SKS accuracy

[MTMilitiaman]

My grandpa has a Chinese SKS in its original configuration that will do 3 to 4 inches off the bench with the cheapest, cruddiest steel cased crap you can fit in the magazine. My bro's Norinco carbine is about the same.

My Yugo with Tech Sights will put 5 rounds into or around 2 MOA from a bench all day long. And that is with old Wolf black box. I had a late model Russian once upon a time that would do the same.

People say the same thing about AKs too. I find them to be full of crap on that to at least the same extent. I have a decent amount of experience on three different AKs from two different countries and all of them group 3 to 5 MOA as well.

In my experience, the SKS is a solid 2 to 4 MOA rifle. I suppose there are probably more 4 MOA SKSs out there than 2 MOA SKSs, but I've seen several of the rifles do ~2 MOA consistently with ammo a lot of Wonder Rifles would gag on, and even 4 MOA is perfectly adequate for the rifle's intended use. Heck, while most shoot a good deal better, our military only holds the M16 to 4 MOA. And while I would say the SKS has a slight accuracy advantage over the AK, in my experience, it isn't much. I'd still call the AK a 3 to 5 MOA rifle.

 

[nathan]

Yes, my Yugo M 59/66 is a 2 inch grper at 100 yds on sandbag rest. The last time i used surplus Yugo FMJs , corrosive, brasscased and excellent ammo from centerfiresystems.

 

[Average Joe]

All my SKS rifles get about 5-6 inch at 100 yards. considering I can barley see the bulls eyes at 100 yards with iron sights, that's pretty good for me...

 

[ifit]

bluehawk, bought it with a spike bayo. but the stock mounting ferrule has "V" cut shape for blade type, which is only one indication that mine points to a sino, through my research russian receivers were purchased by the chinese and which were already numbered. These are usually, but not always, four digit preceded by a Cyrillic letter, from the book The SKS Carbine by Steve Kehaya and Joe poyer. my serial number sarts with "M" then a 4 digit number

 

[HankC]

Norince has many SKS plants and quite a variation on chamber dimensions (headspace) that affect accuracy.

 

[bwhite421]

I have a question for those using the techsights...

Are you using the smaller, target front sight post that techsights sells? I bought the smaller front sight post, and installed it tonight. I haven't gotten to shoot it yet, but it sights WAY nicer, and that is with the stock rear sights.

I plan on getting the rear sight soon, but was just wondering if anyone knew how much of a difference there was between using the techsights with the regular front sight post, and the smaller one they sell on their site.

I think I read that the stock front post is 6MOA and the smaller one is 2MOA, but I can't remember where I read it, or if that was it for sure

 

[brandon_mcg]

i can usually hit a 7 inch circle from 50 yards shooting free hand at least 9 out of 10 shots with my cheap bsa red dot sight. really fun gun to shoot and considering that ammo is only 5-6 bucks for 20 rounds it is fairly cheap to shoot as well.

 

[Justin]

Minute of IPSC target at 200 yards.

 

[dacavasi]

I have a couple Yugo SKS rifles. One is straight surplus, the other is with a personally-retrofitted Tapco Fusion stock and "FM" 2-6x scope. Both will easily shoot 3" groups at 100 yds. Given that fact, I often find myself wondering why I invested in the aftermarket furniture and cheap Chinese scope for one of them. Especially considering that almost every 4-5 rounds through the modified gun, something invariably flies off of the scope...

 

[FlyinBryan]

our short little chinese norinco is 6-8@100 on a good day

 

[Ignition Override]

If you are fortunate enough to live where people can shoot into a river or creek, splitting a small, rotten, floating branch at 60-80 feet is the objective.

Today we knocked large juice jugs and branch fragments about 40 feet straight up with my Norinco SKS, or sank struggling jugs (sand as ballast),from about 100 feet.
The SKS has decent accuracy if We are up to it. Maybe a Tech Sight is worth considering.

 

[nathan]

2 -3 inches is about the norm for all SKSs in decent shape with excellent barrels . Of course , the shooter should do their part on a steady gun rest to achieve it. On some very good days, one can get less 2 MOAs and thats really exceptional shooting.

 

[aka108]

Not nearly as accurate as a bolt rifle but lmore accurate the the AK types. 5-6 in groups at 100 yds. Never was meant to be a target rifle.

 

[nathan]

It has seem extensive combat together with the AK in humid jungles of Nam. And my first glimpse of it was back when i was only 8 yrs old in the 70s when watching Green Beret the movie.

We never thought we will be able to own such weapons 25 yrs after this movie was made.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsBSqrU-vz8

 

[mljdeckard]

Yes, I use the smaller post. It is MUCH better than the stock post.

 

[WNTFW]

http://www.surplusrifle.com/
http://www.surplusrifleforum.com/

Some of you might find the links above of interest if you are't already going there. Poke around for the SKS articles or whatever else you are into.

 

[R.W.Dale]

It's my experience that Chinese SKS quality and design can vary greatly from one model to the next.

You can take a norinco "paratrooper" like I had with a pinned barrel and crooked chamber and be lucky to hit a paper plate without dropping shots even with a receiver mounted scope

Yet my other Norinco with a threaded bbl and a tech sight could do 2" on a good day with the same ammo.

So in short it just depends.


Tapatalk post via IPhone.

 

[Ohio Gun Guy]

I get decent groups with my Norinco SKS. Its the pinned barrel, but I get 3" +/- groups out of it. That's using surplus Wolf, Golden Tiger, Bear, Old Chinese, Yugo, etc......what everelse I scrape up.

 

[JTH]

The Good Old SKS!!!!

My Norinco SKS was purchased NIB back around 1993 for $125. At the time I thought it was expensive but it was one of my first purchases of Chi-Com weapons. Once I started making decent money after 1995, I started buying the inexpensive ammo and weapons, back then ammo was around 10-13
cents a round but it was the good non corrosive ammo. I still have approx 1500 rounds of this and 1000 rounds of decent non corrosive 9mm ball ammo for my Tokerev and my fugly Hi-point 9mm carbine.
The SKS does what it was built for, it's far from the accuracy of a bolt action rifle. The SKS was never really meant for optics and it's a fairly heavy rifle. If you have something to steady your shot, it's quite accurate at 75-100 yards. I'll never part with it. It's a good deer hunting rifle if things ever deteriorate, that I need to hunt for food.
Since the purchase of the SKS, I have enough weapons for various functions and ammo to start a small war. My next purchase will probably be a fairly high
quality/high capacity 9mm or 45 pistol(Sig, Glock maybe a Stoeger pistol) and a Draco AK Pistol (I'll purchase a front hand stock with a grip for a quick swap out of things ever really get bad, so it will be easier to handle. At that point the 922 laws will be out the window)!

1 Norinco SKS, 1 Norinco MAK 90, 1 Norinco 9mm Tokerev pistol, 1 Remington 870 12 ga. Police Issue, Vintage Winchester Model 72, .22 Bolt action rifle, 1 9mm Hi Point Carbine.JT

 

[nathan]

Im sure each and every one here have enough guns to start a war, hahhaha.
Its like candy collection that never ends .

 

[LKB3rd]

On my SKS, I think the heavy creepy bad trigger is its main problem for accuracy. Even with that, while I won't be winning any matches with it, it shoots fine. There is a guy who will work the stock trigger group too, which I may have done at some point.

 

[bwhite421]

Thanks mljdeckard. I can't wait to try mine out!

 

[Redneck with a 40]

With wolf 122 grain FMJ, my Yugo SKS is a consistent 4-5" shooter at 100 yards. I didn't buy it for the accuracy, its a shtf rifle, range blaster. Its a very fun gun to shoot.

 

[nathan]

Suffice to say, the SKS can easily make a hit on a man sized target at 100-150 yd distance.

 

[roscoe]

Just to stir the pot - from my understanding it has about the accuracy that a standard issued Garand had. Mine (Norinco) is a 3" rifle at 100 yards with the TechSights, and I can hit the 300 yard steel plates at Usery Pass no problem. In some ways, it is a better weapon than the Garand - lighter, less recoil, lighter ammo, and equivalent accuracy. The main difference is range, which may or may not make a difference depending on the conditions. Just to stir the pot, you understand.