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Well.. I shot my new SKS from Marstar this morning.

Chromed barrel with open sights. Got the commie byatch all hot with near 200 rounds under rapid fire standing position:D

I wanted to light her up but only managed to get her smokin hot and an eight inch group average, when removing all the rapid fire stragglers.

The rifle averaged about 4 inch groups under slow fire @ 100 yds, with a few holes side by side, and shot left by a couple inches, so didnt need any major front sight changes at any of the 100, 200, or 300 yard settings right out of the box.:)

The 200 yard setting of the rear sight seems ok and the 300 setting as well.

I only shot at a steel plate(gong) at 300 but hit it several times, and the tracers proved to be worthy at the longer range targets... fun to watch too.:D

All in all Im happy with the SKS... and its accuracy should improve with a new longer stock, and maybe a bit of trigger work.

Not like im waiting for a miracle...lol... I know the rifle isnt a tack driver and never will be, but I can see potential for a 2 inch group gun at 100 yards.:D
 
Giroux said:
Nice work. I heard someplace the chromed barrel is actually bad for accuracy, this true?
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I guess if the chrome lays between the lands and grooves of the rifling and rounds the rifling out, it may impeed the accuracy?... dont know for sure.

Its the only SKS ive ever fired, and isnt very accurate, but lots of fun.:D
 
I've heard this generalization as well, but it really comes down to the rifles on a case by case basis. Some people get minute of barn door accuracy with a non chromed barrel, others get 1 to 2 MOA with a chrome lined bore.

With the exception of a few over achieving chinese rifles, I believe the russian models tend to be slightly more accurate, chrome lined or not. This is of course just my opinion based on what I've seen on this forum over the last year or so.

Like you said though, this rifle was never designed to drive tacks, but rather supply volume fire and accuracy sufficient to hit a person sized target out to 300 'most' of the time.
 
I too have just bought a Russian sks. It has a chrome lined barrel and I was surprised how accurate it is within a hundred yards. I was able to hit a small balloon out to 100 every time.
Just a side question. I see these Tapco 5/20 round magazines on sks's. If you have installed one of these detachable mags can you still load using your stripper clip with the magazine on????

Cheers
 
island grown said:
I too have just bought a Russian sks. It has a chrome lined barrel and I was surprised how accurate it is within a hundred yards. I was able to hit a small balloon out to 100 every time.
Just a side question. I see these Tapco 5/20 round magazines on sks's. If you have installed one of these detachable mags can you still load using your stripper clip with the magazine on????

Cheers
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I can in all 4 of my mags
 
Just another quick question, sorry if I'm hi-jacking.

Is the ATI-SKS8000 » SKS Six Position Side Folding Stock better than the Tapco Fusion SKS Stock??? Or are they both good???

Cheers,
 
island grown said:
I too have just bought a Russian sks. It has a chrome lined barrel and I was surprised how accurate it is within a hundred yards. I was able to hit a small balloon out to 100 every time.
Just a side question. I see these Tapco 5/20 round magazines on sks's. If you have installed one of these detachable mags can you still load using your stripper clip with the magazine on????

Cheers
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Yes you can, I was shooting out of a duck billed magazine.

As long as the action is open and you have access to the mag you can filler up quickly with a clip and fire again,... to get that barrel smokin hot:D.:ar15:
 
plinker 777 said:
Hey Lefty;maybe a dumb question.....however:D I thought tracer rounds were more of a low light type of thing....do they really light up so you can see them in day light? I thought of getting some recently but stopped myself {why bother won't see 'em anyhow?}
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I didnt see them light up as I was shooting... but my friend did, who was at the bench beside me.
When he fired the rifle with tracers I saw them light up... but they only kicked in and fired up at about the 200 yard mark, right to target.

They may be old or something?... Ive always known tracers light up at around 100 yards and stay lit till target, but these 7.62's seemed a bit slow to light it up.:)
 
with the million different laws we have about guns and the fact that a lot of us are completely confused about what is legal and not legal ........ I thought tracers was not allowed to be used by non military ??? ... something about them being able to start a fire ?
 
mrpenguin said:
with the million different laws we have about guns and the fact that a lot of us are completely confused about what is legal and not legal ........ I thought tracers was not allowed to be used by non military ??? ... something about them being able to start a fire ?
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Thats just hear say.. every range is different.

Why should only the military have all the fun?..:D
 
7mmlefty said:
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They may be old or something?... Ive always known tracers light up at around 100 yards and stay lit till target, but these 7.62's seemed a bit slow to light it up.:)
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Tracers are generally made as a normal bullet, but with a phosphorous band. The friction from traveling through the barrel is what ignites them. A slower moving bullet will generally take more time to visibly light up, even though it is already ignited. A faster tracer bullet will visibly light up faster. The concept of tracer design is to assist in directing fire to a location and be able to correct. Its made for long range shooting( >200-300 yards). And ironically, if the tracer lit up immediately, it would be easy to direct counter-fire to the point of origin.
 
fiddler said:
A slower moving bullet will generally take more time to visibly light up, even though it is already ignited. A faster tracer bullet will visibly light up faster. Its made for long range shooting( >200-300 yards). And ironically, if the tracer lit up immediately, it would be easy to direct counter-fire to the point of origin.
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Interesting points fiddler. I always thought the oxygen/ air friction behind the tracer bullet ignited the phosphorous.:confused:

The Chinese might have got the formula mixed up?.:D
 
7mmlefty said:
Interesting points fiddler. I always thought the oxygen/ air friction behind the tracer bullet ignited the phosphorous.:confused:

The Chinese might have got the formula mixed up?.:D
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It work for meteorites, I suppose it would work for phosphorous as well if it had the velocity. Heres the thing: Barrel friction is many times greater than atmosphere friction. Pure lead melts in your 20 inch barrel after about 1500 feet/sec and becomes molten. Copper burns at 5000 ft/sec. Phosphorous is somewhere in the middle.

Pull a tracer bullet from a cartridge with vice grips and touch it to a grinder. Tell me your findings.
 
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