75yard target from my SKS.

[Robert Nicholson]

Interesting idea. Thanks

Grelmar recommended using shims to make the receiver tight within the stock. Less invasive method for same idea.
What I did to follow Grelmar's suggestion was to gently hammer a steel shim between the trigger latch post and the stock
so that the receiver is jammed up tight to the front cross bolt. I got a one inch decrease in group size from that.

 

[j_06]

Yeah thats guy is also running a SKS with a custom barrel made from a 1919 and no gas system. Its a straight pull action, custom stock, bedding and hand loading and barely getting 1"

Just proves you can't make chicken soup outa chicken schit.

 

[MuthaFunk]

I bedded mine with JB weld. It helped quite a bit! I got my groups down to 3" or so with irons from 6-8" at 100M. I also put a target crown on it and did a sweet trigger job and wolf springs. Using the same ammo my free floated and bedded Zastava M85 can consistently hit 1.5" groups at 100M.

 

[Mumbles Marble Mouth]

I gave up on accuracy ages ago. I found I would lie to myself of what my rifles and I were capable of and end up getting frustrated. Now I just shoot with no focus on accuracy. I find my range trips are much more enjoyable. The only time I care about accuracy is when I'm working up a handload for my hunting rifle.

 

[highbeam]

I found all I needed to do with my VZ58 was use higher quality ammo to improve the groupings. Seems to me many people are feeding an SKS garbage cheap ammo then saying the rifle isn't accurate. My groups tightened up a ridiculous amount when I switched from surplus to hornady polymer tipped hollow points. I have yet to run them through my SKS or determine if the barrel twist is the same or anything technical, but there is a massive difference in repeat-ability with the hornady rounds so far.

 

[klaus enuff]

Grelmar recommended using shims to make the receiver tight within the stock. Less invasive method for same idea.
What I did to follow Grelmar's suggestion was to gently hammer a steel shim between the trigger latch post and the stock
so that the receiver is jammed up tight to the front cross bolt. I got a one inch decrease in group size from that.

I can attest to this method, shimming is the quickest and easiest way to start shrinking groups. I do it a bit different than the way described above but same idea.