SKS Barrel Threading

sixty9santa

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Hi all :D
I would like to know what the complications are regarding the threading of an SKS barrel.

Thanks,





-sixty9santa
 
Depending on the type of sks rifle.

You can have a look if it is threaded or pinned (the bbl, into the reciever).

That is the first part. You need to get it out of there.

Then you need to find a smith (ie. Dlask, etc.) who has the right tools to do this type of job. Now last time I inquired about this (about 4 years ago) I was told it would be about $100 to do this. Now do you want to pay this much for this work?

First I would check the external bbl diameter of an AK47 and compare it to the SKS. If you want a muzzle break/flash hider/etc from an AK this would be an important step.

You could take it a bit further (read: priceier :lol:) and have it threaded the same as AR style rifles. Lots of choices for flash hiders and what not, just make sure you'd have those punched out a little bigger than .223.....

Anyhow, everything is possible. All in a matter of how much you want to spend.

Cheers,

Alex
 
P.S.

Don't stick your SKS in a vice and try to thread it using your mastercraft tool & die kit. :wink:
 
Well luckily, machining cost is a total non-issue for me.
I wanted to thread it in one of the lathes in my garage.
I just don't know the thread size on the ak barrels.
An thanks for the advise.
 
If the bbl is a press fit and you thread the bbl and rcvr how will these thread together, the diamters all all wrong. You would either need to build up the reciver hole or the bbl diameter.
 
I would like to thread the muzzle end of the barrel only.
If its a press fit, then I'll heat up the receiver and then I'll be forced to parkerize the whole sha-bang.
 
Sorry, I was thinking you were trying to improve accuracy rather than simply threading the muzzle.

You could do this with a face plate and steady rest. Simply mount the receiver to the face plate using clamps or low-temp alloy, centre and steady. That way you would not need to remove the barrel.
 
As for threading an SKS barrel it sounds kinda complicated without a lathe or some good mounting dies...could possibly be done but I am sure the dies are specific because of left hand thread, or eastern european specs etc.

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Damn...after reading your SIG I was hoping you meant this kind of heavy lifter :( Just think of the military applications...if it can lift heavy stuff imagine the kinds of guns that could be mounted to it :p

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Don't ya just wish though? I tell ya that thing would be damn useful for cutting firewood right?

:D
 
Cutting firewood, moving the car blocking the driveway, removing treestumps, landscaping on the weekends, getting your buddy to pay that round of beer, scaring the dog that ####s on the front lawn, getting the paperboy to throw the paper where it should land, etc...
Yes, very usefull, yes.........
 
I don't think the new ones are threaded though.
Any how, I have a VZ58 and thanx for the mag as I needed a second one :D
 
Dumb question santa, why not silver solder it on? I realize that the proper way is to cut threads and so on, but if you open up the AK flash hider to slip over the muzzle fairly snug, silver solder will keep it on , probably forever. If it is just for looks anyway, might be a simple solution :mrgreen:
 
:roll: It's an SKS. I Don't do Anything to my SKS unless it costs $0. If you really want a flash hider/muzzle break why don't you just order a No smithing unit out of the US? I think Ram-line has one that pins to the Sight groove. I Have a Norinco SKS and I'll tell you getting that sight off was a Major PITA! If getting the bbl out of the Reciever is anything like getting that sight off I would recomend a new Rifle :D

Wally
 
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