Marstar Chinese SKS Rifle
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I didn't buy anything from Marstar at this time. The cleaning kit was in the butt hole, and it came with a bottle and one stripper, not that I don't already have several five gallon pails full of them. I have a half dozen Russian straps that are brand new, so they work fine for these rifles. The rifle is still a really good deal for the price. It won't make your buddies go "Ohhhh, Awwww," but they are good shooters.
At this price, too good to pass on... Will have to buy another gun case!Marstar had an introductory deal that comes with a free plastic carry case, but its my opinion that plastic carry cases are good for carry, but not good for storage. Very bad things happen to rifles in plastic cases. Case or otherwise, a good reliable rifle for 200 bucks.
Yeah, no guns should be kept in plastic cases for too long. Gun safes are the way to go when being stored.
I misunderstood your post Lone-Wolf. Marstars sks' have machined receivers so it must be on military models. I think ordering from Marstar may be the way to go. Badger has some they say are military versions but im not sure, they are pretty vague
Stamped receiver sks is very rare. I was referring to trigger group and other parts.
The sks I got a couple years ago is all machined, and is a military one according to cgn users. It's tough as snot. Everything fits nice and tight.
Not sure if all Military SKS rifles use only machined parts. SKS rifles seem hard to pin down, pretty sure the earlier they were made, the more machined parts were used and the better the fit and finish were.
Maybe curtton will chime in and straighten things out.
Military ones are known for tighter tolerances it seems. Function wise, the same. More bragging rights with a military one.
The sks I got a couple years ago is all machined, and is a military one according to cgn users. It's tough as snot. Everything fits nice and tight.
Not sure if all Military SKS rifles use only machined parts. SKS rifles seem hard to pin down, pretty sure the earlier they were made, the more machined parts were used and the better the fit and finish were.
Maybe curtton will chime in and straighten things out.
Military ones are known for tighter tolerances it seems. Function wise, the same. More bragging rights with a military one.
BigGameHunter
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maybe its just me but the Russian and Yugo SKS rifles are much better built than my Chinese. When I put it up to my buddies Yugo the quality of material is night and day. Maybe if I lucked out like everyone else and got one that shot descently with surplus I would like them but I wouldn't risk buying another as it seems my bad luck would follow to the next one. But you get what you pay for and for 150 or whatever I paid for it I am sure if I put 100 dollars into it and bought all new springs and gas system it would probably work but the point of these IMO is cheap fun.
From this i would gather that fiddler would recommend a russian refurb over the unissued chinacom mil ones? Is this correct. I've been itching to buy one but I just don't know which one to get. Refurb russian or unissued chinacom military. I don't care at all about how clean they are when I get them..just concerned about quality/function.
Can anyone else recommend one over the other? Is it basically a toss up? Thanks in advance.
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angrysoldier
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i have a russian and one made in china. the russian one does have a nice stock but the one from china has a chrome barrel.
The earlier a Chinese Mil SKS is the tighter they tend to be. Only the earliest have milled trigger groups. These rifles all came from Factory 26, and tend to be "Sino-Soviet" - that is rifles produced in China with direct Soviet assistance. Naturally this type of SKS is very collectible. The nice thing about SKS's is that you can still walk into a gunshop and find rare ones in the rack right beside common ones, for the same price. I spotted an unrefurbed early Russian on a rack the other day, beside half a dozen more common refurbs.
all 3 production classes (early, mid and late) were used by the PLA.
milled trigger group can be found in early and mid production, very few in late production .
stamp trigger group can be found in mid and late production.
Get a big hammer! I lay the rifle upside down on a concrete floor with a 2 x4 block under the receiver rails (receiver cover, bolt and carrier removed). Make sure the safety is in the on (up) position, then tip and press the trigger group in to correct position, then wack downwards on the back of the trigger guard with a rubber mallet. Nothing to it!
