Feel a little sheepish.

R

Ryan112929

Member
Rating - 100%
92   0   0
Location
Saskatchewan
Bought my first SKS a couple years ago. I really liked it and enjoyed shooting it just the way it came for the first while. Then for some reason I felt compelled to make it something it wasn't. New stock, scope mount(s), foregrips etc... Got to figuring and I had spent twice what the rifle was worth trying to make it look like something it wasn't. The real kicker was that I never fired it anymore! I'd go to the range and it would stay in the safe. Well I recently decided that I'd had enough. I removed everything that I'd added, put it back in it's laminate wood stock, re-attatched the bayonet, ditched the scope and all the other junk cluttering it up and I discovered that my little SKS is actually very light, responsive and FUN to shoot! I'm not saying anything about anyone else's preferences here but I'm feeling a little silly about all the time and money lost doing something I didn't end up liking anyway. Thanks for reading.
 
Travis Bickle replied to a post some time ago providing instructions on how to achieve exactly what you have done in restoring your SKS.
I wish I could find that post and use it for a sig line. It went something like; ''Proceed to remove all plastic'' ''Replace all original parts'' ''Done''
But much more humorous.
 
As they stand, they're a tidy little carbine. But as with any firearm, what did you buy it for? Speaking for myself, my eyes aren't what they once were and I have glass on almost all of my rifles. I picked up a f#@ked over SKS some years ago, and since it was no longer in original military configuration, or even restorable to such, I modified it for my hunting purposes. I fabricated a scope mount, ground off the bayonet and cleaning rod mounts from under the barrel and re-blued the steel. It came in an ATI dragunov stock which is comfy as all get out and has the perfect length of pull for me. I just recently managed to find a load that my particular rifle really likes (123 gr. Hornady Interlocks on top of 25.5 gr. Reloader 7) and now I have no hesitation on using it out to 100 yds. It got me a deer 2 years ago and that is exactly what I want out of the rifle; a hunting rifle that will give me a consistent chance at a clean kill where I hunt.
 
I just bought it for a fun gun to plink with. It was reasonably priced and I liked the look of it. For what I do with it it's much better as it came. I do not hunt with it. No offense was intended.
 
Ya know, the SKS is fun to play with, but eventually, most people find that it's just fine the way Comrade Simonov designed it.

I have two SKS at the moment, one is somewhat heavily modified (and I'm not done with it yet :d ) and the other is as it came from Tula.

The modded one is for a short range deer gun, and the stock one is for punching holes in Fig 11 targets. Guess which one goes to the range more?
 
It does all come down to personal preference...... but to me; my highly modified SKS feels like a f&*!@ing Rolls Royce when compared to a stock one.... The only reason why i plan on buying a stock one; is to have it as a comparison to show just how good the modified one is lol
 
I think many people go through the same cycle of sks ownership. The only "modification" i have now is a 1" buttpad to add a little length to the buttstock.
 
Last time I took out my SKS dressed in Tapco stock my friend grabbed it and put probably 200-250 rounds down range. When I asked him to have my rifle back, he just said: "You want to shoot an SKS? Well, go grab my unmodified rifle from the case and fire it, I like this one better." :)
 
I have more than 2. Two are stock (one still with cosmoline), one is stock but with "clean-up" accomplished by polishing things up a bit, reducing the action recoil gas amount, a strap-on comb raiser, and a scope. This is my wife's SKS. It's tiny, little stock fits her well.
Another (my first) sports an ATI synth stock (to increase length of pull for a more manly man and a Monte Carlo cheek piece), a scope.
The last is involved in a build. It is a new, never fired Norinco from CanAm. I have, so far, removed all military accoutrements; front sight, bayonet and cleaning rod attachments, rear sight (filled the recess with weld), drilled the gas tube out to preliminary settings, and cut out the ejection port to make it eject next to me, not somewhere 30 ft in front of me and not able to find the brass. It awaits additional massaging before it gets set in a Timberline laminate stock. The trigger group has not been touched and I am building my own scope mount... At the rate I'm going, it'll take me another year.
My goal is to have a nice-handling semi-auto carbine that shoots well for deer out to 250 yds (I already have a bolt that does it)
 
the nice blued one with no dings and a nice finish/colour = stays stock
the bbq one get modified for fun, to learn, to tinker...knowing i have spent more on it than it is worth...getting there is the fun part. Fixing it up so it has some different features is ok. my eyes are just fine but i prefer to see the target at the range better with optic....but hey, it's yours so make it your own right :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom