Mike, do yourself a favor and order a front sight adjustment tool. Although my rifles were "close" when I received them, I was glad to have the tool to tweek the sight to zero.
Thinking of buying a Russian SKS
- Thread starter MikeAK
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Hightrailtracker
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- SW Ontario
Always buy 2 !!
You will never regret it , these 2 are both 1954 , on referb the other is not .
You will never regret it , these 2 are both 1954 , on referb the other is not .
just be sure to clean it after that corrosive ammo bath
remember they are made to last generations but then again the ammo was meant to last a soldiers life expectancy
which was less than a week
Might want to look into non corrosive
unless you don't mind the field strip every outing
in which case enjoy the savings that ammo is the real deal
Yeah, thanks for the advice and you bring up a good point. I'm still new to the shooting hobby so I actually like doing the strip and clean process. I will enjoy the cheap ammo for now and maybe once I've been shooting for a few years that will change. For now, that deal from CanadaAmmo for 1440 plus free shipping is worth the extra cleaning time.
Cheers
whiteinterceptor
CGN Regular
- Location
- Oshawa, Ontario
just becareful, once you buy one sks it's like eating one potato chip, you can't stop with just one, or two or three............. 
Mumbles Marble Mouth
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Lower Mainland
Got my two and now I want a Type 56 SKS as well.
- Location
- West Quebec
I have a few you can clean..
I took 3 out to the range today to find a candidate for a dress-up. They were all marked 1 on the front sight post but one of them shot half the group size of the others, it had a much smoother trigger as well, coincidence? Dry fire them in the store and compare.
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
The numbers on the front of the sight post do not have anything to do with accuracy. It is an internet myth that has already been discussed on CGN.
Okay, I'm interested. What does it mean then? A co-worker bought a few, several 1s and a 2 and the 2 was piss-poor. From my very small sampling, the smooth trigger shot better than the gritty/crunchy feeling triggers. That was the whole f.- point of my post. I don't know a thing about these Marxist machines but at $200 a pop who cares?
- Location
- East of Home, West of the Rest
Not all sks barrels are the same dimensions. The numbers are the size of the barrel journal for assembly purposes, nothing else. Not every SKS has a number on the front sight post.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/foru...ssment!?highlight=sks+front+sight+post+number
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- Location
- Burnaby, BC
Just got a Russian one yesterday and have yet to shoot it. Apparently has the new style of riveted mag limiter. $159 from Lever Arms... how can you go wrong? Don't know too much about em. Never really looked at em - just grabbed the first one I seen. Stripped and cleaned... this thing looks unfired and unissued. So easy to tear down and clean. It will go well with my Russian URAL sidecar motorcycle!
Did I mention it was $159?? And despite all the Lever Arms hate posts, they were very nice and helpful yesterday. The brighter lighting in there must be making the staff happier!
Did I mention it was $159?? And despite all the Lever Arms hate posts, they were very nice and helpful yesterday. The brighter lighting in there must be making the staff happier!
wow thats a good price!
I agree, my local guy had them at $179, but now they're $199. There's a tipping point around there. $179 is an okay price for a refurb if you don't have to pay shipping but $199 is a little over the edge IMO.
- Location
- West Quebec
They must enter the country from the west coast.. prices are really good
