Contemplating a new stock for mine. I know for me the issued sights are a hindrance and will be replaced, but has anyone here noticed an accuracy improvement from a stock upgrade and if so which brand? Thanx and happy new year.
Do aftermarket stocks increase SKS accuracy?
- Thread starter savagefan
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I don't think you can improve upon the factory SKS stock in terms of accuracy... at least compared to the myriad of synthetic stocks available.
I've watched for 25 years how people bugger thier SKS rifles by adding after market crap, devices and modifications. And for the ones that have improved, by chance, cost so much more than the value of the original rifle that they might well have purchased a better rifle from the beginning.
There is very little that can improve an SKS. If its not broke, it don't need fixing ,Comrade!
There is very little that can improve an SKS. If its not broke, it don't need fixing ,Comrade!
bwoodmiles
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I went crazy and put every add on to my sks, thought it was a good idea but I was wrong. The sks is best left totaly stock with the heat shield installed only, thats the only add on that makes sense.(to me atleast!) I found the gun felt sloppy and just not right after the add ons and stock.
But everyone has their preferance
But everyone has their preferance
I have a two Norincos, one completely stock and one with an aftermarket folding stock just to make it more compact. I never really thought about the new stock causing a change in accuracy but this thread makes me want to go shoot the two side by side and see if there is any differance.
Time spent behind whatever stock will increase your sks's accuracy. Get 'er smokin! 
I found that the more comfortable hold and tighter fit of my choate stock helped with accuracy but I couldn't say in a scientific way that it was the tighter fit that did it. However the choate dragunov stock feels amazing and that is good enough for me.
Infanteer90
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I put a Tapco stock on mine because I prefer pistol grip stocks (from years of using a C7 I guess) and the original Chinese stock felt too small. The last time I had it out on a conventional range I was grouping about 4" with stock iron sights which is about the same as the original wood stock. Accurate enough for a plinking rifle.
The ergonomics of any rifle in the hands of different individuals will improve accuracy, it is a proven fact. So if you can make the SKS fit you better by changing stocks or doing specific mods, it will change accuracy to the positive. There is a fair amount of quality kit out there for the SKS that does not have to cost a arm and a leg. I would like to know where you can get another 30 cal semi auto rifle kitted out with decent parts for between $350.00-$400.00?
Travis Bickle
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- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
I have 2 SKS's, one with a Tapco and one in stock config. I fired both, side by side, and with irons there was zero difference. My groupings at 20, 35, and 50m were similar.
If you want to buy an aftermarket stock, do it for the ergonomics. I still prefer the Tapco, even after firing both. It's lighter and it has a pistol grip which works well for me, but moreover, I have a 6' 5" arm span, so the adjustable stock makes the Tapco much more comfortable than factory.
There is no miracle cure for SKS accuracy. It will be generally the same regardless of what you dress it up in. It's all about comfort and what you like to look at. Spending an extra hundred bucks to make a cheap rifle look nicer (just my opinion, many disagree) is a good investment. It was a $200 rifle, now it's a $300 rifle. I'd love a CZ, but that's a much bigger investment.
If you want to buy an aftermarket stock, do it for the ergonomics. I still prefer the Tapco, even after firing both. It's lighter and it has a pistol grip which works well for me, but moreover, I have a 6' 5" arm span, so the adjustable stock makes the Tapco much more comfortable than factory.
There is no miracle cure for SKS accuracy. It will be generally the same regardless of what you dress it up in. It's all about comfort and what you like to look at. Spending an extra hundred bucks to make a cheap rifle look nicer (just my opinion, many disagree) is a good investment. It was a $200 rifle, now it's a $300 rifle. I'd love a CZ, but that's a much bigger investment.
You dont buy an sks for acuracy. Face it your like me. Cheap, and love guns. They look bad ass with aftermarket furnature. Have one to trick out with all the cheap e-bay and nc-star crap you can find and have one to leave stock... this is what i did. I do like the tapco stock for the foregrip up front and the pistol grip. It just fits me better.
I tend to dis-agree. I got the fiber glass veitnam stock and beded it. Then I proceeded to take it to the range and at 200 meters I could ring the gong every time and it was only 8 inch by 10 inch metal at the time with the Czech ammo. So I would tend to believe that not all stocks are bad. My next endvour in this rifle platform will be to take a Tapco stock and mod it out to accept the action bars to prevent it from jumping around in the stock after extended periods of shooting. As I find that this stock system is comfterable to shoot but it is lacking in the design aspect.
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I have the TAPCO and for me it did, but thats because my wrist won't bend properly to grip the issued stock. I had williams sights put on as well. Going to see if handloads improve it any but it's good enough for deer as it is.
PerversPépère
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Nope...
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