SKS, a beautiful rifle in its original proven form

I've owned 13 or 14 Russian SKS's (7 or 8 non-refurbished), I lost count, but I have handled literally hundreds. I foolishly sold a mint unissued 1953 Izhevsk which was perfect in every way (deep bluing and an attractive honey brown stock). I sold all but one after I retired, a real valuable one to me. It's an as-issued, non-refurbished 1954 Tula that was imported into this country by IZH in early 2008. It was weimajack's personal SKS, hand picked from literally thousands. It has the "nice" pinning method of a small thin piece of barstock lightly tack welded to the follower arm. If I do my part it hits inside 4 inches at 50 yards all day long (sometimes better) using the Barnaul ammo. It also has several ultra-rare unit markings on the handgrip, including what appears to be a repair depo marking. It was definitely issued and used, but still in excellent condition. You can say that it's going to the grave with me. What is not to love about these well-made work horses? An unnamed member here carried one in Angola--preferred over the AK and the FN fal for a variety of valid, real world reasons
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Just as a comparison, I pulled out a virtually brand new Mossberg Tactical pump gun. The front sight tapped the side of my locker door as I pulled it out and fell off!! It cost me twice what I paid for my SKS (and I paid alot for it in 2012 dollars). You can own modern junk or a real working gun that will protect your a$$ in a SHTF scenario. Just sayin'
 
A couple of my oldies...
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I have sold 4 of mine over the years. Really regret selling one. So I’m keeping the remaining 26. To anyone who bashes these carbines I’d say that you’re just trumpeting your ignorance.
 
The Laminated stock Russian's and the Yugo's are beautiful. All of them are great rifles. Anyone who doesn't like the SKS knows nothing about guns. For what they are and what they were designed for, they are fantastic. Too bad more people didn't buy them before the mainstream realized what they were worth.
 
Love the look of my SKS but the Chinese stock hasn't held up great. It's got about 1 to 2mm of play between the back of the receiver and the stock. So I'm looking to replace it sooner rather than later, before it splits it while I'm using it. I've been eyeballing the ATI Monte Carlo Stock, because it at least keeps the same rough look of the original stock. Though I would appreciate any input on it.
 
Alot of guys are shimming the loose fitting stocks. However, the Chu-wood stocks are probably not worth the trouble. I have had really good experience with ATI products.
 
Pwner_Guy said:
Love the look of my SKS but the Chinese stock hasn't held up great. It's got about 1 to 2mm of play between the back of the receiver and the stock. So I'm looking to replace it sooner rather than later, before it splits it while I'm using it. I've been eyeballing the ATI Monte Carlo Stock, because it at least keeps the same rough look of the original stock. Though I would appreciate any input on it.
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Fix it, it's a piece of cake.
 
The Kurgan said:
I've owned 13 or 14 Russian SKS's (7 or 8 non-refurbished), I lost count, but I have handled literally hundreds. I foolishly sold a mint unissued 1953 Izhevsk which was perfect in every way (deep bluing and an attractive honey brown stock). I sold all but one after I retired, a real valuable one to me. It's an as-issued, non-refurbished 1954 Tula that was imported into this country by IZH in early 2008. It was weimajack's personal SKS, hand picked from literally thousands. It has the "nice" pinning method of a small thin piece of barstock lightly tack welded to the follower arm. If I do my part it hits inside 4 inches at 50 yards all day long (sometimes better) using the Barnaul ammo. It also has several ultra-rare unit markings on the handgrip, including what appears to be a repair depo marking. It was definitely issued and used, but still in excellent condition. You can say that it's going to the grave with me. What is not to love about these well-made work horses? An unnamed member here carried one in Angola--preferred over the AK and the FN fal for a variety of valid, real world reasons
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Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the SKS. Especially as a during WW2/beginning of the cold war design. But there are real world reasons to carry one over an AK or a FAL? Besides maybe a local supply of parts/mags issue, what could they be?
 
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Joel said:
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the SKS. Especially as a during WW2/beginning of the cold war design. But there are real world reasons to carry one over an AK or a FAL?

Unless it comes down to a local shortage of parts and supplies, its hard to imagine how.
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Yes, we are not allowed to carry an AK or an FAL.
 
If it was in good shape I would try. But it's already started cracking and the entire stock is just rough. It'd be more effort than it's worth to try and fix it. If I could find a nice condition Russian stock I wouldn't have an issue swapping that.
 
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