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I think I am going to buy a Norinco SKS this winter and have some fun trying to turn it into a deer hunting brush gun. I have no experience whatsoever in doing any gun modifications.

I do know I am going to remove the bayonet and cleaning rod and try to make what remains look good. Any suggestions?

Other options might include changing the sights. I don't want to scope it. I personally like an aperture sight. Have done some research on the Tech Sight TS200. Looks good to me. They also have a replacement front sight that is narrower. It fits at the very back of the receiver. The Williams sight fits where the original rear sight is. I think the sight picture with the sight situated farther back is better.

The gun I am looking at has a magazine that is attached to the gun. I would like to switch to a detachable mag. Is this difficult?

Other things I have thought about is changing the stock, but I'm not going to do this right off. Another would be to shorten the barrel, but is this too difficult (relocating the front sight)?

Any and all comments welcome.
 
There are some other threads where switching to a detatchable mag SKS is talked about; it is generally considered work for a gunsmith or quite experienced do-it-yourselfer and many guys who have used the SKS and the SKS-D greatly prefer the stock SKS for reliability anyways. You might want to reconsider. Now I have heard of guys cutting back their pinned 10 round SKS mags so that they are basically flush with the bottom of the rifle stock and still have 5 rounds, that makes a bit more sense to me (if you really want to mod your rifle) as the extra space sticking out of the production SKS is pinned and useless anyways. I put a monte carlo synthetic stock on mine and the fairly good cheekpiece that it comes with helps with accuracy; it's also ass-heavy and helps balance out the nose-heavy SKS. Personally, I think a good hunting SKS might be; remove bayonet and cleaning rod, cut back mag as I mentioned, stick it in a monte carlo syle synthetic stock with a bedding job, and replace the sights with better ones that suit you. Personally I'd go with a peep sight, but if you like aperture sights, there are some nice ones out there. I think with an SKS set up like that, with some good handloads, you'd have an excellent short range hunting rig.
 
If you want to hunt in deep trees, forget the MOA rifles - nothing is better than a SKS.

All you really need is a case of ammo (CanAm has them for 199 free shipping), then do a lot of off-hand shooting. You will be surprised to see how good you become after 300 rounds.

Plus it's lots of fun to shoot SKS!
 
michaelsabre said:
If you want to hunt in deep trees, forget the MOA rifles - nothing is better than a SKS.

All you really need is a case of ammo (CanAm has them for 199 free shipping), then do a lot of off-hand shooting. You will be surprised to see how good you become after 300 rounds.

Plus it's lots of fun to shoot SKS!
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You hunt with FMJ?
 
There is no gain to shortening your barrel. It's already 20". CFC rules no barrel under 18.5" if you want to keep it non-restricted. Leave it as is.

Some good info if you haven't been here:
http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/specifications.asp

Supposedly the Kivvarri (sp?) trigger job is touted by many as one of the best mods to these rifles. He ships to Canada.

I"ve tried the Choate stock and prefer it over the ATI stock. Another good place to spend a few days reading (and daydreaming :)):
http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php

If you use surplus corrosive ammo make sure you clean it well. Lots of threads on cleaning corrisive ammo on this forum.

Great rifle - have fun!
 
I have a TechSight mounted on my Norinco SKS. Much easier to shoot accurately with. Was well worth the 50 bucks or so that it cost. The only downside is that you need a screwdriver to take the innards out of the rifle.
 
Thanks for the responses. All very valuable. I will look into all the links.

I want to go to the detachable mag because in our hunting situation, you are always unloading your rifle (meeting other guys in the group, moving to a new location on an ATV or truck, etc.). Being able to just drop out the mag and reinsert it when needed is a lot better than dumping your rounds on the ground and having to then put them back into the mag when you want to reload.

I really am not experienced in gun stuff. What is the difference between an aperture sight and a peep sight? I thought they were both the same. I shoot a Lee Enfield #4 Mk 1 and use the battle sight when I am still hunting/driving deer. This is the type of sight I was hoping for.
 
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