SKS any good?

[Indy60]

I Picked up a Yugo SKS over the weekend from a forum member. Looks to be well made and engineered. Watched a couple of YouTube videos of the SKS in action, appears fun to shoot. Now I just need to find some 7.62x39 at Walmart and a range that will handle the round. Good military quality addition to the long gun safe.

 

[Tims87gn]

I own three SKS's. They are just flat out fun to shoot. Prices were reasonable until Obama and his minions showed their true colors recently with this "assault weapon" ban threat. I might even buy another soon...

 

[Eric70]

I have one and I love it, got it out Sunday and shot some Tulammo through it just to see how it would do. Worked great.

 

[Indy60]

can you PM me your number, thanks

Read the FAQ page, you can not receive or send PM's until you have 50 quality posts under your belt.
Welcome to the forum!

 

[Indy60]

Yea I got that, lol

Then don't ask a classified ad holder for his contact info in the open forum to circumvent the forum rules concerning use of the classified ads section.

 

[talderma]

Love my SKS! I have had it for many years and enjoy shooting it every time I pull it out. Only issues I have ever had is "fail to eject" with crappy ammo. Other than that....get one, you will enjoy it.

 

[SubUrbanCamo317]

YES SIR

Bonus points for being proper?

 

[David71]

if you change to a composite stock, is it easier to use detachable mags? just curious

 

[Indy60]

if you change to a composite stock, is it easier to use detachable mags? just curious

Good question. Do you mean can you use something other than a Tapco 20 round conversion magazine? I believe you still have to use the Tapco magazine with the duck bill on the rifle. Here a a few photos of the rifle with a complete new look with Tapco accessories in the first photo and the rifle with the Tapco 20 rd magazine with the factory stock. That is what mine looks like. But from the first photo it appears with the composite stock they are using a standard AK 30 rd magazine. Maybe someone can confirm this?

 

[Borisbulletdodger]

SKS are really nice long guns. I owned a Russian SKS. I believe the Russians only produced the SKS until 1954.. (I'm sure someone will google that and prove me wrong) Shortly after that the Chines started producing them in the form of the Type 56. The Russian variant is far superior to its' Chines cousin. The Russian SKS has a milled receiver where the Chines counterpart was a stamped receiver. Most of these rifles should have a chrome lined barrel except some of the Yugo models. There is a easy modifications you can do to use larger 10, 20 or 30 round detachable magazines. If you can find a SKS and buy it for a price you feel is comfortable I will go for it. They are good rifle and have a long history for being reliable.

 

[FERLACH]

I owned a Yugo SKS. worked fine.

 

[Draketland]

I like SKS better than AK. More like a standard rifle/hunter. Better for target accuracy

 

[88E30M50]

One of my favorite rifles is a Chinese paratrooper (commercial name only, never used by a paratrooper) model. It's about the size of an AK, but feels better to me than an AK does. To me, that short model feels kind of like an M1 Carbine. Maybe it's the balance of the rifle, but whatever it is, that short SKS is a really nice little rifle.