VIDEO ADDED COMPLETED SKS BOLT ACTION by Canuck94
- Thread starter canuck94
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No the welding of the extension to the upper part of the bolt will only happen this weekend and then a whole whack of finishing work will take place..................................................
Im not sure this would be legal, because if it fit his SKS bolt or semi action doesnt matter because it would fit on any SKS and thus be prohibited right?
PinkyPlinker
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Yes, because his SKS is STILL an SKS. Just as a FA gun modified to SA is STILL a FA by law. Eg CZ-858 built on ex FA receivers, NR by OIC for one model anyway. But needed OIC to be NR.
Modify the receiver of the bolt-action rifle so an SKS magazine cannot fit. Then make a magazine that can fit it, but doesn't fit an SKS.
Not sure how to accomplish that, but if you can, I don't see how anyone can argue that a magazine that doesn't fit an SKS was designed for an SKS. In court, you could show the judge a square peg and a round hole, and demonstrate a thing not fitting into a thing, just in case he's not up to speed on the intricacies of Canadian firearms law.
"Your honor, this does not fit into this, therefore it cannot be argued that this was designed to fit into this. Comprende amigo?"
Not sure how to accomplish that, but if you can, I don't see how anyone can argue that a magazine that doesn't fit an SKS was designed for an SKS. In court, you could show the judge a square peg and a round hole, and demonstrate a thing not fitting into a thing, just in case he's not up to speed on the intricacies of Canadian firearms law.
"Your honor, this does not fit into this, therefore it cannot be argued that this was designed to fit into this. Comprende amigo?"
Yeah as already mentioned...mod it for the XCR mags, there is even a kit already made for this very thing. Since this SKS is already getting chopped to pieces, might as well spend a little more time adding the mag kit which is a legal 10 rounds.
The bolt will not come back, because the recoil spring holds the bolt carrier in the front and that way it locks the bolt.
I did a very similar build about 20 years ago. I really liked the round for a lot of reasons. Mostly because I had used it along with an SKS under stressful conditions. It performed very well when used under the conditions it was designed for out to a couple of hundred meters reliably.
I had a Soviet SKS with a very poor bore that was otherwise OK. I also had a take off HBR profile barrel that would be fine for this conversion. I borrowed a reamer from Del Selin and fitted this barrel to the action.
Of course without a gas tube
I was hoping for a light, handy bolt action with light recoil that was also as accurate as the barrel could make it. Well, it didn't make any difference. The best I could get out of it was about 2in consistently at 100yds. I was hoping for much better. In the end, after putting that barrel onto another rifle with a stiffer receiver it shot the 7.62x39 very well.
What it boiled down to is that the SKS receiver just isn't stiff enough for excellent accuracy. Maybe someone else knows a reliable way to make one more accurate but the thing is, with all of the great bolt action commercial actions available on the market today the conversion is only worth doing for curiosity's sake.
I had a Soviet SKS with a very poor bore that was otherwise OK. I also had a take off HBR profile barrel that would be fine for this conversion. I borrowed a reamer from Del Selin and fitted this barrel to the action.
Of course without a gas tube
I was hoping for a light, handy bolt action with light recoil that was also as accurate as the barrel could make it. Well, it didn't make any difference. The best I could get out of it was about 2in consistently at 100yds. I was hoping for much better. In the end, after putting that barrel onto another rifle with a stiffer receiver it shot the 7.62x39 very well.
What it boiled down to is that the SKS receiver just isn't stiff enough for excellent accuracy. Maybe someone else knows a reliable way to make one more accurate but the thing is, with all of the great bolt action commercial actions available on the market today the conversion is only worth doing for curiosity's sake.
While the bolt and extension are being welded at a friend's shop, I will prepare a few other components required for this project, starting with the front sight. I wanted to add a fibre optic and the easiest way was to install one made for an AK, but that will require a little work, so here goes. First you have to remove all excess steel from the sight assembly, as shown in the picture.
Then you simply screw in the High Viz AK-47 sight and you're good to go. All that remains is to tap it back onto the barrel, align it properly and replace the locking pin.
I will install this one later on in the project.
I will install this one later on in the project.
It's just that the HiViz fiber optic sight for the AK is too wide to screw through the existing hole in the top of the SKS sight so by simply cutting the top off makes it simple to screw in the AK sight with no further mods.
Travis Bickle
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Anyhow, Canuck94, cool project. Show the final results and lets see a range report. Pretty cool idea all around.
Please update the post once you get further down the river. Also as an aside; keep the mag at 5 rounds unless officially directed in writing on RCMP memo paper that it's kosher. My interp of the regs is that the magazine is designed for a semi auto, you can't unpin it no matter how many modifications you make to the rifle. The magazine is what it is and must be pinned to 5 rounds.
Interested in seeing accuracy report after all this work!
Unless there's a different FRT number for it, it would still be considered a semi auto centerfire rifle and the mag would be restricted to 5 rounds.
There's VZ pistols out there but none in Canada. Those mags would sell like hot cakes!
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