Morphing an old SKS into a new one

[canuck94]

Hi everyone

All of my mods start off the same way. Strip them down to civilian.
Let's start off by cutting the mag down to fit flush.


The first step is to scribe the mag inner sleeve and the most important part is to stay below the latch notch as shown.


Then you carefully cut the excess material off.



The next part is the mag cover as shown.




Each one is a little different so don't try to do it too fast and take off too much material.

You should end up with something like this.



And now back to the assembled gun.



Very important.....better to take off too little than to leave too little.
Take your time and you will end up with a sleeker gun.

The next posting will be to remove all the excess at the front sight assembly.

 

[Can-down]

Interesting.
I like using the mag protrusions as a brace for my front hand so I'd just leave it as is.... but I'm curious where you will end up with this project!

 

[drift1122]

Isn't it a no no to mess with the mag?

 

[arcadia]

interesting. Thanks for sharing,

 

[canuck94]

It's a no no to increase the capacity of the mag to more than 5 rounds but you can do anything else to it. You can change it to a Tapco plastic make believe large capacity removable mag, you can modify it to accept AK mags as long as they are pinned to 5 shots, you can even make it into a single shot etc. No contrary to popular myths, you can cut a mag down instead of pinning it down to 5 shots.

 

[sharpsway]

Interesting. Any other mods up your sleeve?

 

[canuck94]

Let me demonstrate the standards first and then I've got a couple of fun ones hiding up that sleeve of mine.

 

[Dyspnea]

Any plans too weld or braze the mag to a solid piece?

 

[EL34/6L6]

Reason?

 

[winchester94]

Very cool, looking forward to more posts.

 

[Can-down]

Reason?

Personal preferences, boredom or just because he can would be some of my guesses.
Reason has little to do with being a gunnut though!

 

[Magellann]

That makes it a little more streamlined, especially as a hunting rifle.

 

[The Kurgan]

Buy a cheap hunting rifle for cripes sake. What's the point in taking a rugged military carbine and turning it into something "sleek"?... it weighs the proverbial ton and offers no advantage in the bush as a hunting tool.

 

[The Kurgan]

...having said that, if it keeps you shooting it, why not. There are plenty of refurbs out there... no crime committed by modifying the odd one.

 

[Polar_Hunter]

Excellent tutorial!!! thanks.

 

[silverfoxdj]

Probably wouldn't do it but nice to know how

 

[Bushbum40]

Cool to see someone doing something original with a gun that everyone is so familiar with. Not just another crapco plastic stock swap.

 

[Can-down]

Cool to see someone doing something original with a gun that everyone is so familiar with. Not just another crapco plastic stock swap.

Or a long plastic add on banana mag that still holds....... 5.

 

[EL34/6L6]

Personal preferences, boredom or just because he can would be some of my guesses.
Reason has little to do with being a gunnut though!

I call boredom.

 

[Magellann]

Or a long plastic add on banana mag that still holds....... 5.

I could never understand why anyone would do that, there is no functionality added, some lost if anything due to the length.