New to me SKS: J&G Gunsmith Special

[MosinT53Hunter]

Well, here she is, after making the final payments! No cleaning as of yet, just enough to wipe down the wood to get a better look see over it. To tell you the truth, I don't see anything damaged like I had expected... . One very small crack near the receiver in the wood, lots of scratches and carvings, but nothing major. Numbers match with the exception of the trigger group. Came with the cleaning rod surprisingly, but nothing in the buttstock. It cocks, safety works, trigger pulls and hammer drops. Its going to be fun taking her apart.

 

[adcoch1]

Looks pretty good to me, what'd that run ya?

 

[LoonWulf]

dirty but otherwise looks ok, im curious what it cost as well

 

[dh1633pm]

According to the J&G site http://www.jgsales.com/chinese-sks-...surplus,-gss-needs-repair,-used.-p-98964.html they are $249. Looks like you got a good pick. Enjoy removing the grease to reveal the prize underneath.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

Looks pretty good to me, what'd that run ya?

$250, but in this day and age,I think I got a bargain.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

dirty but otherwise looks ok, im curious what it cost as well

It was $250, mostly matching numbers, everything milled, though I did find the take down latch was snapped off, otherwise its all complete, just gooey. I couldn't be happier!

 

[Speedo66]

Nice, what's it's national origin?

 

[adcoch1]

Wow, thats a pretty good price! Wish i had kept a case from when they were $69 bucks, but 250 for a milled one is great.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

Nice, what's it's national origin?

Best I can see after research, its a chinese sks that was imported and used in Albania. Its a cool rifle for sure, and finding out the history is part the adventure.

 

[lsudave]

Looks very nice, it should clean up well

 

[HankC]

The one in picture is a Chinese. There are also Russian mixed in the batch. I bought 3 when they came in, 2 were Russian and 1 early Chinese.

 

[Reloadron]

mostly matching numbers, everything milled, though I did find the take down latch was snapped off, otherwise its all complete, just gooey. I couldn't be happier!

That's all that matters. Enjoy it and may it serve you well for many, many happy years.

Ron

 

[2ndAmFan]

I owned two SKSs years back, a Norinco Chinese and a Tula Russian. Both were very reliable. I put thousands of rounds through them with very few failures. Things like 1 or 2 stovepipes per 1 to 2 thousand rounds, probably more rounds than that, even with cheapo, dirty combloc military surplus that was widely available 25 or so years back.. They were reliable enough for me. Both were very accurate at short range as well, for SKSs especially. Anywhere up to 200 meters with the original iron sights was almost too easy. I lived on a small ranch and thought they were perfect home defense guns because we had no neighbors closer than 1/2 mile away, and lots of trees, rocks, brush, hills, ravines between our house and theirs. I really loved both of those old guns, but hard times make for hard choices and I sold the Norinco. I still have the Russian but it's mostly just a safe queen now. I might put a few rounds through it every 1 or 2 years, but that's about it.

 

[22250Rem]

Congrats...... Looks like you got a good deal from what I can see and the prices I've been seeing recently. I've been shooting a couple of SKS's occasionally since I got my first one in 1992. Have yet to have a problem with either one. So now all the inquiring minds around here are waiting for an update and maybe even a couple more pictures when it gets all cleaned up. Looks like a real interesting project.

 

[Panzerschwein]

Take it out of the stock, soak it in gasoline for a week, wash it out with a hose, and go shoot the dang thang.

Bet she'll work just fine too!!

Really no worse than any other Chinese SKS that's been recently imported. I think you got a good rifle once it's cleaned up, OP.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

Take it out of the stock, soak it in gasoline for a week, wash it out with a hose, and go shoot the dang thang.

Bet she'll work just fine too!!

Really no worse than any other Chinese SKS that's been recently imported. I think you got a good rifle once it's cleaned up, OP.

Thanks for the tip in cleaning, but I had oderless mineral spirits for the stock and smaller bits, and almost boiling water for the barrel and other harder to reach parts. Turned out great, very little rust or pitting, and the barrel...superb!

 

[22250Rem]

That's great ! ....... Glad things are going well and thanks for the update. I might even learn something in case I ever pick up something like that.

 

[jak67429]

Don't forget to clean the bolt. especially the firing pin channel. Gets very exciting when the firing pin sticks and it does a full auto mag dump.

 

[MosinT53Hunter]

That's great ! ....... Glad things are going well and thanks for the update. I might even learn something in case I ever pick up something like that.

I saw they have some more for sale today.

 

[gsbuickman]

Wahoo, nice score . With everything going on over the last eight years you got a really good deal. A cheap Chinese Norinco goes for $350 here locally, and I recently paid $400 for my numbers matching Yugo which was also a good deal because they usually go for $450 around here.