sks d conversion plan

[cheeko]

I saw the plan for the conversion to sks d or m, a while ago but could not find it so if anyone has it please forward it to me. Greatly appreciated it. It is not for me.

thanks

 

[Mudpuppy]

 

[cheeko]

Mudpuppy

You are the man. I searched hard for it and could not find it. Thanks mang. Happy new year dude.

cheeko

 

[Couch-Gator]

Wow alot of work just to fit in a long pinned mag - or am I missing something? But any interesting job nonetheless.

 

[Curtton]

thanks mudpuppy, you talk me out of it and maybe save my sanity

 

[Norseman]

Why not just buy an SKS-d? But I guess if you have a beater SKS, it might be interesting to see a project through.

 

[Curtton]

Why not just buy an SKS-d? But I guess if you have a beater SKS, it might be interesting to see a project through.

bcos a "D" cost 2.5x more and also i have 2 reg sks so i thought it would be nice to convert one so i could get variety, BTW they are not beaters but at $149 cheap enuff to try a conversion but i think i better go with a duckbill 30 mag, at least it gives me the same appearance as a "D".

 

[Dr.Lector]

I thought you guys were talking about the other conversion

 

[Calum]

What a great way to screw-up a good rifle.

 

[Kasat]

Do not get excited. This conversion sucks big time. I tried it years ago long before D models flooded the country. Here are the problems with this type of conversion.
1-Welding a keystock the way it is described will place the front of the mag to low in the magwell causing severe feeding problems.
2-The mag catch conversion is very unfortunate and complicated.
3- Good luck on milling out the material from the mag well , extremely tricky.
My advise: forget it , spend money and get a "D".

 

[Divermike]

I wonder if there is any other info out there on the mag catch conversion part of this build. And Kasat, what do you mean by unfortunate and complicated?

 

[Kasat]

I wonder if there is any other info out there on the mag catch conversion part of this build. And Kasat, what do you mean by unfortunate and complicated?

I mean exactly what it says. It is much easier to TIG weld an AK style mag catch to the exisitng trigger group than designing and milling a custom part that looks wierd and has to be pulled back instead of pushed forward on mag removal like on AK. As I said before it is much cheaper to buy a D model than converting a standard SKS to D unless one has proper tools , time and treats it as a challenge. In that case by all means go for it !!!!!!!!

 

[Calum]

And it is almost the same price to buy an CZ858 instead of an SKS D.

 

[Curtton]

thats what i did, instead of converting one of my two reg SKS , i sold one and bot a CZ858 , i really like it cos it feels much more like a AK and i also bot a folding stock to go with it.

 

[lion-o]

hey guys, have any of you taken an exsisting sks-d and removed just the stock materiel to allow the use of 5/75 rd. drum mags.?
im looking at doing that, just want to know if it will weaken the stock too much, or cause regular mags to fit loosely? i ave both a wood and synthetic stock for my "d", thinking the synthetic stock would be easiest to grind out.
any thoughts or experience in this matter would be greatly appreciated!
thanks,

 

[Curtton]

ljungman did one with wood .

 

[lion-o]

Ljungman, any tips on this?

 

[Ljungman]

I'll shoot you a PM Lion-o. It's not hard, just takes a little pashants and alot of dremel work. Looks bad ass though.

 

[obiwanbonjovi]

I would think someone here would try to convert one to vz58 mags rather than ak

 

[Norseman]

I would think someone here would try to convert one to vz58 mags rather than ak

Give them time, Im sure someone will try it LOL