SKS Buttstock Holes

[varazar]

So I was cleaning my SKS the other night and decided to take off the metal butt plate. Aside from the hole where the Cleaning kit fits in, I noticed 2 other holes in the stock that were covered by the butt plate. I conviently fit 6 extra rounds in the butt stock and they don't cause any interference with the cleaning kit coming in and out. Is this what the holes are for or just a coincidence. Also, anyone else have these holes on their rifles?

 

[Juster]

Yet another "Is my butt hole normal" thread. Reminds me of school in Ireland.

 

[dand883]

I would guess that it is to cut down on some weight, or where some sort of attachment went during the manufacturing?

 

[Knuckles Muldoon]

i would second the weight reduction theory.

 

[Dyspnea]

The extra holes may hold, six rounds but it not exactly convenant to remove the butt plate in order to access them.

I would say its purely weight reduction.

 

[varazar]

The extra holes may hold, six rounds but it not exactly convenant to remove the butt plate in order to access them.

I would say its purely weight reduction.

I might just leave 6 rounds in there in case shtf and I can't grab ammo, would be easy enough to get at if you really had to. Only 6 rounds, but definitely better than none.

 

[Curtton]

I might just leave 6 rounds in there in case shtf and I can't grab ammo, would be easy enough to get at if you really had to. Only 6 rounds, but definitely better than none.

if you dont have enuff time to grab ammo then you dont have enuff time to get at those 6 rounds . you're dead.