Cabelas Chinese SKS sale

Here is a pic. Took it out shooting yesterday. Sights were bang on at 100m. Ran 75 rounds through it without a hiccup, more accurate than my Russian. Fun gun!

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CanadianPatriot91 said:
Bought this at Cabela's in Ottawa yesterday for $214 with the tax. I knew I had to hand pick it because otherwise, I would have been playing the SKS lottery, and there were some pretty ugly SKS guns that the clerk brought out. Numbers match with the exception of the trigger group and magazine. The metal parts were covered in cosmoline, so I had to clean that up. I can't for the life of me get the trigger group out. The safety is on and I used a hammer and punch and still no luck. Maybe there's too much cosmoline in the trigger group? Unlike my Russian SKS rifles, the hand guard pin I could punch out, so I will be buying a metal cheese grater looking hand guard. I also couldn't manage to get the rear sight off, but I want to put a raveneye peep sight onto it in the future. This gun came with a user manual and a green oil bottle. Onto the pics...










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looks good
 
Just got mine, cheaper than buying off the EE. I should order 20, shoot them all and try to sell them all for a profit! Call them hand picked or some stupid sh!t. But anyways it looks good, much better than those beat to hell Chinese SKS that marred star was selling a few years ago.
 
I got my 5 pack from Cabela's.

2 wood.

3 bakelite.

Alot of the parts look new.

No rust , cosmoline and oil


I might refinish the wood stocks.

Might buy tapco parts and pimp one out.



Good project guns for winter.

Strip clean. Test fire.

Going to get some PPU ammo, collect brass and do some handloads with SST and see how accurate I can make one.

Anyone ever drill and mount bases...bubba style?
 
4 were purchased.

None were 100% matching usually the magazine was the odd one.
One was missing the piston extension and spring. I called Cabelas they sent me to North Sylva who responded by:
"We will send the missing parts.
For future reference, please note that all surplus firearm are sold as is with no warranty eligibility, any other parts requested will be charged accordingly as well as any incurring shipping fee."
I find it interesting being sold as is when advertised as an SKS would at least mean it had its parts required to function or can they send you a box with a couple drops of cosmoline and say "there's your SKS"?
 
Just got my 2.. # kind of matching
They look complete with cleaning rod and kit
One nice wood and one jungle stock with a wood handguard
I did really good this time and never had a really bad one
Well worth playing the SKS lottery ?? The more you play the better chance of winning
 
CAC said:
4 were purchased.

None were 100% matching usually the magazine was the odd one.
One was missing the piston extension and spring. I called Cabelas they sent me to North Sylva who responded by:
"We will send the missing parts.
For future reference, please note that all surplus firearm are sold as is with no warranty eligibility, any other parts requested will be charged accordingly as well as any incurring shipping fee."
I find it interesting being sold as is when advertised as an SKS would at least mean it had its parts required to function or can they send you a box with a couple drops of cosmoline and say "there's your SKS"?
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Remember the type 97 fiasco they told everyone to pound sand who had the over drilled gas port
 
I looked at every Chinese SKS at my local Cabelas, the guy behind the counter told me a couple were the cleanest ones hes seen in the store. I bought one. After cleaning and inspection i am almost sure this rifle has never been fired. All matching numbers of course.
 
That is why I went the mail order route.. I could have saved $15 over size fee..But knowing the gun counter guys would have sent all the in store jungle stocks to their buddies..
Better off with mail order
 
rally guy said:
So whats going on is there a sale or?
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There was, it's over.

It really cannot be beat.....for a plinker.

I am going to pick the most accurate one and mount a rail and put a red dot on it.....and work up some handloads.

So far I have read H 332, AA1680, and CFE BLK are powders to try.

I am going to use 123 SST , PPU brass, CCI primers.

Can guy use regular primers IF he updates firing pin assembly from murrays?

https://hical.ca/brand/murrays/
 
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CAC said:
4 were purchased.

None were 100% matching usually the magazine was the odd one.
One was missing the piston extension and spring. I called Cabelas they sent me to North Sylva who responded by:
"We will send the missing parts.
For future reference, please note that all surplus firearm are sold as is with no warranty eligibility, any other parts requested will be charged accordingly as well as any incurring shipping fee."
I find it interesting being sold as is when advertised as an SKS would at least mean it had its parts required to function or can they send you a box with a couple drops of cosmoline and say "there's your SKS"?
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Just a follow up. North Sylva was true to their word. I received the parts the other day.
 
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