Who was looking for an SKS
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Lil Foot
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I've only fired one of those, and it had the absolute worst trigger of anything I've ever fired. Not sure wether it was bad or they are all that way, but I was not impressed.
So sorry. Couldn't resist.You guys in free states make me sick...all those fun toys we can only look at...
Here's a few of mine:
These are fun to shoot but they kick like a mule!
Nice Bird Dogger. I never had a Mosin, well a carbine model I sold and never shot. I do own several SKSs. Yeah, trigger is horrible, but they are fun to shoot and simple as heck.
I bought my first one many years ago. Brand new Chinese mil surp. Paid $79.00. I think a case of ammo cost about the same.
If only I had been able to buy more. I was a very poor college student and was too broke to be able to snatch up still reasonably priced rifles like Garands, M1 carbines, Enfields and such.
I bought my first one many years ago. Brand new Chinese mil surp. Paid $79.00. I think a case of ammo cost about the same.
If only I had been able to buy more. I was a very poor college student and was too broke to be able to snatch up still reasonably priced rifles like Garands, M1 carbines, Enfields and such.
All inaccurate junk in my view, but the it's a free country (for now at at least) so if you want to have junk, more power to ya.
Me, I'll stick with my 300 yard tack drivers and no, no pictures. I'm very candid about what I have and never post pictures on any public forum. I don't need anyone knowing or snooping.
Lets just say I have a Class 3 license and if you know what that is, you might have an idea of what I may or may not own.
My 300 yard sticks don't fall under a Class 3 license either. Most are 300 Win Mag or 338 Lapua.
Me, I'll stick with my 300 yard tack drivers and no, no pictures. I'm very candid about what I have and never post pictures on any public forum. I don't need anyone knowing or snooping.
Lets just say I have a Class 3 license and if you know what that is, you might have an idea of what I may or may not own.
My 300 yard sticks don't fall under a Class 3 license either. Most are 300 Win Mag or 338 Lapua.
My kid loves to shoot those tanks!So sorry. Couldn't resist.
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These are fun to shoot but they kick like a mule!
A buddy has one and that is the only gun my son shoots...loves the big noise and thump...
Those are another thing that I should have bought a ton of, you cant even hardly find them today.
And so you might understand Flip, some of those mosies were very accurate sniper rifles in the hand of some very deadly Russian women in WW2 . And even the run of the mill were not to shabby, the 7.62x54R is about the same as the 30.06. You really shouldn't bad mouth things you know nothing about.
And so you might understand Flip, some of those mosies were very accurate sniper rifles in the hand of some very deadly Russian women in WW2 . And even the run of the mill were not to shabby, the 7.62x54R is about the same as the 30.06. You really shouldn't bad mouth things you know nothing about.
Glad you got a kick out of those pics! I had found a deal on these crates 5-10 yrs ago and three of us bought 2 crates just to say we’ve done it. One person gave hers away as gifts to clients (they were thrilled), and my buddy and I split the second crate shown in the pics. We bought about 4 crates ofNO BODY SHOULD HAVE THAT MANY MOSIES ..
Ammo to go with them. Our gun dealer thought we were nuts but was happy to give us a break on the transfer charges.
Skeets, yes there were a duke’s mixture of hex’s (5 or 6), Tulas, Ishapores, etc. High wall & low wall receivers, converted Dragoons, and a couple of ex snipers as evidenced by the filled scope mounting holes that you could see from inside the action. If only these rifles could talk. This dealer was re locating at the time and needed these crates sold. Sold unopened and sight unseen, rifles, spike Bayonets, and all the pouches and extras laying in the bottom of the crate. Twenty rifles per crate.
We divided them up as evenly as we could between us but have so far left them in the original armory crate. If I remember right, with shipping the price per rifle was under $70. Not bad considering just today at a gun show here I found a few for $400 on up. The nicer ones, especially the hex rcvrs, were pushing $500and more for some rare ones. Not a bad return on investment over a few years. But the look on friends faces when you tell them we’re going rabbit hunting…..choose your weapon. Priceless!
First of all, these are WWII period military arms and being mass produced were never meant to be “tack drivers” but instead were required to have at the very least “battle accuracy”. And if your supposedly superior GUN was used in the same field conditions that these were it likely would have quickly ceased to function altogether, rendering it a piece of junk that you couldn’t have traded for a pair of dry socks. Had he still been alive, Simo Hayha might have a few choice words for your description of these rifles.
It must be terribly lonely when one considers themself to be the leader of the pack, the top of the heap, the cream of the cream, etc. You would have no peers…. for you know everything and have the best of everything. When in that position, apparently the only way to have a conversation or comment on something is to brag how much bigger, better, and smarter everything you say, have and do is compared to everyone else. Yup, it must be terribly lonely way up there.
An SKS is a useful woods rifle.
The triggers can be fixed for small money (Kavvari is the name iirc)
I put mine in a Timbersmith stock to better fit my pull length.
A real hoot to shoot!
3 moa sort of accuracy with the cheap ammo.
Call it "Minute of deer".
Once you get the loading down using stripper clips, you will amaze yourself at how little time and effort it takes to put in another ten rounds.
The SKS is so easy to clean up after a shooting session. It''s silly fun.
If you have one, and feel that it shoots with a KLUNK, replace the buffer spring with a new one. NIGHT AND DAY difference.
The triggers can be fixed for small money (Kavvari is the name iirc)
I put mine in a Timbersmith stock to better fit my pull length.
A real hoot to shoot!
3 moa sort of accuracy with the cheap ammo.
Call it "Minute of deer".
Once you get the loading down using stripper clips, you will amaze yourself at how little time and effort it takes to put in another ten rounds.
The SKS is so easy to clean up after a shooting session. It''s silly fun.
If you have one, and feel that it shoots with a KLUNK, replace the buffer spring with a new one. NIGHT AND DAY difference.
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Accuracy was not the main design criteria. One must consider the counties that produced the SKS & AK series rifles did so for ease of manufacture (little machining & stamped parts), and for the fighting force they had. Vast production, simpilicty in operation, little instruction required for men/women/kids operate, plus the ability to put out vast amounts of fire power...that was the goal.
And they met it very well.
For some low recoil backyard shooting of your milsurp rifles here’s some good alternatives. Has anybody else shot this ammo in their milsurp rifles?
7.62x54R Czech Surplus Hollow Core Short Range ammo. This ammo has very low recoil in the Mosin Nagant. Velocity is around 3200 FPS at the muzzle. Loud report, huge muzzle flash, accurate to 200 yards without all the recoil. Corrosive Berdan primer, magnetic projectile. A real hoot to shoot! Here’s a pic of the white tipped ammo (white paint is flaking off) and a pic of the low recoil ammo with the normal FMJ 7.62x54R ammo.
And there’s these: DAG German 7.62x51mm Ammo SRT Polymer Training. Low recoil and with a plastic projectile with a big bang. Fairly accurate and in that 4500 FPS range. Also fun to shoot!! Pics as it’s packaged and with real life 7.62x51 Nato (.308) milsurp ammo.
7.62x54R Czech Surplus Hollow Core Short Range ammo. This ammo has very low recoil in the Mosin Nagant. Velocity is around 3200 FPS at the muzzle. Loud report, huge muzzle flash, accurate to 200 yards without all the recoil. Corrosive Berdan primer, magnetic projectile. A real hoot to shoot! Here’s a pic of the white tipped ammo (white paint is flaking off) and a pic of the low recoil ammo with the normal FMJ 7.62x54R ammo.
And there’s these: DAG German 7.62x51mm Ammo SRT Polymer Training. Low recoil and with a plastic projectile with a big bang. Fairly accurate and in that 4500 FPS range. Also fun to shoot!! Pics as it’s packaged and with real life 7.62x51 Nato (.308) milsurp ammo.
The 7.62X39 round used in an SKS kicks a bit less than a 30-30. I'm sure the 123 grain typical projectile helps along with the ~2800fps muzzle velocity. An SKS is a great small person's rifle!
And at a per round cost of a quarter dollar each for the Russian steel case, there is no sense looking for other stuff. You certainly can't reload for that money.
I do have several boxes of Lapua rounds if something classy is needed, but that is better left to the bolt guns. Autoloaders chew up brass .....;-)
And at a per round cost of a quarter dollar each for the Russian steel case, there is no sense looking for other stuff. You certainly can't reload for that money.
I do have several boxes of Lapua rounds if something classy is needed, but that is better left to the bolt guns. Autoloaders chew up brass .....;-)