Ontario Hillbilly
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Am I the only one who immediately thought of an sks in 5.45x39?
Rechambering a SKS
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If you went with a stronger cartridge you would need to either make it a straight bolt or make an adjustable gas system/ stronger recoil spring to cope with the higher pressure and the resulting stronger push on the piston. I have no doubt the action will take it. Look at an svt-40 then look at an sks, its defiantly overly over built.
If you were to go with .308 then it would probably have to be a single shot because opening up the receiver to take the longer ammo wouldn't be good.
If you were to go with .308 then it would probably have to be a single shot because opening up the receiver to take the longer ammo wouldn't be good.
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Has anyone done a "hot pill" test on an SKS?
I can not seem to find a video of anyone testing the strength of the action... Or even reading about someone blowing one up for that matter. I have yet to see a blown SKS action.
Show me a blown SKS action!
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Wait... watch the idiot on this video
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Ok, I'm being a bit harsh. They way he inspected it looks "sloppy" to me. Sticking a loaded round in a chamber behind a bullet that's jammed in the throat with a spring loaded action waiting to fly home doesn't sit very well with me.
I had a double feed in my SKS once. My procedure was to drop the magazine, pull the reciver cover off to relieve the spring tension, clear the jam, pull out the whole bolt assembly, inspect the bore from the chamber end, all clear, reassemble and rock & roll.
Back on topic.
5.45x39 or 6.5 Grendel
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Agreed. I'd have taken the action out to inspect.
As to the original topic, if there existed a chamber smallener I'd say 7.62x25 would be pretty nifty if you could get them to cycle the action.
I have an AK84S which is just an AK-47 semi-auto chambered in .223. When I used to be able to shoot it (before the CFO's stopped issuing SAPs for 12/5 guns) it was interesting to watched the extracted empties fly through the air for 30 or 40 feet. Apparently all the Chinese did was replace 7.62x39 bolts and barrels with .223 bolts and barrels but did nothing to adjust the gas system or recoil spring for the higher pressures of the .223. This would have to be a major consideration if you were rechambering to a higher pressure cartridge.
I can remember where( possibly on this forum) but theres a video of a guy who welded the barrel of his sks closed and cut part of the barrel of another and welded it back on( or something like that) and neither blew up and they both function fine after
If you're comparing both the SVT and SKS - they're operating in a lot closer pressure ranges to each other (approx 51 000psi CIP for x39 and 52 000psi for the x54) whereas the 308 is in the 62 000 psi range. I'd want to destructively test an SKS pretty hard, possibly to failure before I'd trust it, but I would be very interested to see if it was possible to get an SKS to safely function within the 308's pressure range. A variable gas system could always be made as well if it came to it. Heck, on a test gun just eliminate it all together while you're determining if it's safe or not.
I seem to remember reading about .223 SKS's on here. I suppose they were a norinco experiment or some such that ran it's course years ago. Anyway, the gist of the thread was they didn't work out too well and the project was canned.
I think the idea is cool, an SKS in .223 or 5.45x39 would be interesting to have. I wonder in the norinco of today would be able to produce them.
Going up to a 7.62x51 might cause some issues with bullet choice and in the long run would probably be much cheaper to just snag a M305 and call it a day.
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Some after-post google-fu shows a few threads on CGN and in the US about them. Apparently the .223 ones had lots of feeding and cycling problems.
I think the idea is cool, an SKS in .223 or 5.45x39 would be interesting to have. I wonder in the norinco of today would be able to produce them.
Going up to a 7.62x51 might cause some issues with bullet choice and in the long run would probably be much cheaper to just snag a M305 and call it a day.
Edit:
Some after-post google-fu shows a few threads on CGN and in the US about them. Apparently the .223 ones had lots of feeding and cycling problems.
