SKS Front Sight Assembly Split?
- Thread starter Fox
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I don't think so, you would have to cut off the front sight assembly, which is about 2.5in, then fit a new sight back on it and crown the barrel. I see it costing more than the difference between the parts gun and another gun.
If you could legally chop it to a 16in barrel like they do in the states it may be worth it.
Just measured on my sks:
You could get a gunsmith to remove the bayonet assembly and install the front sight in its spot. Cut just after the split and recrowning/threading and installing a muzzle brake or muzzle protector and still retains 18.5".
From muzzle end to bayonet assembly I get 2"
You could get a gunsmith to remove the bayonet assembly and install the front sight in its spot. Cut just after the split and recrowning/threading and installing a muzzle brake or muzzle protector and still retains 18.5".
From muzzle end to bayonet assembly I get 2"
The SKS has a 20in barrel does it not? So that would make it an 18in barrel and being cut down would make it restricted and anything under 18in would make it prohibited, 18.5in is the minimum for a non-restricted semi auto.
On top of that the cost of the gunsmithing would be crazy.
There is no sentimental connection here.
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- pallisers triangle
ive cut a few down drive the pins out, pull off the site assembly, cut the bbl, cut the site off the bayo holder, push it back on and pin it it looks like you would just make it. or sellit to me ill repair it
The bigger problem is the issue with classification, at 18.5in you would be fine but at 18in you are making a restricted firearm and anything below that you are making a prohibited firearm.
It if had a 24in barrel then no biggy, for a 20in barrel it becomes more of a problem.
Not really cost effective unless you know a gunsmith that will do it for super cheap. A new SKS is $200 , I bet the smithing for that work stated would be about the same or possibly more IMHO.
I don't think you are telling me to cut it to a prohib but the bulge is not right at the muzzle, so at minimum it would be close.
I also have a guy who wants to pay me enough for it to make buying another one for $200 as a much cheaper option than a gunsmith and new front sight.
buzzmagoo
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What if you cut off the damaged part and weld on a m 14 muzzle brake they are over 4 inches long are they not ? Because its welded it would be legal ? Permanent repair . Just my thought ,I may be wrong .
Are we not getting way beyond the value of a generic SKS?
You'd be very wrong. Barrel length is from the bolt face to where the rifling ends. A welded on flash hider would only count if oal was in question. Silly, but that's the way it is.
cut back the barrel....recrown.....get a bc tactical mount.....add a bushnell trs 25......cost you roughly what another one would cost......If you have access to a trustworthy gunsmith have them check it out for an opinion....better safe than sorry.....
buzzmagoo
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I had based my thinking on a AR commando model I believe . As they had a tube or was it just the barrel profile that looked like a longer flash hider. I realized that it is still considered a registered rifle either way. Any ways it's a moot point if barrel length is from chamber to crown.
Parts is parts and pieces is pieces. It has more value parted out.
Parts is parts and pieces is pieces. It has more value parted out.
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maybe it doesn't want to be rescued lol
Ok, so it is sold, it went to a guy with a barrelled action in need of the rest, it was local and was a very decent down payment on another SKS for myself (now I get to learn to clean off cosmoline).
We looked at the thing and with the split you would be borderline on saving the barrel and keeping it legal, the bulge in the rifling inside is further down than the crack in the barrel looks, so to cut it and crown it would make it a prohib no matter the cost.
Irrelevant of how much they are worth refurbished the cost of repair and legality on cutting it down was not worth it for me but will be worth it for someone in need of a parts rifle.
We looked at the thing and with the split you would be borderline on saving the barrel and keeping it legal, the bulge in the rifling inside is further down than the crack in the barrel looks, so to cut it and crown it would make it a prohib no matter the cost.
Irrelevant of how much they are worth refurbished the cost of repair and legality on cutting it down was not worth it for me but will be worth it for someone in need of a parts rifle.
