There are other types of SKS rifles than those in your little safe. They are of good quality but plentiful at present. Your Yugo is a different manufacture and supposedly held to higher standards.
Possibly buying a used SKS risks?
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There are other types of SKS rifles than those in your little safe. They are of good quality but plentiful at present. Your Yugo is a different manufacture and supposedly held to higher standards.
Run a brush and some solvent down the bore , and sandbag your first shot. You might be surprised how well it shoots. It takes a lot to mess these rifles up. Bubba is the only thing that seems to wreck and SKS rifle.
I have a Russian refurb that looked as good as any newly manufactured rifle...I thought it must be unissued until I found the very faint stamp on the stock.
For the few dollars the OP would save on a used SKS, he'd be better off ordering a 'new' gun from a reputable dealer.
If you're buying from a local shop, ask them to take off the dust cover and bolt. If there's any rust or pitting in the action or bore then walk. If the store won't take the dust cover off for you, let them keep it.
Pour a gallon of boiling water down the bore, swab with WD40, treat with CLP. Sounds like hardened cosmo in the barrel.
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Just buy one new or off a collector. The main issues would just be improper cleaning with corrosive primers or literal physical abuse due to not caring because the rifle is cheap and plentiful.
If the rifle bore, gas tube or piston are not rusted or pitted, you should be good to go. The beauty of an sks is they are extremely simple to take apart quickly to inspect all the trouble areas.
If the rifle bore, gas tube or piston are not rusted or pitted, you should be good to go. The beauty of an sks is they are extremely simple to take apart quickly to inspect all the trouble areas.
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Yes, one of my safes (the small one) is full of SKSes.
My point stands. Brand new Russian SKSes exist on the market. Westrifle had a bunch of them imported in late 2012 and early 2013.
they are all used...
Not quite, as Beavermeat said - new ones exist on the market. I have an unrefurbished, unissued 1950 Tula I bought from Tradeex almost two years ago. My Yugo 59/66 was never used, and all of my Chinese ones were dipped into Cosmoline right after they were made.
Most of the Russian ones are used. Other makes, not exactly true.
