What a SKS should look like according to a 14 year old teenager

Opened the thread with the expectations of "hating" the results.
Was very presently surprised with what I saw.
Proportions looks right and the overall look/feel to the gun is good.
I stand corrected.
Nice job.

I predict a run on Trade Ex $2.00 FN Flash Hiders :)

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How do you put the FH on the muzzel? Is it threaded or is there an adapter used?
Close ups pics?

looks pretty cool.
 
Thanks Curtton :)

Mckutzy, that FH job was done by cgn's airborneboi69. He threaded the barrel so that FH won't move no matter what.
 
very nice sks, lou
the removal of the its support more baio ETDE withdrawal of the pattern are a good idea
lines are thin and slender

you really have the gift of turning the bubba, fine guns
 
Thanks guys. Yup mk3 I thought about the PSOP, but at some point I had to stop the cash hemmorage :D I may at some point stop resisting and get one from Eastwave or something like that... Has to be good looking on this rifle.

Speaking of using leftover parts rather than buying, here's why I seldom throw something out. I had a spare SKS stock, with a cutout on the left side carved for, presumably, a scope mount of some sort. What am I going to use this for, I often wondered.

Well a few months ago, I acquired a SKS "parts special" - barreled action, all the internals (bolt, trigger etc), but no stock, no gas piston / handguard; and holes on the side of the receiver. Finding the right scope mount was easy (Choate, got it from SKSman); then repairing the stock was done last night. Not a pretty job but, hey, shooter on a budget. Just because I can't leave my teenager son have all the fun! ;) I know it's just another semi-tacticooled SKS but considering this was a pile of parts in the back of my small shop...

Sadly the barrel is non chrome lined and something tells me a previous owner didn't know that corrosive ammo can be... corrosive. Sigh...




 
Damn that's one good looking SKS! I am just slowly getting into these rifles and I absolutely love that vented hand-guard you have. Where did you pick that up from??
 
Hey Lou, first off let me say that I love the work you do on the Lee Enfields and I've followed your posts with great interest. I really like what you've done with the SKS. I've done something similar to mine (see pic) but I've not been able to buy or work up a load that gives me the kind of accuracy I want. It has been suggested to me that I get rid of the section of stock that butts against the receiver so it will be possible to take off the receiver cover without disassembly and I might try that this spring. I'm also considering bedding the action to see if that will tighten up the groups. It's well within 'minute of deer" accuracy at 50 metres, but I'd like to give it 100 metre accuracy just for my peace of mind.
 
Lawrence: thanks, and indeed, Lee Enfields is my addiction; but I never say "now" to a milsurp in need :D

Yeah, "SKS" and "accuracy" are usually not supposed to be used un the same sentence - this being said, for someone who wants to get the most out of an SKS, typically (in my limited experience) the original wooden stock is the best... dressing up a SKS with plastic is certainly not the most efficient way to tighten up a group. I do believe that one important thing missing in all the aftermarket plastic toy stocks is the cross screw, which rests against the front of the receiver. I wonder if someone were able to duplicate that piece of hardware (and somehow have it solidly installed through the plastic stock...) if it would make a difference. I mean, usually the rest of the receiver isn't solidly bedded in the plastic toys anyways.
 
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