How's this for a "Modified" SKS??!!

[P.E. Islander]

When you buy surplus guns you never know just what you will get. Here's an example of why you should fully and carefully inspect any firearm before attempting to fire it. The guy who fired the Chinese sks in the photos suffered only minor injuries, but it could have turned out far differently.

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Notice the milled slot in the bottom of the barrel? It appears that this rifle came from the importers in this condition. There was no way to see it while the rifle was assembled, and it could not be seen when looking down the bore from either direction.


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Notice the copper shape smashed into the cleaning rod hole? That's the bullet - it exited the barrel by way of the milled slot.


We have no idea why this slot was milled in the bottom of the barrel. We only speculate that it might have started off as an attempt to make a cut away or dummy rifle, but somehow got mixed into the "real" rifles.

Anyway, there is a lesson here. Carefully and fully inspect any firearm before firing it!

 

[SKScanuck]

That's just wrong...

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Is this a 'found on the internet', or someone with first hand or attributable knowledge?

 

[Coyote Ugly]

Made with Pride in China!

 

[300Spartans]

That guy's lucky he didn't lose his hand.

 

[P.E. Islander]

Is this a 'found on the internet', or someone with first hand or attributable knowledge?

I held it in my sweaty hands Friday afternoon. I there is at least one other CGN'er who also has had a personal look at it.

 

[P.E. Islander]

That guy's lucky he didn't lose his hand.

That's pretty much the common opinion. I expect the cleaning rod and the folding bayonet had someting to do with preserving his hand. He got some burns, blood blisters and a bit of a cut, but nothing that requred medical atention.

 

[happydude]

And it's examples like this that prove you should always completely field strip/disassemble a milsurp when you first get it. Had he taken it apart this would have been noticed.

Glad to hear there were no injuries.

 

[ollie]

Wow. He is one lucky guy. By the looks of the photos, there is still generous amounts of cosmo on the gun. Was this a "new" milsurp on it's first shot?

 

[Hitzy]

What shop did it come from?

 

[P.E. Islander]

Wow. He is one lucky guy. By the looks of the photos, there is still generous amounts of cosmo on the gun. Was this a "new" milsurp on it's first shot?

Yes, unlucky and lucky at the same time. And yes it was "new", first (and only!) shot fired.

 

[P.E. Islander]

What shop did it come from?

The shop that brought it in from the distributor and originally sold it is now out of business - not much point in naming names at this point. Attempts are being made to determine exactly which distributor it came from. The shop that originally sold this got four or five in the same batch as this one - no problems were reported with the other ones. This one went a few years without being fired, it was recently sold to a new owner. It appears that he fired it without doing a complete strip/clean/inspect.

 

[Proutfoo]

Made with Pride in China!

well, it could be made with pride in Winsconsin too, if you don't take an unknown rifle apart completely before firing, this can happen.

Origins and quality controls are not what caused this catastrophy. Taking apart, cleaning and inspecting a gun would have prevented this.

 

[Dimitri]

Has he bought a lottery ticket yet ??

Do all SKS's have a cleaning rod built in like that ??

Dimitri

 

[Coyote Ugly]

I'll bet he's saying now:

"My #### will fall off because I didn't have USGI Parts!!!"

Ya, I know more of a M305/M14 Norinco thing!!!!

 

[the_big_mike]

Damn...

I ALWAYS strip apart every gun I buy before I shoot it.

Hell, i love it. I like to see how everything fits together and how it works.. its fun!

 

[303carbine]

Another quality product from the other side of the wall.....

 

[Speckfire]

Damn...

I ALWAYS strip apart every gun I buy before I shoot it.

Hell, i love it. I like to see how everything fits together and how it works.. its fun!

+1

Always clean and inspect a new rifle before firing.

 

[Proutfoo]

Another quality product from the other side of the wall.....

if you fired your milled-out .303 without cleaning out the cosmo, do you think it would do better than this one? I would bet you would be in the ER too...

 

[BerniePEI]

I held it in my sweaty hands Friday afternoon. I there there is at least one other CGN'er who also has had a personal look at it.

Confirmed - I had a good look at it Friday as well.

I was surprised most by the fact that you can not see the cutout section of barrel from inspecting the bore as usual. As P. E. Islander says, you would have to disassemble to notice the milled section - a flashlight and a cleaning rod would not reveal this "less-than optimum" bore condition.

The shooter is extremely lucky to be alive and relatively unharmed, considering the amount of force applied to that rifle. Once again, we can take this as another lesson in how important it is to disassemble and inspect before firing.