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SKS Carbines => Altered SKS Rifles => General Discussion => Topic started by: echo1 on October 10, 2021, 01:58:49 PM
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Hi Guys,
Anybody get a SARCO SKS barreled action recently. Just curios if they have gotten worse. I could use one for my evil doings if anybody has one. PAX
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I was about to buy two more, but when I called I remembered them leaving a message on my wife's phone....and so did they. Turns out they fouled up my wife's card transaction...and the previous one I had ordered, I hadn't been charged yet. So I asked if I could get the discount for buying three at once if I bought another...she said no, so I paid for the one I already received and told them to go scratch on the other two. She admitted that they were only going down in quality and that they had been handpicking the best of what's left....well, that took the wind out of my sails.. My first one only had a little surface rust...next one a little pitted, and they only got crummier and crummier over the next few purchases....the latest has a pit in the barrel where a proof mark was, deep enough for a BB to rest in it almost to it's 'equator'.
That was a year ago....unless I had all the parts lying around, and really was itching for a rifle project...I wouldn't even call at this point.
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IIRC, Justin bought his right before I bought mine. I bought three and posted a thread on them here. I had basically the same experience as Justin did. 1st; not too bad, 2nd; a little worse, 3rd one was terrible. took a lot of extra time in the oil bath to clean it up, but it was functional.
If you get one I would probably plan on getting it coated to hide all the pitting.
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I got a couple at the same time a few years back that were rough but serviceable. I cut them both to 18.5" so I could still use a neutered FSB. MOST of the pitting was below the stock line. I just painted them with high temp. It seamed like they could only go down hill. Anybody else have them? PAX
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There's a guy on the SVt/SkS /orphans subforum at AKfiles who's going to be listing about a dozen Chinese barreled actions on gunbroker.
He was looking for dates on each before listing them. I posted two of the actions with unknown dates in the chinese military sub.
Here's the akfiles link
https://www.akfiles.com/forums/threads/need-dates-on-several-sks-s.464444/
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There's a guy on the SVt/SkS /orphans subforum at AKfiles who's going to be listing about a dozen Chinese barreled actions on gunbroker.
He was looking for dates on each before listing them. I posted two of the actions with unknown dates in the chinese military sub.
Here's the akfiles link
https://www.akfiles.com/forums/threads/need-dates-on-several-sks-s.464444/
Yep, what Boris said. His username on GB is the same as on ak-files, Sabinerat.
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I remember back in the later 1990's when nice condition Chinese barrreled receivers could be picked up for around $20 each.
I bought a few of them, sourced the parts at local gunshows and such to put them together.
I eventually sold them, got more for them than I had into them, so I didn't lose anything on the deal.
These days the parts are of course a lot harder to find and a lot more expensive, but if someone already had the parts laying around it might be a fun project.
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I remember back in the later 1990's when nice condition Chinese barrreled receivers could be picked up for around $20 each.
I bought a few of them, sourced the parts at local gunshows and such to put them together.
I eventually sold them, got more for them than I had into them, so I didn't lose anything on the deal.
These days the parts are of course a lot harder to find and a lot more expensive, but if someone already had the parts laying around it might be a fun project.
I've got enough guts to build 3 or 4 rifles but decent actions are hard to locate these days. I'm wanting to build an Albanian Paratrooper and a Drag queen. PAX
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Hey Wayne, if you are still looking, check with Sabinerat on GB. He is posting up his barreled receivers there starting at $100. He may be a member here and is on AK-files. Not sure if he is on the other place or not. The one I saw looked pretty good compared to Sarco.
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Hey Wayne, if you are still looking, check with Sabinerat on GB. He is posting up his barreled receivers there starting at $100. He may be a member here and is on AK-files. Not sure if he is on the other place or not. The one I saw looked pretty good compared to Sarco.
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Thanks Alan. PAX