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I recently acquired another Russian SKS, mostly due to the fact that it was basically being ignored on an auction site and the reserve price was uncharacteristically low. I also did not have a 1950 Tula and as a bonus it is ex-DDR marked.
These things often go into the safe and may not get shot for quite a while, but this one was selected for my desert shoot the other day because it had just arrived, and I was curious how it would shoot. It has several scratches and some finish wear in the stock, and there is a strike through number on the stock, although the stock is the correct year and maker (often they are not after refurb). Solid, no repairs, and horizontally DDR marked on the stock and handguard. Cool correct Russian SKS sling was included on the rifle, and the original cleaning kit (I presume) was still in the butt stock, unused.
Ironically, this rifle could almost pass for being unrefurbished if not for the struck through stock number. All matching components, all the stock cartouches are sharp and not shellacked over, and no BBQ paint anywhere. The correct serial number might be the one struck through on the stock, I can't tell.
The bore is not chrome lined, as this is an early Russian. It does have the free float firing pin, which I believe could also have been spring loaded and be correct for a 1950.
All I did prior to shooting was run a bore snake through the bore and lightly oil the internals. There has not been any cosmolene in this rifle for a long time, if there ever was.
I took a loose bag of 7.62x39 ammo, 200+ rounds. A mixture of Tula, Wolf, Golden Tiger, and Herters. Mostly FMJ but some HP rounds mixed in. This old warhorse never hiccuped once and was surefire and positive feeding and ejection with every last round.
I did part of the shooting from the prone on a shooting mat and the muzzle blast was kicking up a lot of fine dust. The rifle got really dirty but never failed to function. The front sight windage was dead center and shot exactly to it. We set up a gong that was 150+ yards out down in a valley and hits from the SKS were routine. I didn't do any bullseye accuracy testing because I never do that with SKS rifles.
Anyway, that's all I got. Here are some pics of the rifle, I forgot to take any of it out at the shooting spot. Rifles like this one are what makes the SKS my favorite long gun, period.
These things often go into the safe and may not get shot for quite a while, but this one was selected for my desert shoot the other day because it had just arrived, and I was curious how it would shoot. It has several scratches and some finish wear in the stock, and there is a strike through number on the stock, although the stock is the correct year and maker (often they are not after refurb). Solid, no repairs, and horizontally DDR marked on the stock and handguard. Cool correct Russian SKS sling was included on the rifle, and the original cleaning kit (I presume) was still in the butt stock, unused.
Ironically, this rifle could almost pass for being unrefurbished if not for the struck through stock number. All matching components, all the stock cartouches are sharp and not shellacked over, and no BBQ paint anywhere. The correct serial number might be the one struck through on the stock, I can't tell.
The bore is not chrome lined, as this is an early Russian. It does have the free float firing pin, which I believe could also have been spring loaded and be correct for a 1950.
All I did prior to shooting was run a bore snake through the bore and lightly oil the internals. There has not been any cosmolene in this rifle for a long time, if there ever was.
I took a loose bag of 7.62x39 ammo, 200+ rounds. A mixture of Tula, Wolf, Golden Tiger, and Herters. Mostly FMJ but some HP rounds mixed in. This old warhorse never hiccuped once and was surefire and positive feeding and ejection with every last round.
I did part of the shooting from the prone on a shooting mat and the muzzle blast was kicking up a lot of fine dust. The rifle got really dirty but never failed to function. The front sight windage was dead center and shot exactly to it. We set up a gong that was 150+ yards out down in a valley and hits from the SKS were routine. I didn't do any bullseye accuracy testing because I never do that with SKS rifles.
Anyway, that's all I got. Here are some pics of the rifle, I forgot to take any of it out at the shooting spot. Rifles like this one are what makes the SKS my favorite long gun, period.
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