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All I added was a vented hand guard and a 30 round magazine pinned to 5 of course. I wouldn't call that tacticool. No plastic.
 
There's a couple things I like to do to them still. Trigger job, bedding etc. Maybe some sight mods. It takes a lot of time and money to make them any better than they start out and at that point you're time and money ahead with an off the shelf VZ. They're a fun plinking rifle.
 
I sorta Tacticooled one- Put a tupperware stock on it and a scope. Mostly to see how accurate I could make it with handloads. Then I kinda wanted it back to stock but couldn't find the little pin that goes in the rear bolt shroud (replaced with a different one for the scope mount)

My solution was to buy a Russian Laminated SKS. :) Bayonets are fun :)
 
I guess you could gain some experience from tinkering with it , but still, it's pretty much everything it should be or needs to be from the start.
Friend of mine had this beautiful chicom type56 made in 1965, if what I've read about dating them is true , He changed the stock to a Dragunov sniper stock and the body cover , I bought it from him and now tracking down a few bit to put her back like she was.
 
I made mine into what you people call "tacticool" because I like it that way. Of course I also have 2 more in cosmoline, bone stock, when I want the original look and feel.

Most of the upgrades are going to be on the inside though. Things like a proper trigger job, new crown, aperture rear sight (for some who like it), spring loaded firing pin, ejector port modification, etc. is not only fun to do because it makes you much more familiar with the gun but also improves accuracy and the already high reliability factor. I personally love working with firearms and making them into what I like to have in my hands at the range for the same reason people buy stock cars and tune them into racing machines. And after the proper modifications, if you know how to do them right, it will shoot better and more accurate, I can vouch for that. Also, nostalgia is a sign of weakness (JK XD)
 
Greenhorse six said:
So how many have undone the tactifoolness of tricking out a SKS?
At some point do you realize it is perfectly "Fine" the way it is.

For me it's a chicom type 56
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I realized that it was fine the way it is.. the moment it went into my hands for the 1st time. No need to make something other than what it is. If one does not like the way it looks, get something else.
 
I've thought about putting a tactical sks together but after looking at one in the used/consignment rack at Reliable I decided not to. It had an ATI stock, rails, huge scope, flashlight etc etc. It did not float my boat, the next one I get will stay stock with the exception of a scout mount and a red dot. I like the archangel stock but I think the sks is fine the way it was made. I'll get an AR15 if I want a tactical looking rifle, or tac out a 12guage if I want to be able to shoot something like that on crown land.
 
I'm not a purist, but I'm practical.

I've had a lot of rifles come across my work bench. An SKS works best when left alone. I don't see the point of a large neutered magazine that takes longer to load than a stripper clip that it came with. It doesn't need a scope and a blind person can hit a 1 foot gong at 100 yards.

It just seems a waste of money to fix something thats not broke. And an SKS works better when you don't fix anything.
 
The only reason I put a SKS into a Tapco stock was for the adjustability of the buttstock. That particular rifle is my "new shooter" centerfire and being able to adjust the stock length for kids and small adults is a huge bonus when teaching people new to shooting.

Of course, I still have a bone-stock SKS in the cabinet for when the urge strikes to shoot some imperialist Nazi pig targets!!!!!:D:D
 
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