I plan on picking one up shortly. The price on the rifles seems like a pretty amazing deal (same with the ammo) Just wondering how much shooting I should get out of a refurb? Also I have read acouple threads about corrosive ammo, how would I tell if its corrosive or not and is most surplus stuff corrosive?
Life expectency of an Russian SKS Refurb?
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Should be alot of shooting life left in these rifles. I bet most people will not be able to afford enough ammo to burn out the barrels. You should be good for a minumum of 5k rounds, and most likely 10-15k like DAR stated. Go buy one of those rifles, barrel life won't be an issue. Treat all surplus ammo as corrosive and the barrel will most likely outlive you.
That's what I love about milsurps. They had to survive a war, and they were built to.
Quite unlike a lot of the commercial guns these days - look at it the wrong way in strong sunlight and all the plastic will fall off Keeeeeeeeeding
Yah - your sks will do well as long as you clean all those corrosive salts out with hot water or windex, then re-oil after every shooting.
Quite unlike a lot of the commercial guns these days - look at it the wrong way in strong sunlight and all the plastic will fall off
KeeeeeeeeedingYah - your sks will do well as long as you clean all those corrosive salts out with hot water or windex, then re-oil after every shooting.
The 7.62X39 round isn't a powerhouse cartridge and I think it would survive a ton of shooting.The weak spot on these guns seems to be the wood.Artic Burch sometimes develops hairline cracks.That is why a lot of these guns sports laminate stocks.
