Been wanting to post this for a while, finally got pictures of it.
This is my friend's Chink export SKS, which spent 7 years buried underground during the AWB. The original owner fucked up the process, dug it up eventually and it was caked it rust. He figured, 'I spent $50 on this thing and I own shitloads of better guns now, it's not worth the time to clean up', and gave it to my friend. Wish I got pics of it before he cleaned it but sadly I did not.
Original mag was fucked so that's why there's a tapco mag in. Personally, I kind of like the aesthetic.
>>30307528
At first glance, it merely appears just dinged up and worn.
BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE
>>30307534
Before I get to the good stuff, I'm going to post a few overview pics of the rifle. Still shoots perfectly for those concerned.
>>30307541
Some of these pics are blurry as I couldn't get my phone to focus.
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>>30307558
To generate interest, I'll give you a taste of things yet to come.
This is the rear sight.
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Closeup of the side screw
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>>30307590
well at least was just some shitty gook rifle and not something nice
>>30307594
trigger guard/takedown detent
>>30307602
Something seems wrong here...
>>30307607
Oh yeah it's probably this
>>30307613
Jesus...
Feel free to stop posting this stupid shit anytime
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>>30307628
feel free to fuck off back to r/gunsrcool
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>>30307528
is the bore all pitted like the outside?
>>30307646
time to get lewd
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>>30307650
bore's actually in pretty good condition, however i didn't have a borelight so I couldn't take a good pic of it
>>30307657
must be the chrome lined bore
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>>30307673
Gas tube
>>30307679
Nothing super important left to note outside of a few more pics
Somehow most of the internals are in decent condition
what did your firend use to remove the rust? wire brush?
>>30307688
fuck off hiroshima there's no embedded file
>>30307697
wire brush, elbow grease and a couple cleaning supplies
>>30307702
welp 4chan is saying every other photo i took has an embedded file or some shit, so I'll wrap it up with this exploded view of the rifle
How does one fuck up coating a gun in oil and vacuum sealing it before burying?
>>30307711
By not vacuum sealing it or coating it in oil
>>30307713
Sounds like a retard. Might as well have thrown it into a river. Anyone who thinks just burying a piece of wood and metal in the ground will just be okay years later is a fucking mong.
>>30307528
>which spent 7 years buried underground during the AWB.
What a fucking retard.
Clueless newfag here. Don't know sks. Is it ahootable? What's the surprise the pitting?
In what condition was it buried? Was it put in a box, crate, bag, PVC tube or what? Any oil at all?
>not coating your rifle in vaseline
>>30308233
Probably still shootable. Probably some accuracy and reliability lost.
>>30307721
>Anyone who thinks just burying a piece of wood and metal in the ground will just be okay years later is a fucking mong.
A lot of Soviet surplus was stored in salt mines of all places.
>>30307639
Rip
soooo....it's an SKS-D then?
>>30311436
>not coating your rifle in cosmoline.
>>30311533
n-no?
>>30307639
i'm entertained, what went wrong with the storage process?
>>30311533
So it's treason then?
I can't wait until I see this on Armslist
SKS with glock-style stipling
$600
>>30311867
No. But this is:
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>>30311811
it was buried in a PVC pipe underground with no preservative
>>30311913
any idea if the tube stayed air tight? scary if that was just from the moisture in the air when he sealed it up
>>30311913
illiterate slavs have been preserving weapons well before wwII, yet this bubba in a first world country wasn't even able to manage that?
>>30308233
judging from his pictures alone, most of this damage seems cosmetic.
>>30311939
Probably not
>>30311946
Well there's thousands of SKSes in Australia probably buried in the same or worse condition right now...
>tfw got a brand-new condition, all parts matching, low number Norinco for $200 flat a couple months ago
Shit was still coated on the inside, thing didn't look like it ever left the safe after it was originally bought.
>>30311811
It was in a tragic boating accident.
>>30311946
Seems like basic shit, at least poor some motor oil in there, certainly wouldn't have hurt. EPA might have a shit fit, but if you are burying guns I don't think the EPA is a concern.
>>30312047
That picture makes me incredibly sad
I post this link all the time but here it is again.
http://www.backwoodshome.com/bury-a-gun-and-ammo-for-15-years/
This guy did what OP's gun's original owner did, except he did it right.
>>30307652
>Time to get lewd
