SKS in 7.62X54R

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My dad has one of these with a sporterized walnut stock and nice hunting iron sights. Looks¸like it was sporterized professionally and not by some bubba. Recoil on it is on the "stiff" side.

Are the newer SKS's the same action?...or slightly shorter for the shorter 7.62x39 cartridge?

I'm wondering if there would be a simple and cheap way of converting it over to the more abundant and cheaper lower recoil cartridge?
 
Woodsman said:
My dad has one of these with a sporterized walnut stock and nice hunting iron sights. Looks¸like it was sporterized professionally and not by some bubba. Recoil on it is on the "stiff" side.

Are the newer SKS's the same action?...or slightly shorter for the shorter 7.62x39 cartridge?

I'm wondering if there would be a simple and cheap way of converting it over to the more abundant and cheaper lower recoil cartridge?
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It's most likely a Globe Firearms sportered SVT-40 in 7.62x54R. NOT the same as the SKS.

It may be marked Mohawk 555. Just buy an SKS is you want to shoot 7.62x39.
 
I just looked up the SVT-40! Yes it is that mechanism on this rifle! However, the only markings of any kind on this rifle is on the trigger guard and it looks like an asian symbol of some kind?

I guess I need to take a pic of this gun and show it, but it definitely looks like the SVT-40 mech.
 
Here's a picture of a Globe 555 Mohawk I found on another site; The markings on the trigger-guard are the original serial-number markings, which usually used two Cyrillic (Russian) letter characters in front of some numbers. There may also be serial numbers on the bolt (maybe electro-penciled on the bottom), and on the left side of the receiver, near the chamber.

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Dantforth said:
A friend has one of these which is in 303 British I believe. Does it have any collectors value? Dave
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Same company "Globe" bubba'd them into .303 as well. Zero collector value, and not worth a whole lot as a shooter as the work was pretty shoddy.
 
I just had a thought, Woodsman; if your dad's rifle IS a Globe 555, it's chambered in 303 British, and you definitely SHOULDN'T be shooting 7.62x54R in it. Have it checked out to be sure.
 
"...Does it have any collectors value?..." Nope. And in .303 the hedspace is very likely bad. Globe did 'em(poorly) when there was no 7.62 x 54 ammo available. Most of 'em have bad headspace.
 
Now I really must check this gun closer! We've fired a few boxes of 7.62x54r in this rifle. I can't be 100% certain, but I am quite sure it's not .303. It looks similar to the pic shown, but ours is a dark walnut stock. It really is a nice piece of work and if it had headspace issues wouldn't it show on the fired cases? My cases look fine.
 
Woodsman said:
Now I really must check this gun closer! We've fired a few boxes of 7.62x54r in this rifle. I can't be 100% certain, but I am quite sure it's not .303. It looks similar to the pic shown, but ours is a dark walnut stock. It really is a nice piece of work and if it had headspace issues wouldn't it show on the fired cases? My cases look fine.
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Globe did a minimal sporter of the SVT. Left in the original calibre. Had the brake/barrel sleeve removed and a new front sight dovetailed into the gas block. Also fitted with a recoil pad.
 
eos said:
Globe did a minimal sporter of the SVT. Left in the original calibre. Had the brake/barrel sleeve removed and a new front sight dovetailed into the gas block. Also fitted with a recoil pad.
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Not all had the pad. The one I picked up just had the muzzle end mods and the shortened mag.
 
All of the Globe modified SVTs should be checked by a gunsmith familiar with first generation SA military rifles. The firing pin design gives them a nasty tendency to slam fire. This is not a good thing.
 
Lee Enfield said:
It IS possible it could be a Simonov chambered in 7.62x54.

IIRC he used the same action for a SVT competitor & an anti-tank rifle in 14.5mm.
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SKS action is not big enough to handle the 7.62x54R, AVS were select fire so it wouldn't be one of those, it would definately not be a PTRS.......
 
Lee Enfield said:
It IS possible it could be a Simonov chambered in 7.62x54.

IIRC he used the same action for a SVT competitor & an anti-tank rifle in 14.5mm.
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SKS bolt is too short, and the reciever is not long enough.

Only way I can think of trying this mod would involve lenghing the reciever to allow the bolt to recoil far enough to feed the longer rounds. The you have to move the mag because of how it locks up, you could never fix it to feed the longer 54R rounds form below. You would have to mod it to feed from the side or at an angle, top wont work because of the gas piston.

So No
 
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