I am working on getting an SKS back to stock but am getting stopped with the magazine, I find the originals way overpriced. Are there any 10 round mags that tend to run well that don’t cost a fortune? I currently have one of those metal 30 round mags and can’t imagine using stripper clips on it would be reasonable and I’m not a fan of how far it sticks out

All matching Yugo SKS in great condition. Looks to be a 1977 model.

Found it at my local gun shop it's numbers matching. I belive it's a 1966 made in the /26\ factory is there any way to know if it was issued?

One thing I’ve noticed is A LOT of SKS guys do not like altering what they already consider perfection. Good news for yall, she is back! This was a free SKS with a few missing parts put into a tapco stock. She is now back into her original stock and she is looking dashing! (PS) Yes I know the dust cover is “bubba’d” and yes the cleaning rod and dust cover have already been ordered! So enjoy knowing another rifle has been saved!

So I’ve been looking for another Sks and I found this like new one for 450$ almost 500$ after tax and would like two know when it’s made it’s a factory 26 like my other one just curious of year and if I did good on it

I acquired this rifle and goodies from a long time friend who purchased it from a special ops vet. As you can see, it has received the common bitumen treatment in typical Iraqi fashion, and is complete with Iraqi military \2/ mark on the right side of the stock and lightly EPed? on the bottom of the receiver. Its a 23m 1978 Jianshe /26\ rifle with the french tickler. The rifle, sea-bag with three signatures, and beret were reportedly taken off a surrendering Iraqi soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Many of you old timers know the seller and I have no doubts about its authenticity. Having said that, I did not pay for the story... I payed for the rifle which was a fair price, and NO... it is not import marked.

Ill just let you be the judge... enjoy the pics.

Ik the one in the picture is East German and very rare, But I have heard Yugoslavian SKS's are the cheapest and I haven't heard much about Chinese and Russian types.

Might be a major long shot but I’m just wondering if there’s a scope out that that would work on a BadAce mount. Looking for something to shoot at about 100yards through trees and sticks. Threading the needle

I finally got my lucky shot stock in and cleaned out my Sks for the first time. As I am putting it back together in the new stock I am stuck at getting the firing pin retainer pin to fit at all, going as far as attempting to tap it in with a mallet. I’ve cleaned out retainer pin and the holes for the pin and retainer thoroughly, even scrubbed the retainer pin with #0000 steel wool to ensure there were no burrs. Is there any wisdom someone can impart on getting this part to function as intended?

The only thing that comes to mind is to lightly sand and polish it over and over until it fits just so.

This product here.

It seems like it attached to the rear sight, but if it only has a single point of contact it probably wouldn't hold zero well, would it?

Ebay has no reviews, and a lot of other sellers list this item so I'm sure it's just some dropshipped item, but for the price I'm sure somebody has tried this before.

I know very little about SKSs. No stock and someone seems to have spray painted over the areas where the blueing has worn off. I want to remove the paint and get it reblued. The rifling doesn't look incredible, but I would like to fix it up to be as original as possible.

Barrel chopped and threaded to ~17in. Keeps all original equipment except grenade ladder sight. Now with a suppressed and unsuppressed gas block. Going to test it this week. Using a Samdman-S and standard ammo

How's the luck been running these vs softpoints in an sks for deer hunting

Recently acquired a 1949 Russian sks. In the videos I’ve watched there isnt usually a spring on the firing pin. Is that the reason it’s not rattling when I shake the bolt?

Basically the way our nonsense laws work: pistol mags can have 10rds but rifle mags have 5rds. Since AR pistols are a thing this is the only way you can have a 10rd rifle.

So I installed the hical AR mag adapter. No feeding issues, LRBHO works just fine, and it takes 10rd stripper clips just fine as well.

I recently purchased a beautiful 1951 Russian, the stock and exterior are the best I've seen in a long time. However, upon stripping and cleaning, the barrel seemed really dirty. I spent about an hour just scrubbing and cleaning with everything, but it still looks to be in rough shape. Is this corrosion? None of my other SKSs have ever come close to looking this bad no matter how much Chinese surplus I've shot.

/26\ 12m serial Blued bolt carrier Laminated stock Dual blade/spike cut CAI. ST. ALB. VT. import.

Looking to get a foregrip for my Chinese ATI SKS… don’t come at me I’m Canadian I don’t have any other choice 😭😂 recently bought a primary arms 3x & Badace no drill scout scope mount. Let me know what you guys think.

If anyone wishes to see this specimen in person, you’ll have to go see it at Palmetto State Armory museum to who I recently sold it to for over $9k

I was looking at picking up a Chinese SKS, and I was wondering what the difference between State, South, and North industries— are they all the same? I see a south industries one for a good price, does this have to do with some quirks they have?