Recommended SKS Mods ???

Some other sights that may be worth considering:
http://www.mojosights.com/index.html and http://www.tech-sights.com/ .

My friend has the Dragunov style stock and it works well. I know three people who have the receiver cover style scope mounts - they all regret them as they do not hold zero. Supposedly this is one of the best mounts out:http://www.surplusrifle.com/reviews/choatesksscope/index.asp

Here's the Kalinka scope mount someone mentioned:
http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/quickdetach/index.asp

For my friend's Dragonov stocked SKS he is planning on trashing his receiver cover mount and getting either the Choate or Kalinka mount.

That being said. I've kept my SKS unmodified and am very pleased with it (but then again, I have access to my friend's Dragonov one, which I really like also). The only thing that I added was a 1" thick rubber buttpad extension, as I found the original stock too short. With the 1" added length I find it much nicer to shoulder and aim.

Another suggestion, don't ever sell you SKS. It won't make you poor to keep it, and it won't make you rich if you sell it. Nearly every person I know who sold their SKS, later regretted it.
 
i fabricated my own scope mounting system that also incorporates a shell deflector. i used solid T6 aluminum and afixed a picatinny rail to the top. My mount attaches via 4 holes, drilled and tapped in the rear side of the receiver and also has a forward leg that uses the existing rear sight pin. I removed both front and rear sights. Was going to possibly bring this mounting system to market but have not as of yet.
as far as stocks go, I prefer the synthetic monte carlo but i also made a custom laminated wildcat stock similar to an elk ridge... tonnes of work but god she is so comfy to shoot. I use this sks (fixed mag version) as my go to deer rifle for our west coast blacktail. shots are generally under 50 yards. If you are going to hunt at all with your sks, i recommend the wolf spring kit as well
 
Any one know where I could get a shell deflector for the SKS? I find that mine fires the shells straight up and hits the ceiling, only to fall down on top of me :D
 
satanshollow said:
mine fires the shells straight up and hits the ceiling, only to fall down on top of me :D
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So are you like shooting from inside your car? Or inside your house? What's going on over there?:confused:
 
hehe, or maybe a roofed range?? prolly more likely that eh?
I have seen the deflectors availlable but mostly from U.S. manufacture.
I will be , in the coming months, taking my own designed scope rail mount with built in deflector to Dlask Arms in B.C. to see if they are interested in duplicating it for availlablitiy to the canadian market. my tooling is just not set up to mass produce them. So.... stay tuned :D
 
Steiner said:
So are you like shooting from inside your car? Or inside your house? What's going on over there?:confused:
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I hunt from my car :D

No i'm kidding. Yes, the range I go to has a roof, er ceiling I guess. I guess I could make some sort of ghetto deflector so I throws it into the mesh side screen.
 
Here is my SKS. I did a little lapping on the trigger slides tonight to try and rid it of that sandy feeling trigger, it does seem a hell of a lot smoother. Can't wait for it to get a little warmer to go shooting again!
Next mod is a trigger spring kit.

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that's basically what mine will look like after i get the bipod and muzzle brake... i love the dragonov stock, so comfortable!!

i have a problem with my scope rings though...they're too short....my scope is ridiculously big and wont fit....anybody know of any tall kits i can get?

oh...and thanks to this thread i'll be replacing my magazine spring and latch...cuz mine falls out just like all the others.... :(
 
I have a few of these left. They were the picantinny replacement for the receiver cover mount that is sold through Marstar and others. Allows you to get rid of the horrid all in one 1" ring mount and use real rings.

With the receiver mount, it is very rigid and works with all weaver style rings. Will be the typical height above the cover so that you can use the open sights.

The only receiver covers that are rigid enough to work must have 'tabs' below the cover. These lock against the action (locking bolts) and do a great job of keeping things in place. Of course, it makes taking apart a royal pain with the need to rezero.

If you don't mind drilling and tapping the SKS, you can install the pic mount directly to the rifle. This will lower the base (might have to do a little bit of cutting, great for proper check weld) and still make it removable (use thumb bolts). Means defacing an SKS but then it is an SKS.

Benefits are rock solid mount that you can mount better scopes to. Also, you can take the cover off without moving scope.

I have also looked at the AK style of side plate mount. Kalinka does offer a very low mount which would negate having a crane ones neck (stock on the chin) to use the scope. Advantage would be quick release. however, you will still have to drill/tap action and modify stock and they will add quite a bit of weight to the rifle.

PM me if interested. These side mounts are not expensive.

Otherwise, there are stocks and painting. Bedding can help but most SKS come with such crappy chambers, accuracy is not likely to improve that much. I got my Norc's shooting around 2" at 100yds using surplus (I did bed the action). However, consistency is not there with some going as small as 1" then a 3".

I did a chamber cast just to see how bad things were. On mine, there was no throat. The chamber got BIGGER infront of the case neck. This mean that the chambers were cut so that the bullet would wiggle around after leaving the case. The dispersion seems to be intentional.

Of course, this begs the question, how well can an SKS be made to shoot if it had a properly cut chamber??????? Time and money.

Little doubt that these are a lot of fun. I now do most of my short range 'tact' plinking with a mech tech carbine in 45ACP and homemade cast bullets. Even cheaper to shoot m(if I don't loose the brass), more accurate, less recoil (not that it really matters), WAAAAAAAY better trigger.

I might just have to get another SKS... Yeah, I sold mine...

Jerry
 
I don't have the reciever cover scope mount on mine. I started out with that mount (the reciever mount with the tabs) but I couldn't group better than 14" @100. I threw that mount in the garbage. I ended up drilling and tapping the side frame and installing a Choate rigid mount. Now it shoots 2.5" to 3" consistant groups with Chinese green rounds. It is more work, but the solid mount is a much better deal.
 
mysticplayer said:
I have a few of these left. They were the picantinny replacement for the receiver cover mount that is sold through Marstar and others. Allows you to get rid of the horrid all in one 1" ring mount and use real rings.

With the receiver mount, it is very rigid and works with all weaver style rings. Will be the typical height above the cover so that you can use the open sights.

The only receiver covers that are rigid enough to work must have 'tabs' below the cover. These lock against the action (locking bolts) and do a great job of keeping things in place. Of course, it makes taking apart a royal pain with the need to rezero.

If you don't mind drilling and tapping the SKS, you can install the pic mount directly to the rifle. This will lower the base (might have to do a little bit of cutting, great for proper check weld) and still make it removable (use thumb bolts). Means defacing an SKS but then it is an SKS.

Benefits are rock solid mount that you can mount better scopes to. Also, you can take the cover off without moving scope.

I have also looked at the AK style of side plate mount. Kalinka does offer a very low mount which would negate having a crane ones neck (stock on the chin) to use the scope. Advantage would be quick release. however, you will still have to drill/tap action and modify stock and they will add quite a bit of weight to the rifle.

PM me if interested. These side mounts are not expensive.

Otherwise, there are stocks and painting. Bedding can help but most SKS come with such crappy chambers, accuracy is not likely to improve that much. I got my Norc's shooting around 2" at 100yds using surplus (I did bed the action). However, consistency is not there with some going as small as 1" then a 3".

I did a chamber cast just to see how bad things were. On mine, there was no throat. The chamber got BIGGER infront of the case neck. This mean that the chambers were cut so that the bullet would wiggle around after leaving the case. The dispersion seems to be intentional.

Of course, this begs the question, how well can an SKS be made to shoot if it had a properly cut chamber??????? Time and money.

Little doubt that these are a lot of fun. I now do most of my short range 'tact' plinking with a mech tech carbine in 45ACP and homemade cast bullets. Even cheaper to shoot m(if I don't loose the brass), more accurate, less recoil (not that it really matters), WAAAAAAAY better trigger.

I might just have to get another SKS... Yeah, I sold mine...

Jerry
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Are you talking about this mount?

MIS-231-Mount-SKS-High.jpg


Or:

MNT-007-SKS-Weaver.jpg


Problem is that I'm using corrosive ammo so I have to take the SKS apart after every time to clean it.
 
The picantinny mount replaces the 1" ring Leepers mount in the top picture (with the white lettering). Bolts in and you can use normal rings. If willing to drill and tap, works the same as the Choate mount for way less money.

Jerry
 
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