SKS accuracy capable of MOA?

I have an SKS that shoots the surplus military ammo in about roughly 6"- 9" groups at 100yards. I tried some soft point ammo called "priv partisan" the groups seemed to get a bit smaller, say 4"- 6". But I went to the Powder Keg in Kamloops and bought some re-loaded ammo that was amazing as faras an SKS goes! I was getting 2"-3" groups every time with it. It is what made me decide I would hunt with the SKS this year.
 
made Man said:
Funny how school system there beats the crap out of "school" system here, yet everyone calls them "illiterate conscripts".
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if that is the case, how come the technical colleges here are (at least they were in the 90's) full of russians and others from the ex soviet union?

i cannot comment on their school system or literacy rates, but historically no one has shown as little regard for the russian/soviet soldier as their own leadership.
 
Shooting with the open sight SKS.

98%Brent said:
A buddy told me that the SKS is capable on MOA accuracy but after shooting a couple of hundred rounds through mine, my rifle seems a little sloppy. Does anyone know of or should say have seen anything close to this?

My rifle is a real hoot to shoot and love the SKS but feel the 1" at 100 yards is a bit of a stretch. I'd welcome any comments you might have if they are based on personal experiance.
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Shooting with the open sight SKS.
Shot today for the first time after the purchase of SKS in a store without first zeroing the rifle at a distance of slightly over 100 meters, the wind side of 3-4 meters per second, + 25C degrees, pressure 755 mm.r.st..
Shooting with the open sight.
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kristian55 said:
Shooting with the open sight SKS.
Shot today for the first time after the purchase of SKS in a store without first zeroing the rifle at a distance of slightly over 100 meters, the wind side of 3-4 meters per second, + 25C degrees, pressure 755 mm.r.st..
Shooting with the open sight.
Links:

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/-1170909.jpg

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/?action=view&current=P9160001.flv

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/?action=view&current=P9160005.flv

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http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/?action=view&current=P9160020.flv

http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/?action=view&current=P9160021.flv
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Thanks for the post Kristian. Always nice to see a fellow Slav on the forums.

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SKS's are capable of very good accuracy if the shooter uses the right ammo and shooting technique. 1MOA? I've never seen it, but I have seen sub 2MOA with open sights, handloads, and a lightly modified Chinese SKS.
 
Shooting into a tree in a questionable area

kristian55 said:
Shooting with the open sight SKS.
Shot today for the first time after the purchase of SKS in a store without first zeroing the rifle at a distance of slightly over 100 meters, the wind side of 3-4 meters per second, + 25C degrees, pressure 755 mm.r.st..
Shooting with the open sight.
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http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/?action=view&current=P9160005.flv

This post disturbs me because Kristian is shooting into a live tree:eek:.
Did he give any thought to the poor guy that someday may cut into that tree and hit a steel cored slug with the chain saw? I don't think so.:mad:

Secondly, from the video, and I did not look at them all, I question his place to try out this rifle. So, he missed the tree, where does the shot end up? EVEN FOR A .22, IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS.

Kristian, I too have an SKS and only shoot it at a well set-up, very safe and well regulated range.

Perhaps I'm over reacting but this post and the videos could cause us all a lot of trouble.

BTW, the still image of the group was not too bad.:)
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Mig25, Hasn't that always been the Russian way? The Russian common soldier has been crapped on forever and is considered completely expendable.
 
I value Your opinion.

Sly Old Fox said:
kristian55 said:
Shooting with the open sight SKS.
Shot today for the first time after the purchase of SKS in a store without first zeroing the rifle at a distance of slightly over 100 meters, the wind side of 3-4 meters per second, + 25C degrees, pressure 755 mm.r.st..
Shooting with the open sight.
Links:


http://s253.photobucket.com/albums/hh45/kristian555/?action=view&current=P9160005.flv

This post disturbs me because Kristian is shooting into a live tree:eek:.
Did he give any thought to the poor guy that someday may cut into that tree and hit a steel cored slug with the chain saw? I don't think so.:mad:

Secondly, from the video, and I did not look at them all, I question his place to try out this rifle. So, he missed the tree, where does the shot end up? EVEN FOR A .22, IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS.

Kristian, I too have an SKS and only shoot it at a well set-up, very safe and well regulated range.

Perhaps I'm over reacting but this post and the videos could cause us all a lot of trouble.

BTW, the still image of the group was not too bad.:)
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1.This is a dry tree in our local trees felled with an ax, - the following - I found that all the bullets were to depart from a tree about 10 inches thick.
2. The second question is not clear to me - what caused your anxiety?
Do not respond well to the "Russian reality".
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fat tony

fat tony said:
Hmmm, the tree looked dead to me, I'm no expert but the other trees had leaves on them. . . :confused: anyways welcome Kristian55 ;)
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I offer my apologies (NOT GREENPEACE - joke) but the tree is really dry - dead. Thank you for your assessment - but still will have to make adjustments to the trunk.
 
98%Brent said:
Anyone use a scope with their SKS and is it the receiver cover style or the rear sight-based version?
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I'm going to the range today to test my Norinco SKS. I bought a receiver scope mount to play with. I am interested to see how it does but am not expecting a lot. I had some concern that it would be sloppy and I would loose my zero after every round as I had to do some filing to make the receiver fit, but it appears to be pretty tight. Put a tapco shell deflector on it as well to prevent the ejecting shell casings from hitting the scope. It pretty much covers most of the receiver so stripper clip loading is out. Not sure I like that, but I converted it to a 5rd magazine years ago as required by law, so it may not be so bad.

I'm going to set up paper at the 75 metre burm at the club and see how it does. I have some Norico, China Sport, 123g., non - corrosive soft point, steel case ammo I bought when I bought the rifle years ago. I'm also going to use and PVRI PARTISAN 123g. soft point, and American Eagle 124g. ball ammo.
I don't expect to really tight grouping, but I may be pleasantly surprised!

I'll see if I can get some decent pictures of the target paper afterwards to post.
 
My Concerns

kristian55 said:
Sly Old Fox said:
1.This is a dry tree in our local trees felled with an ax, - the following - I found that all the bullets were to depart from a tree about 10 inches thick.
2. The second question is not clear to me - what caused your anxiety?
Do not respond well to the "Russian reality".
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Kristian,

The tree was dead. OK with that but any steel, e.g. nails, bullets etc. are very dangerous for a person cutting the wood with a chain saw. If you intended to cut the wood yourself, then of course my concern is invalid.

To me it was not apparent that you had a safe back-stop if by chance you missed :redface: the tree.

I certainly did not want to dump on you and I apologize.

And a belated welcome to CGN :welcome: and everyone here is certainly not as cranky as I can be.

Yesterday was the fall military shoot here in Ottawa and I had to miss it :( which will possibly explain why I was peevish.

BTW, I don't understand your last sentence in your quote. TheRussian reality is that I have a 1951 Tula refurb with which I hope to make some decent groups.

Too bad we can't get together for :cheers: and a chat.
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"can we all just get along?" :D

We all have to remember that we are all part of a CGN community and think we should trust what other members do. Also, cameras fail to accurately show gradients either steep or gradual when comparing it to the human eye.

If we were all siting around a table I would buy you all a round of beers (myself a water) and I bet we would have all more in common than not.
 
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