For all the SKS fans!

[Winchester-1897]

Leave it as is. I think the “tacti-cool/###” versions look ridiculous.

" what he says "

 

[loewen43]

Why look for a number 1 in the front sight? Mines got one

 

[McCrea]

If you get one, then do what you want with it. It's your rifle.

 

[chadeech]

Do Not change a thing there are a lot of build a bear rifles out there this is not one

 

[collector67]

Love that poster…

 

[Painkillers]

A few questions on preferences for all you SKS shooters:

Original wooden stock or aftermarket (tapco, archangel, etc)?

Iron sights or scope mounted on dust cover or rail?

Original mag with stripper clips or aftermarket removable magazine?

Yugo or Norinco or Russian (Tula or Izzy) or Czech, etc?

Buy it covered in cosmoline or pre-owned and cleaned of the cosmo?

All your responses will be read, I enjoy getting a range of perspectives and opinions on a rifle I truly enjoy owning and shooting.

Cheers!

Good day, in my humble opinion things are best left as they've been designed to be. They'll perform better unfiddled with. So:

-Original wooden stock, preferably one of the later laminate ones (stronger).
-Iron sights, they are minute of man out to about 300 m. Any further, and the cartridge is wanting for accuracy anyhow.
-As we're restricted to 5 rounds, stripper clips are faster to reload than mags...keep it OG. If we weren't restricted in the magazine capacity, yea run a 30 rounder all day, but that isn't us.
-Russian. Both factories made great SKS's, but6 if you had to choose one over the other go with the Izzy.
-Buy it cleaned if possible, who enjoys f**king around with cosmoline? The sh1t is disgusting!?

Hope this helps.

 

[tokguy]

Post a pic or two in the Red Rifles forum... if it's bone stock, it might not offend Tokguy

This from a page or two back. Hey Kurgan, I wasn't far off eh? The Hardliner's move slower, but with Conviction. And here they are!

 

[fat tony]

Wow this is like going back in time ten - fifteen years in the threads. I hope you get whatever it is you're after.

 

[jmichelin84]

When I had my SKS I loved the Woodstock but for any scope mount or precision shooting up to 200 yd I wanted a archangel stock I don't know why but it just looked the best to me

 

[Bubba Yugga]

When I had my SKS I loved the Woodstock but for any scope mount or precision shooting up to 200 yd I wanted a archangel stock I don't know why but it just looked the best to me

The only bubba I ever liked was an Archangel Opfor stock.
Mind you, I carved off that stupid AK hump on the back.
Made field stripping WAY much easier.

 

[RMXC51]

Why look for a number 1 in the front sight? Mines got one

The rumour persists that the number refers to the accuracy of the rifle, with 1 being the best. But the number is generally accepted to be reference number for parts fitment. Nothing to do with accuracy. It’s like small engines that have a, b, c, or d stsmped on the cylinder. The tolerances measure out that way, and when you rebuild it you order the corresponding piston.