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Curio & Relic/Black Powder Curio & Relics and Black Powder Firearms, Old School shooting fun! |
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I was at Turner's Outdoorsman 10 days ago and spotted an all matching
'Clinton Era' pinned barrel Norinco SKS on the consignment rack for $600 and bought it on the spot. I just spent the better part of two hours cleaning out the factory original cosmoline and am now in possession of a pristine carbine. Pictures to follow!
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Not bad, good luck. Did it come with a spike bayo? PAX
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I clearly remember back in the 1990s when those SKSs were ~$100.
I had my doubts the SKS was even relevant then much less now. When you have real calibers like the 6.5 Creedmore, does the 7.62x39 have any down range significant right-of-way authority? |
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Yes, have all the original accessories that came with the Norinco SKS, along with a few Soviet armorers tools. An amazingly functional and self contained outfit. Looking forward to reloading Hornady and Berry's 123 gr bullets using CFE Black, AA1680, and reduced loads with AA5744.
Cheers, W-W
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Ask the dead. PAX
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SKS are a throwback to pre WWII forged steel and wood arms making technology. They have a fixed magazine and limited capacity compared to nearly all military arms made post war. Despite being old and obsolete and not being as tacticool as something like a AR15/10 or a dedicated sniper, they are still fun to shoot. Nice pick up OP - $600 is the new normal for a Chinese SKS. I picked up one last year and it cost me $625 OTD, so right in line with what you paid. I have seen retailers asking more than that for the same rifle.
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Gives me one more military surplus gun to reload for and search for obscure accessories.
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Seems to be in Ukraine now.
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Buy a stripper clip vest off of ebay. There is old new stock for about $20
Holds 200 rounds. Love using mine : ) https://www.ebay.com/itm/35304288159...mis&media=COPY |
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Sure has seen a lot of action and still used by many nations.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SKS#Conflicts
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Mostly 5.45×39.
6.5 creedmores would probably be welcome.
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It served its purpose quite well. Armed large hords of cannon fodder.
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It seems that some Ukraine forces are still armed with 7.62x39. Seeing more videos of 5.56 small arms there.
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Nice pickup, OP.
Yes...don't we all wish we'd bought them by the crate back in the day, haha!!
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You will never, in your life, have a chance like this again. If I were you, I would not pass this up. I would not let this go by...this is rare. Come on...what harm?? |
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I had an SKS back in the 1980's and foolishly let it go, a costly mistake for sure. But held onto the accessories hoping one day to replace it.
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I sold all of my fixed mag SKS from the 80's but i wisely retained my rare Norinco detachable mag SKS since it uses all my AK mags and drums.
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"no Chinese junk" we only sell the original Russian or Yugo , etc back then you could get a used Chinese sks for $69.00 and unissued sks for $99.00 , and a 1100 rd case of surplus Chinese military ammo on stripper clips for $89 a case |
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Okay, finally got to the range (FT3 Tactical) and shot my new to me SKS. Using Norma 123gr FMJ it shot to point of aim, at 25m, with the rear sight set to 200. Function was 100% with no doubling. Inspecting the brass while dinged up there were not pierced primers or split necks. the only down side is that my rifle ejects brass at 12:00 landing 10 feet down range making it hard to retrieve.
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Our experience in Viet Nam, Iraq, and Afghanistan says it does.
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Haha, truer words have never been spoken. Could be a candidate running platform.
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Use caution when/where & if shooting it. Possession of detachable mag SKS is a feloney in Kali. PAX
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A local shop has one of the original detachable mag SKS's that someone put in a Tapco folding stock and it has a scope installed on the receiver cover.
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Sorry, forgot to ad that. PAX
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We need to see some pictures of this SKS!
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Yep, they may become popular in New Mexico cuz they are pushing for Registration with State Police, sell to FFL, or hand over to LEO's here. hoping it doesn't pass, but they are pushing for less than 10 rd capacity detectable mags and outlawing hollow point bullets! A bunch of total kneejerk Dumbass Dems in Santa Fe trying to tell people how to run their lives. Like any of the criminals (and we have ALOT, starting with juveniles and upwards) will register their AR's or abide by the new laws.
I've got a nice M16A1 Retro I've been building and just got the correct lower, guess I'll be unloading my AR's as I'm not going to register anything with anybody. Oh yeah also pushing for a 14 day cooling off period. I was going to sell my SKS's but might as well hold onto at least one, I have a Mini 30 (which isn't an AR15 Type) and plenty of ammo. |
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I have all the common SKS variants. There isn’t anything inferior about the typical Chinese rifles, although the chu wood furniture seems soft and more prone dents and damage.
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Detachable means detachable on the fly. Those modified to accept 30 round AK mags are illegal in CA but legal here in Utah and most everywhere else in America Last edited by Dan_Eastvale; 03-15-2023 at 7:42 PM.. |
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Not surprisingly reloading components for 7.62x39 are in short supply in California. But have managed to finally build up a stock of reloadable Norma brass, bullets, powder, and primers. I'm using data from the Hodgdon reloading center for Hornady 123gr SST's & AA1680 and Berry's 123gr TMJ's & AA5744, which is a little HOTTER than the data in the current Lyman, Hornady or Speer Manuals I own. The SST's are printing to POA at 25m with the rear sight set to 200m and the Berry's FMJ's (reduced load) printing 2 inches lower. What I immediately noticed when cleaning my SKS after is there is almost no carbon fouling on gas piston using AA1680 and AA5744, while the Norma factory loads left it caked with carbon. Looking forward to working up loads for PPU 123gr FMJs and Starline Brass which is currently on backorder.
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I have, it was problematic when loading 20. Worked ok with 15. Kinda ruined the ergonomics of the gun. Took it off and went back to stock. May still have it somewhere.
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When I had my first SKS in the 1980s I tried out a Star stamped 20 round SKS fixed magazine, I picked up at a gun show for under $20. I recall the final two or three rounds often POPPED out of the magazine, I'm assuming due to weak magazine tension. Sold it off with the rifle wishing the new owner better luck than I had.
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