How light is your SKS?

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Personally, I shaved off 1.4 pounds from the original weight, it's sitting at 7.2 pounds with the sling on, factory SKS is 8.6 - anyone did better? How did you cut weight?

Walnut Stock, cut barrel to 18.6" + remove bayonet lug, RavenEye rear peep sight, UTG buttpad, Wolff lighter trigger springs, Promag 5 rounder, & bolt modification for mag removal while closed.

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But practically, however, take an early Soviet with Arctic Birch stock, discard cleaning kit and bayonet, and you've got a nicely balanced lightweight bush carbine that'll drop boar and black bear no problem.
The laminate stocks are strong like Belarus tractor, but they're much heavier and only good for clubbing Nazis and Capitalists.
 
My lightest is one is 7lbs 1.5 oz. it has a custom made wood / fiberglass stock and looks like a mess.

My heaviest one is around 11 pounds. It has a plastic dragunov stock and scope.
 
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I got my 13yr an SKS for passing PAL.
(we already have 22lr and 20 ga)

its in orig wood stock and it muzzle brake already on it

Im looking to decease the weight a bit for him.
(Normally the heavier weight would be good to decrease recoil but since its already has break i figured im good)

My 1st thought was just remove the bayonet. Leave the lug etc so it can go back on some day if he want it.

-am I on the right track?
-anything different you'd recommend?
 
Reaper of the apocalypse said:
Personally, I shaved off 1.4 pounds from the original weight, it's sitting at 7.2 pounds with the sling on, factory SKS is 8.6 - anyone did better? How did you cut weight?

Walnut Stock, cut barrel to 18.6" + remove bayonet lug, RavenEye rear peep sight, UTG buttpad, Wolff lighter trigger springs, Promag 5 rounder, & bolt modification for mag removal while closed.

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You could probably shave a few more grams by removing the cleaning rod tabs under the front sight. I did on mine.
 
Most of these things also diminish its effectiveness for what it was designed ( not saying don't do it) but remove the stabby thing and you lose that ability, same with cleaning gear etc. But if your aim is to have the lightest possible sks, then strip everything that doesn't make it fire and then lighten up everything else, mill the dust cover down find where you can thin the receiver without harming reliability etc.etc. Skeletonize the stock, shorten the barrel! Swap the buttplate for plastic one!
 
That's a nice looking set up but as others have said ditch that stock and get an original birch stock . it will be lighter than the laminated one you have . it looks laminated . heavy looking .
 
Agree. The laminated stock is a brick.
All you need to do is remove the bayonet, cleaning gear, and replace the laminate with an original birch stock and you'll have a well balanced lightweight semi auto bush gun that'll never let you down.
 
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