Finished my SKS facelift. (w/ pics)

[princerobin]

Hey gang,

Got some pics of a project I've been working on for a while now. It's a refurb SKS. The most obvious change is that I've zinc parkerized it. The stock has been re-worked by extending it and adding wood to the grip area. The finish is truck bedliner from a rattle can.

The barrel is threaded and the crown re-cut. The muzzle brake is one of my own. The gas tube was originally a scope mount but was useless as such so I removed the rail and added a piece of it to the bottom of the stock.

It's got the mosin-nagant mount from eastwave and the scope is a 4x24 from eastwave as well.

I've had it out before I refinished it, it's a real hoot to shoot. There's no recoil to speak of and the accuracy isn't to bad, 10 shot groups are around 2.5" with reloads.

All in all a fun project, what do you guys think?

Robin

 

[proonur]

Nice clean lines and pretty slick if you're getting that kind of accuracy.
How does it do with the surplus ammo?

 

[Swiend]

I was thinking the same, nice clean and tidy look. I wonder what it would look like with a 5 round flush magazine? Nice job.

 

[DANCESWITHEMPTIES]

Prettiest SKS I've seen.

 

[juanvaldez]

better then a kick in the arse thats for sure. What did the gun start out as...chinese russian....?

 

[princerobin]

Thanks for the kind words,

It's a refurbed Russian, bell imported. Also has sprung firing pin.

 

[Captain Paul]

Very very pretty. Props to you my friend, wish I could do nice work like that.

 

[juanvaldez]

Ya it looks good, reminds me of a saiga...sort of

 

[LawrenceN]

Beautiful work!

 

[nikoinwinnipeg]

I have this exact mount and 6x24 scope waiting to go on my russian just debating on the choate draganov stock.

 

[punkrockboy]

just debating on the choate draganov stock.

They are junk,I have first hand experience with that stock.Garbage!

 

[nikoinwinnipeg]

They are junk,I have first hand experience with that stock.Garbage!

could you point out some of its flaws?

 

[Dsiwy]

You should try bedding the stock and see what it does to the groups

 

[nikoinwinnipeg]

You should try bedding the stock and see what it does to the groups

bedding?

 

[proonur]

Glass bedding the stock is a process that makes the barreled action sit firmly in the stock around where it attaches together so that there's less movement when you shoot. It improves accuracy. Probably a good idea to have a gunsmith do it for you as I have a friend that managed to glue his stock to the action permanently because of inexperience. I laughed a lot, but he wasn't happy.

 

[lone-wolf]

Looks good

 

[timoram]

Thats an amazing SKS best I have seen.

Tim

 

[Dsiwy]

Once its soildly bedded you could even free float the stock by removing about 1/4" off the front of the stock, so its not touching the stock cap.

 

[princerobin]

Thanks again for the kind words guys,

Dsiwy; the stock is bedded at the rear of the receiver and at the barrel receiver junction. I use Devcon 1010 epoxy steel for this. It's a really tight fit into the stock and the trigger guard must be tapped into place with a wooden mallet.

I'm not sure about barrel floating with the SKS. The way the gas tube is fit I don't think you can really float it. Right now I'm experimenting with shims under the barrel right at the end cap to provide a tight fit and pressure, more like Garand or M14 tuners do.

If this worsens the groups I'll try the opposite tack and file down the stock were it meets the end cap until there's no contact. I also will try shims between the barrel and gas tube. I think overall, tightening up the SKS might be more productive than trying to float it.

Robin

 

[Hokus Grey]

Looks pretty bad ass for an old Russian rifle! That's a good look!