NC Star for SKS = CRAP

also bought this ncstar kit off ebay

after an hour of filing, the damn pin still wont enter the mount, and it's NOT because it requires more filing, the mount is almost too short already. Not sure if the hole isn't big enough or what.

Anyway, THIS IS GOING STRAIGHT TO THE TRASH CAN. Enough with this POS.

what a waste of time and money :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

never again
 
Balthazar said:
oh really?
With all due respect, I bet that's because most ppl are doing like me. See post above.
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I have yet to come across a mount that could not install onto an SKS. And if I did, NC Star backs their product with a lifetime replacement warranty.

If you're throwing money in the trash, there is nothing either I or NC Star can do to fix the problem you're having with your mount. Again, it's not the mount, it's the gun. Every mount is the same, every SKS is not the same. You cannot manufacturer a mount one million different ways. You can make it only one way. If every gun owner thought that way about the parts they put on their guns, no one would be buying parts for guns. The SKS is not a precision rifle, it's a battle rifle, and it's tolerances for production are very loose. Your mount is not.
 
I had one of these too. It required some work with the dremmel on other surfaces not specified in the instructions before it would fit.
 
ki11ercane said:
Again, it's not the mount, it's the gun. Every mount is the same, every SKS is not the same. You cannot manufacturer a mount one million different ways. You can make it only one way. If every gun owner thought that way about the parts they put on their guns, no one would be buying parts for guns. The SKS is not a precision rifle, it's a battle rifle, and it's tolerances for production are very loose. Your mount is not.
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Sorry, I haven't tried the product and can't really argue on quality...but all SKS rifles built to the same specs and not in a million of different ways. All factory made covers are perfectly interchangeable without any problems. So, I wouldn't blame the rifle...The real issue I would guess, is an attempt to make top cover mount as tight as possible to gain repeatable zero(Utopian idea IMO); hence fitting hassles. From what I understood it's not an easy "drop in" product for average Joe. But people with access to proper tools and patience may have been able to make it work.
 
The fix for the receiver cover mount is an easy, if not labour intensive one. If you have a micrometer to compare with, you'll see that its too thick (almost 1 mm) at the base and you need to sand it down. Filing the tips more isnt going to solve the problem.

I dont have my camera charged to take a pic, but if you look at the bottom of the cover, you'll see a milled out section closer to the middle, and then a lip all around the outside that is higher..... get them so that they are almost the same level, and the cover works fine (although clamping it with its built in screws makes the bolt jam still)
 
In fact, I have yet to see a mount that doesnt jam the bolt.. Fitting and Working well is a different thing.. and to quote other people, we just trash the product and try another one.
 
I have one of those mounts and other than the quality of the finish i have no problens with it. i find that a slight dimple under each set screw and a tight initial fitting are a must for a sturdy mount
 
ki11ercane said:
The SKS is not a precision rifle, it's a battle rifle, and it's tolerances for production are very loose. Your mount is not.
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SKS rifles have just fine tolerances, to the point one can interchange almost every part from one to another regardless of country of origin. Aside from some of the parts on a Yugo and Albanian of course.

The cheap ass aftermarket SKS products are the problem. Case in point run a micrometer over some of these aftermarket parts and see for yourself how generous their tolerances are.

BTW in Battle rifle vs precision rifle...when did we see that before, oh that's right the Ross rifle in WW1, and how did that work out? :p

Seriously if mounting a scope on the receiver cover or the gas tube was a good idea it would have been done by one of the military's using an SKS a long fricken time ago.

And it wasn't done.
 
THX-1138 said:
The fix for the receiver cover mount is an easy, if not labour intensive one. If you have a micrometer to compare with, you'll see that its too thick (almost 1 mm) at the base and you need to sand it down. Filing the tips more isnt going to solve the problem.
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Bingo!

The three I have tried all jammed the bolt due to being too thick at the base.

Unlike an AK the receiver cover on an SKS acts as the rear part of the guide rail for the bolt.

Anyone with half a brain at the company that makes these could have discovered this for themselves if they did some simple simple testing before mass production.

Also the base of the scope mounts had uneaven surfaces...so much for good tolerances...mounted I could see light through the receiver from the other side.

Note my two SKS don't have uneven surfaces at their related receiver parts.

Also with the UTG tri rail mount I have looks like it was designed backwards...ie the longest rail is on the side of the charging handle instead of the shorter rail, which means one cheese grates their hand when they #### the bolt.

~tosses scope mount into the metal scrap bin~
 
My NC Star red dot broke on my CZ 858. Did I say anything to the dealer about getting it fixed? No, because if I did get a replacement I wouldn't have used it anyways. Lesson learned, at least it only cost $100.
 
I got my NC Star mount and scope from eBay for 40$, yea lots of filing, after I filled the whole thing to make it fit on my receiver I re blued the mount and made it look like new and I took it to the range I mounted the scope and zero at 50 meters (Lots of work But I got it on paper LOL) with 4x25 scope I think and then I readjusted it to 250 Meters and out of every 5 shots 4 or 5 were hit ( with a really hot barrel and S&B 7.62x39 corrosive ) and I’m not a pro with scopes or mounts. If you don’t know what the heck your doing and you’re not good at making things work ( not knowing how to make the B***h Work for you ) obviously you put scratches on your bolt carrier (Some oil will fix the roughness ) and you say the cover is no good LOL no offence. And I only bought NC star because it was cheap just like my SKS but had no problems yet:dancingbanana::kickInTheNuts::confused::D :slap:
 
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deagle2008 said:
I got my NC Star mount and scope from eBay for 40$, yea lots of filing, after I filled the whole thing to make it fit on my receiver I re blued the mount and made it look like new and I took it to the range I mounted the scope and zero at 50 meters (Lots of work But I got it on paper LOL) with 4x25 scope I think and then I readjusted it to 250 Meters and out of every 5 shots 4 or 5 were hit ( with a really hot barrel and S&B 7.62x39 corrosive ) and I’m not a pro with scopes or mounts. If you don’t know what the heck your doing and you’re not good at making things work ( not knowing how to make the B***h Work for you ) obviously you put scratches on your bolt carrier (Some oil will fix the roughness ) and you say the cover is no good LOL no offence. And I only bought NC star because it was cheap just like my SKS but had no problems yet:dancingbanana::kickInTheNuts::confused::D :slap:
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Where were you shooting a gong @ 250 meter's?
Also no point in telling this because people need to see it to believe it. I have had atleast 10 people that I showed this type of set-up too that called it H:S: Then I gave them the rifle & made them strip down the reciever & put it all together and they get the same resualts shooting the gong. There faces always do the same thing :)redface:). Now the only problem I have is that there is only 3 scope's that are small enough for the sks so you can use the stripper clip guide. They are Barsaka, Leapers & NcStar. I count Fitco as a NcStar product cuz it is, just a different label. All these scopes do the same thing, loose there focus. Now day's I am pondering if I should get the Vortex crossbow scope as I own multiple scopes from them and never had an issue & it seems small enough to work. Who knows but NcStar product's are all hit and misses. I just seem to be on the side of striking out.
 
Just wanted to shoot this out the SKSman.com has the choate mount for the SKS. No issue whatsoever with shipping it across the boarder - to all those that were pming me! :)
 
Not a gong my friend it was a 8" height, 7" width steel somewhere around there or maybe it’s not the scope it’s me being really good because none of my other friends hit s**t and it was their 1st time shooting, there was a guy at the range beside me he had a modern rifle (I can’t remember the name but it was 7.62x39 same ammo I was using) he had a huge scope mounted and he got 3-4 hits out of 5 shoots same distance target
 
PPl want instant gratification, they don't want to do any ground work, well not everyone is patient enough to do precision fitting (usually with emery paper, files, and maybe some glass pieces etc, lots of fitting and trying, and a large block of time - there was a fellow on this forum who modified one of the new Weaver take off mounts for the Remington 870 to work perfectly on his sks, that would be the way I would go if I ever want to put a scope on my SKS, but again, precision fitting and machining is not for everyone, nor does every gunnut have a machine shop background like myself and others (not to denigrate non - machine shop trained ppl :D) :p
 
what crap!!!
i dont like breaking out a file and die-grinder just to mount something to the rifle that it was designed to fit
wish i woulda come across this thread first

to make it worse i bought it off eVILbay from a guy in winnipeg and the guy took 3 weeks to ship it out, negative feedback
this scope mount was destined to be smashed with a sledgehammer
 
jjbkozack said:
what crap!!!
I dont like breaking out a file and die-grinder just to mount something to the rifle that it was designed to fit
wish i woulda come across this thread first

to make it worse i bought it off evilbay from a guy in winnipeg and the guy took 3 weeks to ship it out, negative feedback
this scope mount was destined to be smashed with a sledgehammer
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exactly
 
There is no cheap solution. You always get what you pay for..

When you pay too much all you are out is money... when you pay too little you're out money and the part you bought (because it was crap).

Why would you invest good money in a rifle, good money in ammo, time and resources to actually go out and shoot then cheap out on your optic? If you want an optic it is because you want to enhance your ability to hit your target. If you mount it with crap they you get crap. Unless all you are looking to do is ,make your rifle "look cool" leave the junk in the Peoples Republic.
 
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