SKS appreciation
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The 7th sks I have been through, and one of two I own now
My first and only SKS. '53 Tula. I would like to get maybe a Chinese someday to mount a PU scope on.
>>28335881
Nice, I love the arctic birch stocks
>>28336011
Thanks, I love them too
>>28335881
>>28336011
>>28336024
Here is my 51 tula
>>28336092
Forgot photo
Just got my first sks for Christmas and am about to start into removing the cosmoline. Anyone have any quick tips on the process? I've done some homework and I think I get the idea but any help is appreciated.
>>28338026
Welcome to the club anon! What country/factory and year is yours?
I use mineral spirits on any metal parts, soak them for 24 hours then just wipe them down and oil appropriately. The rectangle Chinese food containers are great for this process, they'll fit most parts. For the stock, heat is the best way to get it to come out, either heat it up with a hair dryer/heat gun, stick it in a black trash bag in the sun and just wipe it down periodically, or if you can fit it in, use an oven at a very low heat and just wipe it down every so often.
>>28338416
There's a stamp on the top of the receiver that says 1951 under a star. I'm in Canada so my fiancé and her family put money together to get me the rifle. It was advertised as Russian made and I don't really know how to determine factory of origin.
Thanks for the info too, that's roughly what I'm intending to do in order to clean out the cosmoline. Good to know I'm on the right track.
>>28339656
The star is the Tula Arms Plant. So yes, it is a Russian SKS, made at Tula in 1951, two years before mine at the same plant.
>>28339694
Good to know! All the serials I could find were matching too, for what it's worth
>>28335659
This shit is making me wish I had one.
But I have an AK....
Although it's not a slim, sexy Simonov...
Fuck...
>never bought an SKS
>want one
Am i fucked?
>>28339729
Not entirely, the age of the cheap SKS is almost gone, but you can still find Chinese models for $300 in some places. They may look beat to shit but they'll still shoot great and make a good project gun if you wanted to work on the stock.
>>28339729
you can get a really nice yugo from Classic Firearms for 429
>>28339787
>>28339841
Nice, thanks for the info guys.
>>28335659
>keep on burning through cheap shitty guns
>keep on buying them
Man, slavs sure are retarded.
![DuXufGw[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/sjc0DPE.jpg "DuXufGw[1].jpg")
All original and matching Chinese Type 56 complete with Albanian trench art.
Contributin w/1950 tula
Is there any reason to get an SKS if you own an AK? A local pawn shop has had one on the shelf for a couple months for like $300.
>>28338416
What do people use as a wood conditioner after baking or lengthy heating?
>>28340419
I never put anything on mine, but I know some people use boiled linseed oil.
>>28340419
Apply a fresh coat of very thinned denatured alcohol/shellac.
>>28340180
>Bubba'd.jpg
Fixed the filename
I don't have a picture with jus my SKS. It's a Chinese type 56.
Any recommendations on sources for non tapcoshit stocks? I have a type 56 Norinco, but it's a pinned barrel. I kind of want to swap it out for a yugo beech wood stock, but I think the Yugos are threaded barrels?
Anyway, I really don't like the Chu wood. I'm in the process of refinishing it into a non-shit color, but I just don't like the quality of the wood. It's too "light" and I have doubts on how it will hold up innawoods.
>>28341096
Numrich gun parts has some in stock
Check here
>https://www.gunpartscorp.com/Manufacturers/SKS-33493/Type56-42001/PartsList-42377.htm?page=3
Muh Chinese 1968 Triangle 26.
>>28341358
jesus anon. That poor Socket on the wall
picked up my first SKS last month.
it's a KFS import, 016 factory and all numbers match. can't wait to shoot it.
>>28341619
Had for a month plus and no shoot? Get out.
My 1950 Tula. It "clicks" back and forth a few millimetres in the stock, so a kind guy on Facebook gave me a free Chinese stock. I'm probably going to sand the shitty finish off it to show off that sexy blonde Chu wood, throw on a vented gas tube and a scout mount/LER scope.
Not sure what I should do about fitting the blade bayonet in a spike slot. I was thinking
>Mark and dremel blade slot
>Find similar wood
>Pack, cut and glue around blade slot, sand to match
Does that sound right? Anybody else tried something similar?
>>28341907
Also, my rear sight is slightly canted. Can this be fixed?
>>28341861
I lied, it's actually been about 2 weeks. waiting on some stuff to come in the mail before I head out to the range, including 1000rds of x39.
>>28341192
Yeah, but these seem to all be Norinco stocks, which I think were all Chu wood. :( Was looking for a beech wood yugo stock.
Thanks though Anon, I appreciate it.
How do you guys like the Monte Carlo stocks? I'm being sent a cheap one that someone bought and didn't like.
Got this one at cabelas for 1300. It's chambered in 5.7x28 though, that's why it was so pricey.
>>28342230
kek
>>28342230
What on earth are you doing in the SKS appreciation thread with that thing?
