SKS accuracy

Most 100 meter 5-shot groups from my favorite (for now)’56 SKS are 2 - 3” wide by 3-4” high. For a $200 (2009) surplus semi-auto shooting cheap 40+ year old ammo, that sounds like a home run.
 
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I'm with all of you, 4-5" at 100yds w/irons and milsurp. I have a '51 Tula light refurb. I have some Barnaul HP and SP but haven't fired for accuracy lately. I have a Barska Recvr cover/scope from Cabelas that holds zero since I fitted it very snugly.

BTW, RE the sticky made from Ganderite's testing, I find that I can't see the details of the pics. It may be my connection or something but I can't see any of the Photobucket pics clearly on most forums. May be due to the problems PB had before? Anyway, I copied the pics for my files a few months ago, and I placed a new pic at the 'end' of the sticky thread last weekend. Here it is for any who need it.
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mbogo3 said:
I believe he was using a re-barrelled 788 not an SKS.
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He was primarily testing surplus 7.62x39 ammo in that test.
I don't know why that test has entered into an SKS accuracy discussion except perhaps that the relative inaccuracy of surplus ammo makes the
SKS all the more remarkable.
 
5.45 said:
In order to pass the inspection, a 4-shot group must be 150 mm or less at 100 m. I.e. 6 MOA or better.
A good copy will shoot ~ 3 MOA with Soviet or Czech ammo and iron sights.
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That sounds about right with Chinese ammo in mine; about 3", 100 yards, bench rest factory sights.
 
The best ones will give you 3 -3.5 MOA.

Anyone saying that he shoot under 2 MOA with a SKS is streching it,

The most precise SKS is the Yugo 59-66, expaination is simple, it's the only SKS you can close the gaz system du to the grenade launcher. I can be shot like a bolt action.
 
caramel said:
The best ones will give you 3 -3.5 MOA.

Anyone saying that he shoot under 2 MOA with a SKS is streching it,

The most precise SKS is the Yugo 59-66, expaination is simple, it's the only SKS you can close the gaz system du to the grenade launcher. I can be shot like a bolt action.
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It also has non-chrome lined bore. Which some say is more accurate than chromed bores.
 
The real limitation of SKS rifles accuracy is their sights. Stick a scope on them and many of them are capable of pretty good accuracy. Use a rear peep sight also helps. I've put 10 rounds into 5" at 200 yards with a scoped Chinese SKS. They are as accurate as they need to be.
 
Gatehouse said:
The real limitation of SKS rifles accuracy is their sights. Stick a scope on them and many of them are capable of pretty good accuracy. Use a rear peep sight also helps. I've put 10 rounds into 5" at 200 yards with a scoped Chinese SKS. They are as accurate as they need to be.
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This is extremely true.
My only SKS is a minty Chinese military variant. The sight radius on them is relatively short and the front post is thick and crude. Notch sights in this fashion do not lend themselves to consistent aim points or precision (again not what the SKS was intended for).
I got a set of Tech Sights with a precision front post. It's the rear receiver mounted peep sight. Doubles the sight radius and the precision front post is 1/3 the thickness of the original.
A simple home trigger job to stone and polish contact surfaces and recut/shape the sear block and it drastically improves how consistently you can aim and shoot the rifle.
It does not turn into a magical sub MOA rifle. But it will make it consistent and a LOT easier to shoot. I can squeeze out very consistent 5" to 7" 10 round groups at 100m just shooting surplus Chinese bulk ammo off a bag prone.
That's as good as any other rifle I've ever owned and shot with open irons including AR15's with 20" barrels shooting quality North American ammo, Israeli Mauser shooting quality ammo etc etc

None of this is hyperbole. Just honest personal experience from many years of shooting.
 
Travis Bickle said:
This is extremely true.
My only SKS is a minty Chinese military variant. The sight radius on them is relatively short and the front post is thick and crude. Notch sights in this fashion do not lend themselves to consistent aim points or precision (again not what the SKS was intended for).
I got a set of Tech Sights with a precision front post. It's the rear receiver mounted peep sight. Doubles the sight radius and the precision front post is 1/3 the thickness of the original.
A simple home trigger job to stone and polish contact surfaces and recut/shape the sear block and it drastically improves how consistently you can aim and shoot the rifle.
It does not turn into a magical sub MOA rifle. But it will make it consistent and a LOT easier to shoot. I can squeeze out very consistent 5" to 7" 10 round groups at 100m just shooting surplus Chinese bulk ammo off a bag prone.
That's as good as any other rifle I've ever owned and shot with open irons including AR15's with 20" barrels shooting quality North American ammo, Israeli Mauser shooting quality ammo etc etc

None of this is hyperbole. Just honest personal experience from many years of shooting.
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All that work for 5-7” 10-shot groups,....prone??? I can do that all day....standing. With the weak hand. With a worn out SKS! This thread is going to turn ugly in no time, 😂 😂 😂
 
Travis Bickle said:
I can squeeze out very consistent 5" to 7" 10 round groups at 100m just shooting surplus Chinese bulk ammo off a bag prone.
That's as good as any other rifle I've ever owned and shot with open irons including AR15's with 20" barrels shooting quality North American ammo, Israeli Mauser shooting quality ammo etc etc

None of this is hyperbole. Just honest personal experience from many years of shooting.
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I very much agreed with the first part of your statement... but then u lost me at the 5-7" AR 15 groups haha

My 20" Colt A2 sporter will even put the cheap UMC stuff into a 3" group. 5-7" means somethings wrong with the gun. Its good to have realistic expectations, but when optimistically turning out 5-7" groups with a conventional firearm.... id just put the gun down and switch to a Musket lol
 
enefgee said:
Has anyone ever experimented with heavier bullets - I'm thinking 150 grain .303 Brit bullets are good for size and not insanely over weight, and much more consistent than combloc surplus.
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There is a few 154 gr x39 factory loads. You can watch reviews of them on the YouTube machine.
 
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