Left Hand SKS, for a friend who got a stroke **UPDATE, SWIVEL SUPPORT READY**

Hi all. On sept.5.2011 I was involved in a car roll over. It left me a high level quad with little to no hand function. It is people like you that give ones like my self hope of continuing on with our passions. Well done. Now will please move to my town. lol
 
That is very cool. I had a stroke in January. I am only allowed to shoot hand guns. I hope after my next scan in August I can shoot my rifles again. I have a few new rifles that haven't been fired yet m38, m44, steyr m-95 and a few others. Strokes suck by the way. My hearing has just come back in my right ear. My whole right side was gone, leg, arm, eye, ear. Couldn't stand or walk.
 
Barefut, you have my full support. As larrysmith says, strokes suck big time... larrysmith, hope that indeed the news in August will be good for you. You sure are not choosing the mildest recoiling rifles though! (Mosins and Steyr 95...)

So you two, know that if there's any work required on a gun to keep you guys shooting, folks like me are around, ready to help. (Sorry barefut I am not planning on moving to Vancouver Island - although it is quite nice over there :) )

By the way I'll be working on the swiveling rifle support rig over the next few weeks. Stay tuned...

Lou
 
Well it's been a while, but I've finally taken the time to continue this project.

Phase 2 of this project was to arrange some sort of front support - the ultimate goal is to have this rifle in a deer hunting cache. This support would need to be able to pivot in all directions. That got me thinking quite a bit. Mostly over the past month. Again, this is a project on a budget, so... machining would need to be kept to a minimum (i.e. mostly my free limited skills).

A trip to Princess Auto yielded a big swiveling caster wheel. Turned upside down, and with the wheel removed, it looks like sonething which could hold a rifle :)



Then, it was only a matter of attaching the rifle to this support... This is where it got interesting.

Here's the underside of the Tapco stock:



Yup, I know some plastic stocks have a rail instead of a bayonet groove... but I decided to stick with this stock rather than buying and modifying another one. Also, another issue I thought about at that point was that, if I attached the stock to the support with no buffer of any sort, recoil would affect the flimsy front part of the stock, it would try to tear itself off from the support. Hmm, more food for thought.

So! I decided to make:
1. Something a bit more solid on the stock, to attach the support
2. Something which would reduce (in theory) the recoil impact on the front part of the stock.

Here is what I did to offer something to attach the support to the stock: One "V" shaped rod, going in the bayonet groove, and one rod going in the stock, to which the "V" rod will be attached.




Then, this I had a lot of fun doing: the Super Duper Recoil Buffer System.
I used a rectangular section of steel, in which I welded four stubs, or short pieces of rod. These to hold the four springs in place. Between the springs would go the "sleeve" which was part of the caster wheel. I welded two small angles to attach this strange contraption to the rifle.





So, now the rifle is supported and can move from left and right, up and down.



Step three will be a rail so that the whole assembly can slide from side to side on the cache window sill... Anyone has a deal on industrial linear slides? I can even dream of a curvilinear slide...

Lou
 
I've found the Hornady 7.62x39 to be very accurate ammunition and readily available. I can't tell you how it performs on deer though. Great job looking out for a friend.
 
Lookin good!

I made a rookie mistake and did not pay attention to when this was posted. My apologies for the necro-post.
 
well, there's a necro thread indeed, but, it's still a good story! My friend's going hunting next week so timing is right :)

I believe he's going to try simply to sit in a cache, and use the upside-down swivel bracket to start. Been doing some reading and googling on and off since we last went to the range (two years ago... life has kept both my friend and I busy), and here's one option I've been considering for him

https://www.amazon.com/Caldwell-DeadShot-Adjustable-Ambidextrous-Shooting/dp/B00HTN5BRI
 
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