Just picked this beauty up last night

[TheTman]

Picked up this lightly used Russian SKS for a decent price last night. Going to trick it out some with a new pistol grip stock and a scope. Probably will swap out a higher capacity mag for it too.

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[JERRY]

please dont ruin that beatiful rifle. im sure you can find some bubba/homie gun to do that to for less money....

[Zippo Guy]

I agree with Jerry

[jocko]

well if he saves the old parts, then NO HARM NO FOUL..

[Popeye]

Do yourself a HUGE favor if you do any changes to that already fine rifle make it something you can change back to it's original configuration. I have a Yugo SKS and the only thing I've done and plan to ever do is change the sights to Willliams fire sights. Simple easy switch if I ever want to change back to the original sights. What some people do to these fine rifles is sinful. More SKS's have been screwed up by someone trying to make a getto version of an AK out of them, only for the owners to wish later on they had left it alone. Having said that it's your rifle and your money to do with as you see fit. Good luck.

[jocko]

I just sold a newin box YUGO a few months back with grenade launcher ad bayonet. brand new. IMO the finest SKS made to. the YUGO models are the cream de mint. or the nats ass of the SKS..

[ltxi]

I still have a half dozen or so SKSs from back in the day when they were dirt cheap. Used many...the Chinese guns....as hobby experiments/projects, keeping the ones that turned out successful.

I have two older Russians. Both nice. One is clean but battle scarred veteran. One is an immaculate laminate stock restoration. I would never desecrate either by junking them up....even temporarily.

[Popeye]

I cant really say the Yugo is the best SKS of the bunch,because I haven't shot them all, but it certainly is an excellent military rifle. It's weight combined with the 7,62x39 round makes it very recoil friendly. I think it's accuracy is probably better than my ability to shoot it accurately. I have heard many times on the net that those large capacity Duckbill mags simply destroy the guns reliability.

[7shot]

Pretty sweet...they are fun to shoot

[les strat]

Sweet! You're gonna love it.

[TheTman]

I'll keep the parts to switch it back to original. I do want to definately put a scope on it. I already have a 30 round mag for it from one I had a few years ago that I loaned to my brother in law, who says it was stolen from him and refuses to make good on it and a Winchester 1200 12 guage pump. He just brushes it off when I ask him about them, says an ex girlfriend stole them, too bad. He did the catering for my son's wedding rehearsal, and saved me a bunch of money, so will overlook it I guess, but he's still a jerkwad. It already came with a different receiver cover with scope ring mounts. Just have to figure out which scope mount bolts up to it, and I'll be set for mounting a scope. I've already have AK's so I don't need a bastardized AK, I did want to put on a folding stock to make it handier to tote around in the car. I have a severak stripper clips too, so don't really need the extended mag. I think with my eyes though a scope would add a lot to the effective range for it. I'm not letting that pretty wood go anywhere though, if I remove it I will put it in storage somewhere nice and dry.
As far as Yugo vs Russian, I always thought the Russians were the cream of the crop, going by price they command on the gun auction sites, and the fact they have the chromed barrel and the Yugo's don't. Either way, they have to be a step up from the old Norinco I had that I paid just over $100 for. And that was a pretty decent shooting rifle. I wish you could still get those Norinco's for that price, I'd probably get a few. Now I see them going for $300-$400 on the auction sites. I only paid $400 for that Russian model. I thought it was a pretty good deal for not having to fill out any paperwork or anything. I think I may just remove the bayonet and keep it handy, never was fond of those anyway. They just seem to get in the way, and aren't really good for anything.

Oh and on those duckill mags, I had one on my Norinco, and it never was a problem. It shot just fine with it. I eventually replaced it with a 20 round mag that was built like the 10 round mags, only they held 20 rounds because I thought it fit in with the lines of the gun better. I haven't seen those around in ages.

[ltxi]

I cant really say the Yugo is the best SKS of the bunch,because I haven't shot them all, but it certainly is an excellent military rifle. It's weight combined with the 7,62x39 round makes it very recoil friendly. I think it's accuracy is probably better than my ability to shoot it accurately. I have heard many times on the net that those large capacity Duckbill mags simply destroy the guns reliability.

There are some good hi-cap mags out there. I mostly use 20's in the guns I converted. Truth is for reliability and convenience I really prefer using the stock 10 round fixed mag fed from stripper clips.

[ltxi]

As far as Yugo vs Russian, I always thought the Russians were the cream of the crop.......


The original Russians are best of the breed. Everything else is a for better or worse copy.

[Bawanna]

Yup the Russians rule. I have one and it's machined very nice. Don't think there's a stamped piece on it.

In fact I could use your picture as mine, I think it's near identical.

I should shoot it one of these day. Had it since Clinton threatened to ban em and haven't got around to shooting it yet. Soon, very soon.

[wyntrout]

I always regret not getting an SKS when they were really cheap. I remember some really absolutely beautiful new-looking Russian ones with the bayonet... about $100. Then there were the boxcar loads of Chinese ones... probably saw service in 'Nam... stacked like cordwood... looked like some had been used for rock bats... for about $70 each... in the seventies.

Wynn:)

[Bawanna]

That's when I got mine. Your choice 95 dollars. I didn't even want one but they said I wasn't gonna be able to have one. They went up a bunch kind of like things are doing right now and actually have been doing ever since.

Threatened bans are very good for gun business. I just wish they'd allow all them fine surplus US rifles to be imported. Bastards.

[TheTman]

Around here you could buy them all day long for around $100 or so. That was back in the early 90's before Clinton got elected,
I had one of those Norinco $100 rifles, and it was not bad at all, had very nice wood on it, and was fairly accurate, seems like 2"-2.5" groups from a rest were pretty normal. Lot of folks picked em up for a cheap deer rifle.
I'm hoping my Russian model will be a little more accurate than the Norincos were. Gonna have to scope it as my eyes have gotten old on me. The guy I bought it from didn't have the original dust cover, just one that had taps for the scope mounts, has a high and low set at 2 1/8" on the left side and a low set at 1.5" on the right side, I suppose to mount an accessory rail. Maybe the high set on the left is for the scope and the low set for an accessory rail. I'm just not sure. I do want to get a scope that sits high enough so I can use the iron sights if I want.

[Popeye]

Truth is for reliability and convenience I really prefer using the stock 10 round fixed mag fed from stripper clips.

I agree the ten round fixed mag does work very well,and the ten round stripper clip do also. The one nice thing about the SKS's is there are no stamped parts there all milled. There built like tanks. If they made them today the same way they did back then they would cost a furtune.
The one nice thing I like about the Yugo is the gas return valve. Depending on what position it's in.It lets you fire the rifle in semi auto mode or in the gernade position with turns the rifle into a bolt action rifle where you have to manulally operate the bolt. I haven't tried it yet at long range but from what I hear the rifle shoots more accurately in that position. Pretty nice feature if your using the rifle for hunting. As far as the Yugo not having a chromed lined barrel all I can say is you'd be amazed how the barrel looks in my Yugo. You'd swear it's chromed and it's the original barrel from 1969. In all fairness though it is a very nice lightly used and maybe never issued SKS. Plus that chroming process was not always that great in the com bloc countries in the earlier years. I clean it the same as every other rifle I own. IMO even at todays prices there still a good value because they are true Military Spec. Weapons that were designed to stand up to battle conditions.

[TheTman]

I don't want to insult anyone's SKS Russian, Yugo, Chinese, they are all pretty decent rifles. I was just going by what the auction sites end up getting for the respective guns, the Russian's usually sell for the most, then the Yugo's, then the Norinco's. I could have bought a Yugo for less than I paid for the Russian, but that would have meant paperwork. I got the Russian face to face, with no papersork, and at a price less than they were going for on the auction sites. Now all I need to do is get a scope for it, and I'll be in business.

[Ikeo74]

Well, I never owned a russian but back in about 1969 I bought a M98 Mausser through Montgomery ward mail order for $29.95. It had all matching serial numbers and looked like new. Unfortunitaly, I traded it off for a 22 rifle.:19: Sure wish I still had it.

[jocko]

I always regret not getting an SKS when they were really cheap. I remember some really absolutely beautiful new-looking Russian ones with the bayonet... about $100. Then there were the boxcar loads of Chinese ones... probably saw service in 'Nam... stacked like cordwood... looked like some had been used for rock bats... for about $70 each... in the seventies.

Wynn:)

in my gun store years back for $85 out the door. sold hundreds of them, never had one come back. Most all were the cheaper Norinco and with bayonet on them in the earlier days. Nice gun for the bucks. Ammo was $2 for 20 rounds. I bought um by the wood cased 1600 rounds.

The norinco's had stamped parts in the receiver area, unlike some of the better YUGO or Russian versions. No one ever complained about piss poor accuracy in either. I should have kept eh YUGHO that Popeye is talking about, It was totally new, packed to the hilt incosmoline or whatever sh!t they used, Just a total qualoity peace, The sights were all machined and the grandade luancher sight was an awesome peace of workmanship. I had it I think 12+ years and never ever shot it...

[ltxi]

Ammo..... I bought um by the wood cased 1600 rounds.


Huh, I have a stack of those in my basement...:music:

[CJB]

I've got one of those! Year:1957 (Sherman, set the WAYBACK machine...)

Took all the nasty finish off, cleaned up the bad wood, and redid it with TruOil (which is not oil, but a poly/varnish finish). Came out very well, after many many thin, and knocked down coats. You can see the fine work that was actually done to the wood, before it was completely ruined with whatever the finish is they put on those things. Very good lamination job on the wood. Mine came out a sort of almond/mahogany mix in lamination colors... looks good.

[Planedude]

I have a Yugo also. I picked one up at the gunshow with the plan of going the "sporter" route. I was going to have the trigger and bolt reworked by somewhat local gunsmiths that work on SKS', restock it and then give it to the wife as a centerfire gun to shoot.
She took one look at that greasy, homely rifle with the "big knife" on it and said "no-way"!
She wants an AR or a M-1 carbine... Only!
Been sitting in the safe ever since. I guess I'll dig it out to shoot it someday.

On the old Norincos, my Brother has over 10k rounds through his and used it as his "pig gun" before he built up his AR-15. He has taken at least a dozen wild hogs with it. His Son still does use the SKS when they hunt hogs and deer togeather.
Good find on your new SKS thetmanski, hope you enjoy many (cheap) shooting hours togeather.

[Popeye]

She took one look at that greasy, homely rifle with the "big knife" on it and said "no-way"!

No doubt about it the SKS is definately a mans rifle. Only a man could love a rifle you can kill with and slide and dice what you killed,open beer cans, and toast up some marshmellowsall with the same rifle.;) The big knife on the end has many uses. I think it's rough and rugged look is what got me thinking about buying one in the first place. The SKS is to a military rifle what the A-10 Worthog is to a military airplane. Ugly as sin but you just got to love them for what they are, and what there capable of doing. :D

[TheTman]

I have my AK's but there always seemed a void there without an SKS. To me the SKS is much more of an all purpose rifle than the AK's are. Always seemed to be a little more accurate for hunting and plinking. Even worth scoping. The big gun show is here in October, and will look for a decent scope for it then. I wish I wouldn't had to pay so much for it when they were going for $100 bucks in the 90's, but It seemed a bargain compared to what the Russian models were going for on the auction sites. Particularly with no paperwork invovled.