SKS Range Report

[Bobby Ricigliano]

I know you like the SKS' s lots. But which one is the one you can't find and have to have BR??? There has to be that special one for you, right???

I would like to have 1 Tula SKS for each year made:

1949 - Need it
1950 - Got it
1951 - Need it
1952 - Got it
1953 - Got it
1954 - Got it
1955 - Need it
1956-57 Transitional - Got it

Oh, and an Izhevsk of course. I don't even entertain the idea of trying to buy any of the real unicorns....

[Bobby Ricigliano]

Bobby,

Nice rifle, nice catch! Check the fit of the action in the stock; a fair number of these are loose and let the action move a bit to and fro. I had two that did that. If that is the case you may have to shim it a bit to keep it still.

Yes Sir, good idea. I think slop / play could cause a split down the tang or otherwise damage the stock too. Surprisingly, this stock fits the receiver very snugly. Most of the fitting problems I have seen were in replacing beat / cracked Sino-Soviet early Chicom stocks with modern replacement stocks. The cross bar never wants to line up with the notch in the stock without fitting.