Russian SKS45 long thread.

[Valashnikov]

Now to fight with the sling....

 

[canadianmat]

All right!!! I am all done! It is now truly mine. All cleaned and oiled. Much better. Now to decide what to do about the stock.... But not tonight I gotta sleep! Thanks for the links Smartbomb.

What are you thinkin for the stock? i decided to tapco mine. I know some people are not going to share my sentiment about the tapco but i figure itll preserve the original one and itll be way nicer to shoot like that. I bought a norinco gas tube from lever so i didnt damage the ruski. It looks pretty awesome bubba'd though

 

[canuck]

Where did you get them from ?

Frontier
but like smartbomb, it doesn't bother me too much.
I did get slings,clip pouches and cleaning kits for both rifles and to be honest the oilers/pouches would've ended up at the bottom of a cardboard box anyway!
Lets see some more pics!!

 

[#1bcshooter]

Take the sling apart so it is one long single sling & feed it through the swivel at the rear then put it back as it was & snap it on the front

Repost 3273 Just for you Val

 

[Tbolt]

I took a shooter grade.

Look very familiar . Was it a hand select or shooter grade

 

[Valashnikov]

What are you thinkin for the stock? i decided to tapco mine. I know some people are not going to share my sentiment about the tapco but i figure itll preserve the original one and itll be way nicer to shoot like that. I bought a norinco gas tube from lever so i didnt damage the ruski. It looks pretty awesome bubba'd though

I am just going to refinish the wood somehow. I bubba'd my Norinco already. It's awesome! lol.

 

[#1bcshooter]

I took a shooter grade.

Me too . They are nicer than some of the hand selects I've seen

 

[rollingrock]

Now to fight with the sling....

It did take me a while to recall how to sling the gun. The Russian sling is better designed than the Chinese ones.

 

[VooDooMan]

very observant G.



thats strange . a 1953 has chrome bore , did you clean the bore first ?

It looked chromed to me at the very tip, but looking down the bore its very dull......Probably is chromed but dirty!
Ill clean and let you know.

Thanks

 

[smartbomb]

Me too . They are nicer than some of the hand selects I've seen

Which is kinda dumb... cause shouldn't it be the other way around?

 

[smartbomb]

Makes me kinda glad I didn't wait for my Frontier order...

 

[Jericho]

Not sure if I like the looks of Frontier's packaging... is it only that corrugated paper? I think it should be newspaper/bubble wrap and cardboard at the very minimum. Make no wonder people are getting fresh dings.

 

[Tbolt]

Fry, it is solid enough, with foam blocks on the projecting parts and wrapped around 3-4 times it is more solid than some boxes I have seen.
Mine came roughly halfway across the country; SK to QC, and not a scratch on it.

Not sure if I like the looks of Frontier's packaging... is it only that corrugated paper? I think it should be newspaper/bubble wrap and cardboard at the very minimum. Make no wonder people are getting fresh dings.

 

[Chemist]

WOO HOO!!! Just picked up an unissued at Epps. They are shipping this afternoon

 

[zenmagic]

Does anyone know why DHL screwed up so badly. i.e. Ammo not being delivered etc, etc,. I just found out that the ammo I was expecting is not coming because DHL had a problem with it somehow.

Besides the fact that DHL basically sucks. Anyone know the specifics of their issues?

 

[zZ_denis]

Called EPPS at 8.45 this morning (they open 8.30) and the unissued rifles are all gone already...

 

[Chemist]

I called at 8:32. I'm glad I didn't wait another 10 minutes I guess.

 

[Valashnikov]

Dhl was all weird because they didn't realize the giant order they picked up from the gun store was guns! So they had to be more secure with them.

 

[Woodbeef]

Dhl was all weird because they didn't realize the giant order they picked up from the gun store was guns! So they had to be more secure with them.

Gee who woulda thunk that a gunstore might be shipping guns? I see there is no shortage of rocket scientists at DHL these days................

 

[maritimer]

x2 on the packaging from frontier. The foam blocks on all the high spots. Wrapped in plastic around the muzzle and butt. Then wrapped in corrugated cardboard in a piece big enough to go around 3-4 times. Then covered again in plastic. I thought it was solid and well protected.