Help : SKS Picatinny rails

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Hey guys,

I'm a total newbie. What I'm looking for is a picatinny rail for my sks that is easy to install (plug and play). I've seen 2 options I like; picatinny rail mounted on a receiver or the rail mounted on the gas chamber. I'm thinking that the better option would be the receiver with a shell deflector. The only issue I can foresee is loading the ammo might be annoying. So I was thinking mounting it on the gas chamber.

Any thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated. Also if you have any recommendations on where to get these, as they are cheap in the states but majorly expensive in Canada, and I've heard it's a pain to get any gun accessories over the border.

Thanks in advance.
 
Both Wartak and Magwedge produce full length rails that work as shell deflectors. They are best used with magazines. Magwedge's rails are a bit closer to the bore and easier to clean your SKS when using their Kwik pin. They mount from the rear sight to the rear receiver. Neither of them allow the use of stripper clips. Theres a few site sponsors that carry these.. Bartons BCO carries Wartak, Magwedge carries their own rail.
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Cone_Skid_Cone said:
Both Wartak and Magwedge produce full length rails that work as shell deflectors. They are best used with magazines. Magwedge's rails are a bit closer to the bore and easier to clean your SKS when using their Kwik pin. They mount from the rear sight to the rear receiver. Neither of them allow the use of stripper clips. Theres a few site sponsors that carry these.. Bartons BCO carries Wartak, Magwedge carries their own rail.
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And then get a few of the ProMag 5/10 round magazines. You'll lose the ability to run stripper clips, so detachable magazines are handy. You'll probably have to sand down the sides of the ProMag magazines to get them to fit with the standard wood stock, but it doesn't take long.

The end result, for me, is a pretty good bush gun for deer.

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I ran into the issue where I wanted to drill and tap a rail to the beast, but I also wanted the ATI stock... Turns out I'd have to butcher the stock to make room for the mount... So I went with a Wartak...

Now, you'll sacrifice stripper (lel) clips... But you can always run TAPCO mags... I haven't noticed a huge difference in holding zero after cleaning, but the install will take a little bit of work... Mainly your rear leaf sight, but nothing a screwdriver and a rubber mallet can't handle.

Final thought though... I put maybe 500+ rounds through the old bastard with the Wartak installed, just recently I ran into a fairly unnerving problem. The take down latch pin on the receiver cover gets replaced with a threaded double ended (lel) bolt thing, not sure about the technical term. However, the take down bolt ended up snapping in two (yikes amirite!), so I ordered a magwedge quick release take down pin. So if you go with the wartak, make sure you get the magwedge QR pin... If you get the kwik rail, I believe it already comes with the quick release pin.

links
http://magwedge.com/products/rifle-accessories/sks/
http://www.cabelas.ca/product/74301/wartak-tactical-sks-rail-system

Hope that helps.

edit: It doesn't come with the Kwik Pin, however it's definitely worth it for piece of mind.
 
I assume you're mounting an optic of some sort?? That will be the biggest factor, if you have a small red dot you can go with the rail that replaces the rear sight, or a reciever mounted rail, if you want an eo tec with a 3x magnafier and BUIS, the full length rail is your only option
 
True enough sigpig, but the full length rail does offer protection for your optic from ejecting shells, so it is still a reasonable choice even when using red dot rather than a scope.

Also, if you change your choice of optics you can mount that immediately on your full length rail rather than having to ditch the scout rail and buy a new mount.

These are the main reasons why I did not bother with the "scout rail" concept.
 
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