My First SKS and rifle...

which do you prefer?

  • Yours like awesome and great updates.

    Votes: 13 15.3%

  • I'm a purist and I like your brother's. Yours sucks.

    Votes: 37 43.5%

  • I like bananas

    Votes: 35 41.2%
  • Total voters
    85
Mermaniel

Mermaniel

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Hey guys,
Well finally got my PAL last week and went to Marstar to pick up two SKSs. One is for my brother and the order is mine. Mine is the lower one.
He hasnt received his PAL yet, so its mine until he does! Hehe. I know purists wont like mine, but I think its gonna be the beez kneez!

Here's what I did to mine:
Choate conventional stock
BC Tactical scout mount
Bushnell TRS-25 Red Dot
Ventilated metal handguard
Tapco 5/20 mag
Cheapass ebay cheek rest. (I actually like it alot)
Buffer tech recoil buffer.

Still waiting on a Leapers UTG bipod to come in the mail

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Id like to thank everyone on this board who helped me and gave me advise.

thanks for looking.

Daniel
 
gorram said:
Bananas?

Seriously, I like the wood better but yours does not suck.

I just bought my first SKS, a '54 Tula and will keep it wood.

Cheers, G.
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Thanks! My first choice was to get a Norc M14 but couldnt afford it right now and shooting was too expensive for my budget for the moment, so I modded this SKS for cheapish. Anyways, its a Norc, but if I wouldve bough a Russian, I wouldve kept it in wood.
 
:D lots of people seem to like bananas !
Anyway,mine is a russian,I'm not a purist but still like wood on them old ones more than plastic,but that is just my opinion.As long as yours shoots halfway decent,have fun!
 
Its a Chinese, not collectible, enjoy it! Don't make any mods you can't reverse, and keep the original parts, no harm done.
 
An SKS is a lot of fun to shoot with lots of available cheap ammunition. Either rifle will be lots of fun, however its my opinion that all the extras on the bottom rifle will do little to improve the accuracy of the rifle for the money spent. The add-ons offer more to appearance than they do for practical use. Nothing on the wood rifle will start falling off when you're shooting it, nor will it need any constant tinkering or adjustments.

What does it cost for fit and finish of a 30 round plastic magazine that will work less reliably than the original metal 5 rounder? Lots of money for appearances, but will never operate as well as the original.


Its only my opinion, but I was down that road several decades ago. Rifles full of aftermarket parts rarely work as well as before they got "fixed" , and in the long run, extra money is much better spent on ammunition than parts that you cannot replace ten years from now.
 
fiddler said:
An SKS is a lot of fun to shoot with lots of available cheap ammunition. Either rifle will be lots of fun, however its my opinion that all the extras on the bottom rifle will do little to improve the accuracy of the rifle for the money spent. The add-ons offer more to appearance than they do for practical use. Nothing on the wood rifle will start falling off when you're shooting it, nor will it need any constant tinkering or adjustments.

What does it cost for fit and finish of a 30 round plastic magazine that will work less reliably than the original metal 5 rounder? Lots of money for appearances, but will never operate as well as the original.


Its only my opinion, but I was down that road several decades ago. Rifles full of aftermarket parts rarely work as well as before they got "fixed" , and in the long run, extra money is much better spent on ammunition than parts that you cannot replace ten years from now.
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I agree to an extent. The mag is only for appearences but the stock is longer and more comfortable and has a longer trigger pull. I wanted the rifle to have a M14ish look to it. :D
 
Mermaniel said:
Thanks! My first choice was to get a Norc M14 but couldnt afford it right now and shooting was too expensive for my budget for the moment, so I modded this SKS for cheapish. Anyways, its a Norc, but if I wouldve bough a Russian, I wouldve kept it in wood.
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I dig your SKS, and it's pretty much exactly what i have planned for my prospective purchase.

The mods you did are IMO useful and do nothing to harm the overall aesthetics of the rifle - unlike Tapco or folding stocks.
 
SKSs are to be enjoyed however you like them. I left mine bone stock--to me as a machinist and an amateur historian its a neat piece of historical weaponry--to others its a cheap platform to "tac" out. To each their own. They are cheap and plentiful enough to have one stocker and one "tac"er. I like what you did you did to yours.
 
Enjoy your SKS Rifle it looks great and they are great tough little guns... personally i like the way they were made the Factory but to each his own.
 
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Thanks for the feedback guys. I admit that the wood stock has alot of appeal and a certain natural feel to it, but I wanted to have fun with mine. Ill eventually be buying a CZ 858 or an M14. Ill tacticool those out and bring back the SKS to how it was...or actually buy a ruskie one day. The stock I have on my Norc looks like crap. Really cheap wood.
 
[QUOTE Ill tacticool those out and bring back the SKS to how it was...or actually buy a ruskie one day. The stock I have on my Norc looks like crap. Really cheap wood.[/QUOTE]

Russians are the coolest in their natural form. Out of respect for them, I will only refinish the stock, and put a short scope and base on them...one day.:D
 
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