:
I don't think they would as long as you use shellac as a finish; a dark grade shellac as originally used by the soviets.
Or, you can try first to smooth the surface out with 0000 steel wool, but I doubt it would look any better after 50 years of cosmoline and other preservatives on the surface.
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kwhunter

The dark grade of shellac, is that called Garnet Shellac?
 
DAR 701 said:
The 53 and the 55 pictured 2 posts above both have chrome bores. If you can not tell by looking, take a drop of cold blue and place it on the crown. If it turns color, you have non chrome lined bore. Both of the rifles above have the chrome ring around the muzzle.
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DAR 701

The one looks shinny and has a ring around the crown, but the second only looks shinny due to the flash. If you take all three side by side, the 53 looks nothing like the other two. As Curtton has stated, they should all be chromed, but it looks like any other rifle I have, with no ring around the inner muzzle.
 
This Saturday I tried my 1954 (Unissued, until she met me!) at the range. No matter what I did, at 100 yards, I couldn't group less than 5-6 inches. Is this typical/acceptable for this gun?

I am an average shooter and was shooting iron sight.
 
I believe so; it is a military issue, semiauto carbine not meant as a marksman's weapon. For what it was designed for, frontline combat weapon it is accurate enough.

Home3 said:
This Saturday I tried my 1954 (Unissued, until she met me!) at the range. No matter what I did, at 100 yards, I couldn't group less than 5-6 inches. Is this typical/acceptable for this gun?

I am an average shooter and was shooting iron sight.
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Home3 said:
This Saturday I tried my 1954 (Unissued, until she met me!) at the range. No matter what I did, at 100 yards, I couldn't group less than 5-6 inches. Is this typical/acceptable for this gun?

I am an average shooter and was shooting iron sight.
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i saw a guy shoot his new russian SKS and got 4" on the second try , two bulls and two top right (with iron sight and czech ammo, temp 8c ).
 
gommee said:
Curtton

What do you think about the stock on the 53? as rough as it is, leave it or re-do it?

By the looks of the muzzles, the 53 has no machined ring around muzzle like the 55 and 55/56 does.

Thoughts?
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i dont have any problem with restoration , bring it back to what it originally looked like.

before i speculate , clean the barrel first .
 
Curtton

I plan on keeping at least 2 of them. The laminate stays as my shooter and after I receive the one from Moving Target, I am going to pick one of the 3 matching ones for my prized possession. The other two I am not sure of yet, the 53 if it is not a bad thing to re-do the stock, I will make it a project just to try using shellac. The 55, I do not have to do anything with. All will have gold bayonets except the laminate one.(bead blasted).
 
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