SKS Recoil Buffer
- Thread starter Lizardboy
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Dont waste your time or money on those trinkets. Shooting your SKS will not harm it, the muzzle climb is small and it has little recoil to begin with. My 11 yer old nephew will shoot my SKS all day as long as I'm handing him ammunition. Honestly, an SKS shoots a small bullet, if you're addressing this concern for a kid, shove some extra padding in their jacket, they will get used to it. If you're an adult, then you're a total wimp and this is probably not the best hobby for you.
I thought the OP was more concerned about mounting a scope. Receiver cover mounts typically get bad reviews as they tend to lose their zero in short order.
I added one of the buffers to an order one time because they were cheap and i figured why not try it, worst case scenario it did nothing and i would take it out, but i couldn't get the damn thing into the back of my cover, so it's just been sitting in a bag in my closet because i didn't want to take the time to shave it down to fit
Thanks for the input everyone. I love it when a little bit of research stops me from spending my hard-earned cash unnecessarily. I actually wasn't thinking of mounting a scope, but rather thought it looked like a simple modification to possibly reduce muzzle climb.
On the SKS? Ok, it ain't a rimfire rifle but the recoil is still pretty weaksauce and almost no climb
I have one in my SKS. While not necessary, it is benefitial, despite what other folks here have said.
Take a look inside your receiver cover and you'll see the main benefit. At the end of the cover, where the spring seats itself, you'll find some circular swirl marks in the metal. That's cause by the end of the spring moving around under compression. See the hole in the buffer piece? The spring seats inside the hole nicely and is held more firmly in place while under compression.
It doesn't seem to do much of anything for the recoil per se, but it does seem to 'soften' the noise as the action slams back.
Take a look inside your receiver cover and you'll see the main benefit. At the end of the cover, where the spring seats itself, you'll find some circular swirl marks in the metal. That's cause by the end of the spring moving around under compression. See the hole in the buffer piece? The spring seats inside the hole nicely and is held more firmly in place while under compression.
It doesn't seem to do much of anything for the recoil per se, but it does seem to 'soften' the noise as the action slams back.
Does nothing for accuracy but it does keep the recoil spring in place and by doing this it increase's the accuracy of this rifle. This part and the double spring cut trigger job is the easyest/cheapest way to not only increase ones accruacy and enjoyment level when shooting.
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And a .338 with a 300 grains bullet makes a SKS feel like a BB gun.I believe that those who are recoil shy are not mounting the rifle properly.
I love self contradiction
Recoil sucks when you first start shooting. I remember, with my 870, many nights sitting at home after a day of shooting with a purple shoulder but those days are far behind me. Recoil gets easier and easier to deal with until its no longer an issue. Just shoot the darned thing and enjoy the hell out of it 
Same thing happened to me when I tried installing one, would not fit. I ended up shaving mine down until it did fit and when I finally got it it ... the rifle kept jamming ... lol. Took it out, tossed it and never looked back.
Blaaa Hahaha!!!
I love this whole concussion thing. It's been saving me money at the bar!
It was supposed to say recoil. Hahahaha!
I also tried this mod too. I thought that it would work as cutting down on the movement of the rear cover but after testing with or with out it found that it did nothing. Although I did try removing the rear cover release pin and replacing it with a nut and bolt but yet again I ran into cycling issue's after ripping to many rounds to quickly.I don't have this type of buffer, but have been told they are superior to the type I have in my SKS that mainly acts as a seat for the spring as previously mentioned.
