well i finally done it, bought a norinco SKS :)

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I never thought in my life I would ever ever buy a chinese made firearm but I found a super clean Norinco SKS in a pawnshop today. I need to stop visiting pawnshops and the gunshows, too much temptation LOL anyhow this is what came home with me :D

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What I found was a very well kept firearm. I took a look down the bore and it is immaculate. The bluing is like 98 percent, just a few scratches here and there, nothing major, the wood is in tip top shape, again just a few scratches, Im wondering if this is one of those unissued or made for the American market ones maybe, I did not buy this as collectible though, I bought it for a shooter. I just had a good feeling on this one. Compared to most Pawnshop SKS's I see all the time, this one made them all look pathetic.

Heres the results :)

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All shots in these pics were at 50 yards, had a flyer or 2 but this was me getting used to the sights and how it shoots, i need a sks sight adjustment tool for the front sight, its high :( as I finally got a good feel for it and put a few where I wanted em LOL :) I was quite pleased. I didn't have time to wait for a cease fire and to get the 100 yard target, alot of folks showed up after I moved over to the 100 yard tables, the shots were close enough, no bulls but a bunch in the outer orange or just outside of it

For me Im very impressed, with open sights and the cheapo 3 bucks a box Academy ammo, Im quite happy with my 2 bills and some change spent on this :)

Yea I might have been able to find a beater for much less, but this one looks pretty nice and is a shooter. If I was a better shot it would even do better probably. At least there was no Cosmoline to have to contend with on this one :D worth the price of admission to not have to clean that up :D

Im trying to forget the beautiful Underwood 42 M1 Carbine he also had up there, that was very tempting too :D but a few bills more of course ;)

Cheers everyone.

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That looks to be in awfully good shape. I think you'll end up being very happy that you bought a solid chromed-bore Chinese SKS instead of a Yugo clunker.

-MV
 
yep yep, matt did you get my pm, if not please check your pms sir, thanx and no offense, but I didn't relish cleaning up the cosmo on yours sir :) Im sure with a little TLC it will be a great shooter too someone will be happy with it
 
I've got two chi coms and love 'em for what they are. They're great shooters. I had a couple of Chinese 9mm Tokarevs. Both were very reliable, always went bang, fed hollowpoints no problem. They weren't terribly accurate, but would group about 4" at 25 yards. They were flat, light, all steel guns with a single column 8 round mag. They were really pretty handy for CCW, but I sold 'em. The Chinese are highly under-rated in mil surp/mil/spec firearms.
 
I love my Norinco SKS. I sold my Norinco MAK-90 "de-banned" underfolder to my cousin and it is also a super nice gun. I have owned other Norinco guns and have always been happy with them. I recently got a great deal on a Norinco M-14 which is also a very nice gun (forged reciever).

I am eyeballing a second Norinco SKS at my local pawn shop. If the guy doesn't pay on it, it's mine and will make a perfect trunk gun.
 
I remember when...

My buddy told me about a buddy that was buying them for 89 bucks. Took me a few years to catch on but I got mine for about $25 more brand new. They are still a good deal for whatever you can get them for now.

Without a doubt some of the best gun money I ever spent. I have a Norinco mak-90 that is a smooth operator too.

my sk is now in a choate dragunov. I love the way it feels but I hate screwing the front half of the grip on. be forewarned about that.

enjoy -bevr
 
nice rifle,,,i shot an sks at the range today. loved the gun except for the super long trigger pull. it also seemed to be a little heavy to pull, mayby 7-8 lbs. other than that i thought it was a real cool rifle.
 
jack, thanks for the link, truth be told I have no clue when this was made and or imported, Im gonna have to seek out on the boards what to look for and find this info out, I dont think Im going to have a problem, but thanks for the heads up :)
 
im having a bitch of a time finding out when this was made and or when it might have been imported, the guy at the pawnshop sold it to me fair and square, if it was after 89 should he have not sold this to me? I was reading on simonov.net dave sutherlands write up on this issue and he says hes not a lawyer, so its just his opinions but he is saying typically if your not causing trouble your ok, if the ATF really wanted to make an issue of it then Ill take it off, seeing I dont see how though, theres no screw, it appears permanently attached :(

http://www.simonov.net/uberlaw.htm

anyhow, Im not too worried about it for now, but any more info someone can provide would be nice, I plan to make no changes to it so I should be good, if it really was brought in after 89 why would it have a permanetly attached bayo? i would hope he didnt sell me something illegal, but anyhow, like i said Im not going to worry much about it
 
I purchased two of them when they first appeared on the market. Both were reliable shooters but while the wood on the first one I got was excellent the second one looked like it was made out of pallet wood. I never had a misfire on either. I gave one to a friend, guess which one? And the other is still in my gun safe. Loaned it to a friend for his son to use during deer season and he shot an eight pointer with it. It has a cheep red dot site on it but will still keep all shots on a pie plate at 100. It does much better with a regular scope on it. My father in law got one several years later and the wood on it resembled balsa wood, it was so soft. He has had lots of problems getting the firing pin to strike regularly. The nice thing about these guns is if I ever inherit that gun I can get on of the many replacement stocks available and a new firing pin assembly and will probably be good to go. The trigger pull stinks but these guns are still fun to shoot. #1 daughter started shooting one at the age of 9 and went through 50 rounds of ammo the first time.
RJ
 
Jeremy,

Re the bayonets: I don't think it's likely that you'll have any legal hassles over it. I just wanted you to be aware of the issue.

Another thing I wanted to mention: have you checked out the Tech Sights for the SKS? They make an easy-to-install aperture sight that attaches to the back of the receiver. Gives the shooter a much better sight picture than the standard sights. http://www.tech-sights.com/

(I don't sell the things; I have one on my rifle and I like it).

Enjoy your SKS.

-Jack
 
I will second the Tech Sights attachment. If you have any issue at all with the stock sights, Tech Sights are a good upgrade. :)
 
all i need is that sks sight adjustment tool and Im golden, I like em actually, not all that different from the mosin sights which I have gotten very used to
 
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