What can you do to the black painted sks?

[Spcamno]

Just out of curiousity: what can you do to the refurbished sks with all the metal painted black?

I aware that you can polish the bolt carrier but what about the barrel and the action itself?

I noticed on some pics other posted not all refurbished are created equal some looks pretty bad, is there any cure to the metal on those rifles?

 

[Stevo]

Shoot it. Who cares what it looks like, it's a gun, not art.

 

[dinsdale]

Strip it and park it, shoot the #### out of it.

That's what I will be doing to mine when it gets here.

 

[fat tony]

I have one I like the paint on it, that is some tough paint.

 

[Curtton]

I have one I like the paint on it, that is some tough paint.

my CZ858 are covered with tuff paint also , but im not fond of bluish color so yes, i do like the black paint . on another thread a member stripped the carrier and it looks much better .

 

[fat tony]

I wonder if this is going to turn into a thread akin to the ones about the East - German /Russian refurb K-98's, and their red shellac finishes. . .

 

[gandalfe]

The only parts that really bother me are the bolt and bolt carrier.The black comes off easily with brake fluid and a wire brush on a drill.

The rest of the gun looks ok to me.

 

[Accurate]

Everything repainted......

 

[CTS]

I agree the bolt has to have the paint removed. It just looks wrong with it on.

 

[SA85M1]

Yup,..the bolt carrier needs a cleaning for sure!Just debating on stripping a complete rifle and bluing it as it was orginally...and shooting the crap out of it!

 

[louthepou]

I wonder how much work it would be to strip all the metal. Personnally, I won't spend that much time on my ugly SKS. I do have a nicer one, so maybe that's why. On my ugly one, I just cleaned everything, and re-shellac'ed the stock, it doesn't look too too bad now. But boy was it a mess when it got here.

 

[Grouse Man]

The bolt is sitting in some acetone right now, and it seems to be softening up the paint fairly well.