SKS Ammo selection
- Thread starter MolonLabe
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Guidelines for the SKS:
50 yards - hit a golf ball in hillbilly golf
100 yards - blow up a 2 liter soda bottle
200 yards - shoot a beach ball
300 yards - throw lead downrange and be pleased to hit a man sized target
Anything over 300 yards is a waste of good ammo
As for SKS accessories, they're kind of like tuner car accessories. Some look good, some are as ugly as heck, but they are all designed to hide the crappy engine under the hood. The SKS is no tack driver and it was never meant to be. Stay true to the cause and buy ammo in bulk. The SKS is best enjoyed in close-up target rich environments where points don't matter.
Bubba Yugga
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- Midwestern Ontario
Staying on the budget side of the ledger, I plink with Chinese corrosive, target shoot with Barnaul HP, and hunt with Barnaul SP.
Only buy the good stuff if you chance upon a dream barrel (properly broken in unchromed early soviet or yugo).
Only buy the good stuff if you chance upon a dream barrel (properly broken in unchromed early soviet or yugo).
Remove the trigger mechanism, and study how the sear engages the hammer. Be careful not to snap the hammer on your fingers. You will see why the pull tends to be long and creepy. The design almost guarantees this.
SKS and AK rifles have firing pins with flat tips. Reduces the likelihood of firing pin bounce firing the round. The issue ammunition does have hard primers for the same reason.
Fire an AR, then unload the rifle and examine the round which was just chambered, You will see a slight firing pin mark. Firing pins do bounce.
SKS and AK rifles have firing pins with flat tips. Reduces the likelihood of firing pin bounce firing the round. The issue ammunition does have hard primers for the same reason.
Fire an AR, then unload the rifle and examine the round which was just chambered, You will see a slight firing pin mark. Firing pins do bounce.
Barnaul is NOT the good stuff
Bubba Yugga
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Midwestern Ontario
That is EXACTLY what I said! I'm staying on the budget side with the Barnaul.
Once you find your dream barrel, THEN go to the good stuff (not Barnaul).
Federal makes Fusion in 7.62x39, but I'm not buying it till I've found the worthy one.
Ammo is like makeup - it's to enhance beauty, not "make up" for the lack of it...
I've fired mostly the Czech stuff in mine with good results at 100yrds. I prefer the Norinco because it's non-corrosive. Brass commercial just gets ripped up and discourages me from reloading the calibre. I like the rifle for plinking anyway. Not too concerned about accuracy as long as it can hit an appropriately sized target at 300yds. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge: politically correct.
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