sks- how many rounds before barrel is shot out

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As the title states i was wondering is any one had any experences in shooting a shot out sks and how it came to be like that. Approx round count or blunders that would make it unusable or have a wondering zero. does corrosive make a difference if you clean the whole gun after each session? where do you buy brass ammo in 7.62x39 that you can reload ? i have herd west rifle or marstar are about the best to purchase the bulk ammo gun package. I am looking to buy one but wanted to see what the community thought about a couple things. thanks
 
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The last Russian I had took 2600 rounds and held zero and kept the same grouping as it did from when I first got it.. I think that the barrels have such high tolerances to begin with that they don't shoot out all that quick
 
The barrel will outlast your grandkids if you look after the rifle. Do a search for "shot out SKS", you probably won't find anything that doesn't involve extreme stupidity.
 
Having a chromed barrel and a relatively low velocity round means they will likely shoot thousands of dollars of bullets before wearing out and at that point you just buy 1 or 2 more and keep having fun.

If your looking for a good dead for a gun and a case of ammo check out tradeex they have a Russian sks and 1440 bullets for 429$ and free shipping.
 
I'm between 4 to 5 thousand rounds.
Accuracy has not changed nor functionality; it works great.
The chamber does seem to be getting a sloppier though
 
Don't shoot it rapid fire too much so as not to overheat the barrel. Remember that the steel cased corrosive com block surplus ammo that is so abundant out there is steel core and notoriously hard on the bore and will cause accellerated wear compared to lead core ammmo. I actually shoot cast lead bullets in mine so it should last about forever.
 
shredder0 said:
Don't shoot it rapid fire too much so as not to overheat the barrel. Remember that the steel cased corrosive com block surplus ammo that is so abundant out there is steel core and notoriously hard on the bore and will cause accellerated wear compared to lead core ammmo. I actually shoot cast lead bullets in mine so it should last about forever.
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I had some of that steel core ammo I bought at Marstar 5 or 6 years ago, It had a copper jacket just the same as lead core so the steel never actually contacted the bore. Not sure if all is the same as what I had. Sure was great for shooting thick metal, the mild steel core fuses to the thick metal being shot at and the copper jack peeled of on contact. I ended up using the metal I shot to make a mail box.
 
Tradeex has the best deal, you will need to have a lot of disposable income if you want to wear out a russian or chinese sks with a cromed bore!
 
If you are talking what is the hypothetical limit of an SKS barrel, I would say it depends on a lot of things. The biggest being how well you take care of it, as the saying goes if you take care of your rifle it will take care of you. I have also shot 1440rnds of Chec surplus in a day through a Chinese SKS with no difference at all it accuracy. IT is owned by my Brother-in-law and must have upwards of 6000 rnds through it. IT is his truck gun so it sits behind the seat in a farm truck bouncing around and does not get cleaned that often, that being said even with all this abuse that SKS is still a good shooter. So although it is possible to shoot out any rifle I think that you will have a hard time shooting out an SKS even then buy some Ammo from Marstar and get a new one for $75 can't get a new barrel that cheap.
 
With my Chinese built on a Friday afternoon gun, I would say 1 round and it was done ! LOL, dam gun is so poor compared to some, but fun to shoot. The fun comes from shooting it to see what IT MIGHT HIT ! lol
 
More than ten thousand rounds have been through my Chinese SKS with no decrease in accuracy and the rifling is still very strong, probably as strong as the day I got it new and in the cosmoline. Hell, it hasn't even had a malfunction that wasn't the fault of crappy surplus ammo.

If you take care of it and don't shoot a thousand rounds a day for the rest of your life, the barrel will outlast you. You'll likely have parts breakages before the barrel craps out on you.
 
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Keep in mind that we are limited to 5 round mags.
That means the barrel cannot get screaming hot, which helps the barrrel last.

In the old days, I recall someone telling me they would rip a crate thru a gun as fast as they could, 30 rounds at a time. By the end of the day, the barrel was hooped.
 
tootall said:
Keep in mind that we are limited to 5 round mags.
That means the barrel cannot get screaming hot, which helps the barrrel last.

In the old days, I recall someone telling me they would rip a crate thru a gun as fast as they could, 30 rounds at a time. By the end of the day, the barrel was hooped.
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I was talking to a gunsmith who said you can kill a barrel in an AK47 in like 1500 rounds if you just go all out fully auto. The handguards will light on fire, which tells you how hot those things get.

My best guess, based on absolutely nothing, you could shoot out an SKS doing 5 shots at a time with stripper clips in about 10k rounds. I've known guys who have shot over 8k rounds through their rifles and said the barrel looks just like a new one after every cleaning.

EDIT: Also I have a Chinese SKS never been fired, but I cleaned up fairly well, wondering what to put on the EE for? I'm thinking $175.00?
 
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More than ten thousand rounds have been through my Chinese SKS with no decrease in accuracy and the rifling is still very strong, probably as strong as the day I got it new and in the cosmoline. Hell, it hasn't even had a malfunction that wasn't the fault of crappy surplus ammo.

If you take care of it and don't shoot a thousand rounds a day for the rest of your life, the barrel will outlast you. You'll likely have parts breakages before the barrel craps out on you.
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Probably more than you can afford-they are damn tough rifles..
 
tootall said:
Keep in mind that we are limited to 5 round mags.
That means the barrel cannot get screaming hot, which helps the barrrel last.

In the old days, I recall someone telling me they would rip a crate thru a gun as fast as they could, 30 rounds at a time. By the end of the day, the barrel was hooped.
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I beg to differ... you can get 5 round magazines for it and you can learn to load stripper clips really fast when you get used to it. You get lots of practice reloading...

(I got second degree burns from my sks) I went to put it down it fell I caught it on the gas tube. Note don't crab the gas tube after shooting 200 rounds with quick reloads in between.

Now I saw a video of a US marine using a belt fed 50 cal and hooked up 50,000 rounds to it and they fired none stop it never came even close to the end when the barrel turned cherry red and it was cooking off rounds. The barrel did bend and they removed the belt so you can in theory (lots of ammo really fast) melt a barrel. (they exploded if you keep shooting them) I know 1 war vet was telling me they had a 1919 that they would wire to run till the barrel exploded for training 1 day the tripod leg fell off and it started dancing around the range while everyone but the instructor ducked for cover he just ran up stepped on it then stopped it.
 
I would have to disagree as well. Its not uncommon for my SKS's to get so hot that I burn my fingers on the stock crossbolt. Slinging the rifle left a little red burn mark on my back from the stock ferrule. 5 rds is enough to make some heat but I agree its not enough to pooch the barrel in any reasonable amount of time. Back to the OP; you're not going to chew the barrel out of an SKS without some seriously dedicated effort involving untold crates of ammo. Chrome lining doesn't extend barrel life by a huge degree with 7.62x39. Steel jacketed ammo is not hard on it like it is with .223. The rifling is designed for it and the steel on most parts is incredibly hard so the barrel should be no exception. I'm talking both Russian and Chinese SKS plus CZ 858. .223 rifling is much shallower and narrower and the round firs over 1000 fps faster. I suspect American barrel steel may be a little softer than the overbuilt combloc rifles. How many rounds did Dave put through the Neit shop gun? Last I heard was 60k and it still shot fine and that's without a chrome bore.

tootall said:
Keep in mind that we are limited to 5 round mags.
That means the barrel cannot get screaming hot, which helps the barrrel last.

In the old days, I recall someone telling me they would rip a crate thru a gun as fast as they could, 30 rounds at a time. By the end of the day, the barrel was hooped.
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