Hi.
Here are a couple pictures of my SKS.
I'll get better pictures up as soon as I can
and talk a little more about what condition it was in
when I got it and what I did to bring her back into
decent safe condition.
(https://db.tt/282W9r57)
(https://db.tt/rIVGWix7)
Nice one Jda, did you put the finish on the stock yourself, or did the stock come that way? Was this one a gunsmith special that needed some TLC? Looks pretty nice to me! thumb1
It was just a regular 300 dollar internet buy. The stock that came with it
was a Russian stock. Someone had messed up the front end of pretty bad
so the action kept moving around. It was a bummer but I had
to trash that stock and replace it with a Chinese stock. Got one off eBay that
someone had sanded down and stained a ugly color over the top of dirt and Cosmoline.
So the replacement stock was stripped and a coat of Shellac was applied.
Looks good..
So its a 3m serial /26\?
That's top shelf jda! thumb1 If that's a 3mil /26\ I have one also, that is a very nice looking carbine. Good job bringing it back to life. clap1
Quote from: jda70 on May 20, 2015, 10:56:05 AM
It was just a regular 300 dollar internet buy. The stock that came with it
was a Russian stock. Someone had messed up the front end of pretty bad
so the action kept moving around. It was a bummer but I had
to trash that stock and replace it with a Chinese stock. Got one off eBay that
someone had sanded down and stained a ugly color over the top of dirt and Cosmoline.
So the replacement stock was stripped and a coat of Shellac was applied.
Very nice indeed! thumb1
Have you still got the Russian Stock?
We could certainly use it if you're willing to donate/let it go at a reasonable price for our laboratory wood analysis. Let me know!
Did you refinish the metel at all?looks good btw
It's a 3mil /26\ . Not matching. At some point in time the Bolt and Bolt carrier were replaced.
No Sorry, I don't have the stock that came with it.
The magazine was rusted. One spot was pretty bad with major pitting.
So I disassemble the mag, stripped it down to bare metal and Rust Blued it using
Mark Lee's Express Blue #1.
The Gas tube is a replacement from a de-milled gun. I still have the gas tube that
came with it. It looks good but it's one of the 2 piece types. I wanted the early type
on mine and switch them out.