Russian SKS45 long thread.

[Jericho]

Mine's scheduled for Friday... however CP has been decent in the past, being a day early in some cases... PRAYING I get a great rifle!

The wait's been so long.. I know it's only an SKS, but it feels like a nice HS-50!

 

[viking365]

Is it just me or has the post count slowed in this thread since VAL got her rifle?

 

[Valashnikov]

Hey, I have been busy trying to figure out how to make mine red. I am still here.... did you miss me??? Any suggestions how to make it red??? lol. I think I need a laminate one too and I need to re-stamp the side of mine and I will be happy.....for a little while!

 

[Claven2]

Got my SKS today. Very disappointed. We'll leave it at that until after I contact the dealer I got it from.

 

[Valashnikov]

Oh no, was it "hand select"?

 

[Claven2]

Oh no, was it "hand select"?

Yes, though it's a long stretch of the imagination to see how it ever got graded that way.

 

[Valashnikov]

That's not fair. I felt gypped when I saw the electro-pencil on mine. Other than that it its really nice tho. Once I make it red.....

 

[gommee]

I ordered a laminate stock. I have seen blond ones and red ones. I will only be upset if it is all beat up and full of rust. I expect it to be refurbed,
I just hope it was done properly and not something that looks all bubba'd.

 

[Claven2]

Well, mine has more issues than just EP. Problem is, I can't contact the dealer in writing - their mailbox is full and bouncing everything back to me.

 

[gommee]

Has any one that has received theirs and shot it had to mess around with the sites to get it to hit a target?

Just wondering if I am going to have to order a sight adjustment tool.

 

[Curtton]

gas tube SN

i noticed quite a few members are reporting their gas tube has electro-pencilled (EP) SN , i dont know why bcos its normal to have EP SN on gas tube , it does not indicate refurb gas tube , unless .....

- it didnt match the receiver SN.
- its been scratched and another EP SN was added.
- the metal is painted and not blued.

 

[Jericho]

Hey, I have been busy trying to figure out how to make mine red. I am still here.... did you miss me??? Any suggestions how to make it red??? lol. I think I need a laminate one too and I need to re-stamp the side of mine and I will be happy.....for a little while!

If you're stripping and going to stain/seal, I recommend the following.


Stripper - (Me), OR, Circa

Stain - Miniwax Sedona Red

Seal - Miniwax polyurethane SATIN

You will NOT be disappointed, I promise! Use those green plastic abrasive pads from crappy tire in conjunction with circa. Msg me for pics. I did my Chinese SKS and have before/after pics.

 

[smartbomb]

Send me pics too Fry. . lol

 

[Valashnikov]

Hmmm, I really want that rich red color though.... almost mahogany, but not too far from original

 

[gommee]

Send me pics too Fry. . lol

Post them so we can all see them.

 

[Valashnikov]

Any ideas on the red stock color. I think the sedona might not be red enough. Argh, I wish I wasn't so obsessive....

 

[smartbomb]

Any ideas on the red stock color. I think the sedona might not be red enough. Argh, I wish I wasn't so obsessive....

You're actually gonna go ahead with it huh?

 

[Valashnikov]

Of course I am, I am way too obsessive not to. lol.

 

[762mm]

NICE Rifles. Where did you buy them from?

Frontier... I guess I got lucky though. I noticed that the Tula has a much lesser quality wood on it (it chips), but the Izzy is near perfect.

I did not request anything special from Frontier, they've just sent me some random rifles I guess - and I happened to get lucky (yeah, for once). If I were to reorder though, I'd ask for 2 Izzys for sure though. Tula seems much lesser grade overall, although it's still nice for a milsurp SKS.

 

[deadlydelta]

LOL...so much speculation. I called this morning as well, and the girl I spoke with said that the rifles are selling for $214.00, as Curtton has posted earlier. She didn't mention anything about the bayonet etc...nor the price increase on the original shipment (I have one on order from the original offer).

It's hard to know what to believe...

i know what you mean i called 3 weeks ago and they said there are coming and they are going sell for 165.99 now 240 so i guess will see what happens. i talk to a guy and he sounded like he was in the warehouse and he sounded like he knew alot about the sks. so lets hope