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rb2 said:
I noticed how much the scope and rail jump in the deluxe review. I will stick with my stock sks's the way they were intended to be
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1. the rail system ""wartak style" is not the best-it is not steel, also two pins provide more freedom when compared to 4 screws-left side mount.
of course, side mount requires some basic machining skills.... but it is the best
2. also this rail system makes the front sights useless and gets rid of rear sights as well.. so the barrel should be really chopped in this configuration, -coz no point of front sights, but if you chop the barrel: you'd lose some distance/ power, may be accuracy and the bayonet.
3. in addition, this configuration doesn't allow stripper clips... I know I know, mags are better etc... as long as you have them, but when you are out of mags-stripper clips-much faster for tactical exercises.
4. this configuration, with or w/o top rail, doesn't have bolt open-which sucks

the only positive, why I am ordering this is the only Canadian reasonably prices rifle taking AK mags for SHTF scenario, that's basically it
M305a is ridiculously expensive and too complex and somewhat ridiculous mechanics for SHTF, type 81-not available and doesn't take AK mags, VZ58-doesn't take AK mags, type D-not available
 
Expendable Nate said:
I'm waiting for a classic to come in stock
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u mean in wood, with no bayonet out and no crazy rails on top?

yeah... that would worth buying, for, sure.

1. well I am getting mine in plastic on Monday and I will experiment with bayonet,
2. will check AK-style mag release (which I have from 7.62systems)
3. I will take a look at "bolt hold open"-whether it is totally gone as an option or it can still be manually engaged
4. Some time from now I will check if yugo mags will keep bold open just as they do in AK47
5. I will also check if I can use the duck-tapco mags and original mags, just for fun ( in case something goes wrong with AK mags, like malfunction, not available, if I can still use original mag/ tapco mag)
6. I will also check if previously modified tapco mags (duck-less) may be modified to fit in into this one.
7. Finally, I will also check if tapco duck mags may be potentially adapted to this system (duck-tapco into AK mag conversion)

will come back soon:)

BTW the 7.62 system for SKS worked not long time-the front piece, as expected was a piece of crap-what would you expect from a thing that holds on one screw (alan!) only? The AK style mag release from 7.62systems, on contrary was robust
 
Just my 10 cents. I own one of these but have not yet shot it. I like and dislike it at the same time. I find AK mags hard to engage compared to AR mags. The gun is long once you add a muzzle brake. No bolt hold open isn't really convenient but not a deal breaker. The quality is very good in my opinion. A good semi for the money but not my go to gun obviously!
 
I dig it, nice for anyone who missed the SKS-D boat and doesn't want to pay a thousand dollars for a bloody SKS. Not a big fan of the deluxe but different strokes for different blokes. Would like the classic with some 10/5 mags.
 
Joel said:
I dig it, nice for anyone who missed the SKS-D boat and doesn't want to pay a thousand dollars for a bloody SKS. Not a big fan of the deluxe but different strokes for different blokes. Would like the classic with some 10/5 mags.
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Classic with wood skin would be awesome-BIG TIME! Minimal changes of any sort-just AK style mag release, wood stock, bayonet, that's it

Then let people do what they want with it

That alone would drop the price to 400 if not 350CaD and make it much more affordable. I am already happy, they have this version in addition to this crazy delux for 780CaD.

Well I paid 580 for ATI strikeforce stock and 1 imi israeli mag-not bad, but I am not a big fan of this ATI stock specifically.

Russian SKS is alway preferable to Chinese (IMHO) but... if Chinese SKS-D would be available for 400CaD, I'd buy it instead,especially, if it is a late year Chinese SKS production.

Anyone knows what's up with SKS-D (Chinese) ????
 
ARCANGEL said:
Just my 10 cents. I own one of these but have not yet shot it. I like and dislike it at the same time. I find AK mags hard to engage compared to AR mags. The gun is long once you add a muzzle brake. No bolt hold open isn't really convenient but not a deal breaker. The quality is very good in my opinion. A good semi for the money but not my go to gun obviously!
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how you r resisting not shooting it? man u have super patience:)
 

1. Bolt-shaved inferior lips, just like for MagWedge transformation
2. Cut the front piece of the trigger group (close to the mag release), just like for MagWedge transformation
3. Mag release-extended up and the lever extended down for the easier finger grip
4. Removed bayonete, but blued it
5. Blued the bolt
6. Blued the bolt carrier
7. Removed cleaning rod
8. Shaved a bit of the interior of the mag well
9. made the insert deeper to accommodate front lip of AK47 mag
10. installed ATI STrikeforce stock
 

First couple of cycles there were some ftf, since mags are quite stiff/ new
after that, almost no problems
 
I had a classic,andit was an excellent gun,lots of fun,but the mag release made it almost unusable.if it had an AK style mag release it would improve it MASSIVELY
 
We should receive some wooden stock SKS-KD next week for those who wanted to buy wooden stock SKS-KD we will have them on our site next week
 
Second trip to the range.

Jamming/ FTF is slightly improved since.
One mag is always jamming and one is sporadically jamming.
The other two mags are OK

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If it jams again on third trip-I will not recommend this rifle to anyone!
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Here is SKS-KD with P-Mags-feels like much better mags than IMI Israeli mags and cost also 23$ instead of 45-50$
No a single FTF/FTE after 50 rounds
The only problem-they are too easy to fall off, so the mag button doesn't hold them as good as IMI mags in this SK-KD model
So, I can conclude that FTF/FTE was not due to SKS-KD, but rather 2 out 4 malfunctioning IMI mags
 
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