SKS Owners,
texastriggerworks in Austin is under way to produce an actual drop-in after market trigger for the SKS. We are heavily interested in feedback from SKS owners to help us dial in what qualities SKS owners deem valuable towards production of this trigger assembly.
If you are interested in helping with the development process and contributing your opinions we would greatly appreciate your time in completing the survey listed in the link below.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MQVFPSW
Thank you for your time and we look forward to improving SKS performance through the development of our products as a result of your collaborative effort
Well let me ask you. ....what reason do you feel there is a high demand for an sks drop in trigger?
For the most part they are pretty bulletproof, and it's pretty easy to modify one for better operation.
Would you be making one for the AK mag guns also? Or maybe make your design so that you put on a fixed mag relate or an ak mag release.
Quote from: Power Surge on August 06, 2015, 04:41:10 PM
Well let me ask you. ....what reason do you feel there is a high demand for an sks drop in trigger?
For the most part they are pretty bulletproof, and it's pretty easy to modify one for better operation.
Would you be making one for the AK mag guns also? Or maybe make your design so that you put on a fixed mag relate or an ak mag release.
AK mags won't work in a standard SKS. The AK mags are far too wide at the top. They won't insert high enough to feed any rounds w/o some serious open heart surgery to the rifle mag well. Then you need to weld 'something' to the underside of the trunnion area to hold the front of the mag.
I do agree, the original SKS trigger is bulletproof, albeit, not a good design. NOW, if the new trigger was adjustable for lash and # pull, that would be something I might be interested in.
Quote from: 1mlt on August 06, 2015, 06:14:25 PM
Quote from: Power Surge on August 06, 2015, 04:41:10 PM
Well let me ask you. ....what reason do you feel there is a high demand for an sks drop in trigger?
For the most part they are pretty bulletproof, and it's pretty easy to modify one for better operation.
Would you be making one for the AK mag guns also? Or maybe make your design so that you put on a fixed mag relate or an ak mag release.
AK mags won't work in a standard SKS. The AK mags are far too wide at the top. They won't insert high enough to feed any rounds w/o some serious open heart surgery to the rifle mag well. Then you need to weld 'something' to the underside of the trunnion area to hold the front of the mag.
I do agree, the original SKS trigger is bulletproof, albeit, not a good design. NOW, if the new trigger was adjustable for lash and # pull, that would be something I might be interested in.
Don't know too much about sks's, do ya marcus?
They dont... Marcus is correct. AK mag sks rifles had their receivers hogged out.
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on August 06, 2015, 07:00:17 PM
They dont... Marcus is correct. AK mag sks rifles had their receivers hogged out.
And why was this even brought up? This post is about triggers.
Quote from: Power Surge on August 06, 2015, 04:41:10 PM
Would you be making one for the AK mag guns also? Or maybe make your design so that you put on a fixed mag relate or an ak mag release.
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on August 06, 2015, 08:00:30 PM
Quote from: Power Surge on August 06, 2015, 04:41:10 PM
Would you be making one for the AK mag guns also? Or maybe make your design so that you put on a fixed mag relate or an ak mag release.
Ok, and?? That was a legit question.
Im guessing there is a misunderstanding of the emplied questions. Are you asking if there will be a unit made with an AK type release to use with tapco mags and/or with AK mag variants?
Quote from: Loose}{Cannon on August 06, 2015, 08:08:41 PM
Im guessing there is a misunderstanding of the emplied questions. Are you asking if there will be a unit made with an AK type release to use with tapco mags and/or with AK mag variants?
Yes...exactly what I wrote. Do they plan to make a drop in for the AK mag guns also. And if so, would they make two separate units, or one assembly where they could add the proper release for the type of SKS you have.
I think marcus was just adressing the fact that tossing an ak release FCG in a standard sks wont make it take ak mags. Its a simple misunderstanding
LC, perhaps it is a misunderstanding. The OP thread says "Re: SKS drop-in after market trigger". There is no mention of a trigger in the works for AK-47 type rifles. My comment about the AK mags was referencing the OP "SKS" rifle. The D, M, Sporter SKS already take AK mags. I suppose those could be included in the 'new trigger' proposal as well?
And NO, I don't know squat about the SKS do I?
Marcus
Who said anything about AK 47s?
There are two kinds of SKS trigger assemblies.
Ones for the standard magazine guns, and ones for the factory AK magazine SKS guns.
I simply asked if they were going to offer a drop-in for both versions.
at least this thread didn't get automatically locked....here.
I am very interested, but the price structure doesn't quite match what one could have done with your own FCG (AK variant or not) with Kivarri or Murray IMO....unless there is some truly amazing engineering improvement. The 922r applications are a bonus, but there are many other ways that are cheaper to get around that....and still get a trigger job with your original.
Heck, with patience and some decent files, you can do it yourself....
A $75 version would be a good price point, adding trigger stops and other fun stuff could be upgrades.....but the whole point of bubba was to make a cheap gun better....when a trigger group costs as much or more than many folk already 'invested' into a reasonably inexpensive gun...it kind of is missing the target audience.
Just my humble opinion, these might very well be worth the expense...I am just a little cheap, I would be very interested in real world experience with a US made FCG...and their worth.
Here's my answer to the survey. Not interested.
I can only think of one rifle made from an SKS action that could or would benefit from a timney type trigger set up enough to make it worth buying and that would be LC's custom target 'bolt action' bull barrel SKS.
The FCG on an SKS is already a 'drop-in' design. To make a 'drop-in' trigger you'd have to either replace the entire FCG or diassemble part of the OEM FCG in order to install the new trigger. This means, in effect, that it really isn't a 'drop-in' trigger.
Quote from: texastriggerworks on August 06, 2015, 02:00:06 PM
SKS Owners,
texastriggerworks in Austin is under way to produce an actual drop-in after market trigger for the SKS. We are heavily interested in feedback from SKS owners to help us dial in what qualities SKS owners deem valuable towards production of this trigger assembly.
If you are interested in helping with the development process and contributing your opinions we would greatly appreciate your time in completing the survey listed in the link below.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MQVFPSW
Thank you for your time and we look forward to improving SKS performance through the development of our products as a result of your collaborative effort
75.00 fully adjustable for pull weight, pre travel, and over travel for AK mag guns
65.00 fully adjustable for pull weight, pre travel, and over travel for standard SKS
The 65.00 would need to be compatible with all three of the Marcus mag adapters as well. No SKS owner unless they are a complete idiot will pay 125.00 or more for a trigger, they just won't don't it.
Should be interesting... a complete fluff and buffed trigger assembly for around $75... Used and new plain jane bla bla trigger groups sell for 75 plus, minus any work.
SKS Trigger Group - SKS Trigger Group Assembly - SKS Repair Parts - Keepshooting® (http://www.keepshooting.com/sks-trigger-group.html)
Add in time and labor, springs and other things to make them consistent. I'm gonna guess a hesitant price starting around 125-150 for a drop in solution.
Quote from: sksmcrossvilletn on August 09, 2015, 10:24:03 AM
No SKS owner unless they are a complete idiot will pay 125.00 or more for a trigger, they just won't don't it.
Yeah, ok, ::) Never say never, in the tacticool world. Ive seen more paid for less... stocks, adaptors, rails, sights, and a whole slew of other things to turn it into something it's not.
The trigger, if it works and requires nothing but pull the original out and drop it in would possibly be good for those who leave there rifle stock, but still enjoy killing cans and stalking paper.