SKS Accuracy

Also comes down to bore condition and ammo selection too. I don't mind newer non corrosive factory ammo. But I sorta prefer shooting what they were meant to use and sticking with surplus ammo mostly.
 
Plinking an 8" gong at 100m with all four of mine. Some do shoot better than others though. But that 8" gong at 100m is my measuring stick. My good ones will consistently hit the silhouette gong at 200m.
 
The SKS was not, never was, and never will be a Designated Marksman rifle, no matter what ammo you shoot out of it. It was designed to be "Minute of Imperialist Nazi pig, comrade!!".

That said, I'm doing damned good to get a 4" group at 100 yards with either one of mine and surplus ammo. I've never shot for score with hunting ammo or newer non-corrosive FMJ.
 
Some will tell you that a 2" group at 100m from a bench rest is possible! If so: I would expect that they have stacked the deck in their
favor by choosing their best SKS and using a high cost round (for consistency)

I like finding out what each of my rifles is capable of using whatever ammo I have and working on each rifle till I get the best out of it.
For most of my SKS, that means 5" groups at 100m bench rest, surplus ammo, keep in mind that I am older, shakier and near sighted.:)
 
Try the Hornady Steel case stuff, 123 grn SST or "Zombie" bullet, which is an SST with a green tip. This round has proven to be very accurate in the SKSUNOV (We put a 26" barrel on an SKS about 15 or 20 years ago to build a Dragunov looking rifle) with 1" to 1.5" groups being the norm. I have also used those rounds in my VZ's and they seem to like them too. Don't be afraid to jack up the bullet weight a little, I've run some 150 grn handloads that settled right down and scored very well for me.

Scott
 
shredder said:
The SKS was not, never was, and never will be a Designated Marksman rifle, no matter what ammo you shoot out of it. It was designed to be "Minute of Imperialist Nazi pig, comrade!!".

That said, I'm doing damned good to get a 4" group at 100 yards with either one of mine and surplus ammo. I've never shot for score with hunting ammo or newer non-corrosive FMJ.
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Very good honest opinion there. I like it
 
Winchester-1897 said:
Does anyone reload for the rifle. I bought 3 SKS rifles in December, some shoot better than the others with corrosive.
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I reload the caliber for one of my bolt guns but the SKS is really hard on brass and sends them 40 feet away and get lost. In all honesty for loading accuracy the PVRI soft points shoot through a dime at a 100 yards with my CZ. I don't see a point of loading to improve that, so I picked up 20 boxes of PVRI.



Back to the OP, If you can shoot a 4 inch group you're doing pretty good with an SKS. You can dump a lot of cash into it, but its still an SKS and will shoot like one.
 
Why buy an sks for accuracy it's a truck gun for close in shooting. Buy a bolt action in 7.62 x 39 if you want to reach out and hit something.
 
Robert Nicholson said:
Some will tell you that a 2" group at 100m from a bench rest is possible! If so: I would expect that they have stacked the deck in their
favor by choosing their best SKS and using a high cost round (for consistency)

I like finding out what each of my rifles is capable of using whatever ammo I have and working on each rifle till I get the best out of it.
For most of my SKS, that means 5" groups at 100m bench rest, surplus ammo, keep in mind that I am older, shakier and near sighted.:)
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Yea, Gettin old ain't for sissies!
 
Any talk of sks accuracy needs to include the trigger. Most of them have horrible triggers and really need a trigger job. Otherwise your efforts will be hampered by it.

In answer to the OP: off hand at 100 yds i can keep an sks shooting generally within an 8 inch circle. About the same as with a regular hunting rifle. With a rest, i expect and generally get around 4 inch 5 shots groups at 100 with surplus ammo.
 
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