PSA Regular grade SKS

[auskip07]

After fighting with PSA  to get them to ship to my ffl they sent my last sks to  a few weeks ago i finally got a ship notice from them friday    I had to send my ffl's license to them 2 times and he sent it to them 3 times  the weeks before.  Not the best compliance department.

[carls sks]

will be interested to see what you get. hope its a nice one for you. 

[auskip07]

third times the charm

12million  numbers matching  (from all that ive checked)  factory 26

bluing is nice and dark  7/10   no signs of surface rust or pitting

stock has 2  dents/ nicks  that arnt too noticeable 

[Larry D.]

Looking forward to the "after" pictures.

Looks pretty good so far, though.

[running-man]

Looks like a really nice one.  Hope she clean up well! 

[Bubbazinetti]

Looks good.

[JorgeSKS]

You gotta post more pictures than that! My oh my, that looks like it will clean up nicely.

[Justin Hell]

I think she's a hottie already!

[auskip07]

sorry,  i should post more pics.    So ive started the tear down and cleaning.    She is cleaning up nice.    very little wear on the piston and the hammer compared to my past 2 sks's.   This rifle was issued to someone who wasnt interested in shooting.

[firstchoice]

It looks like a very nice carbine, for sure, auskip07!  Congrats!

Why do you consider this to be a Commercial SKS?  It's late and I'm tired, so I could be missing something obvious. I'd consider these to be a Chinese SKS (Military) qualified carbine. Heck, I'm happy to see it regardless. The summer and Covid has slowed things way too much on the board. I may get desperate and take pics of a few of mine just to get to see more SKS porn. 

Thanks for posting your acquisitions up for us to goggle-eye!

firstchoice

[auskip07]

It looks like a very nice carbine, for sure, auskip07!  Congrats!

Why do you consider this to be a Commercial SKS?  It's late and I'm tired, so I could be missing something obvious. I'd consider these to be a Chinese SKS (Military) qualified carbine. Heck, I'm happy to see it regardless. The summer and Covid has slowed things way too much on the board. I may get desperate and take pics of a few of mine just to get to see more SKS porn. 

Thanks for posting your acquisitions up for us to goggle-eye!

firstchoice

Easy explanation,    i made a mistake.   

[carls sks]

nice!!!!!!!!! thanks for sharing.

[running-man]

It looks like a very nice carbine, for sure, auskip07!  Congrats!

Why do you consider this to be a Commercial SKS?  It's late and I'm tired, so I could be missing something obvious. I'd consider these to be a Chinese SKS (Military) qualified carbine. Heck, I'm happy to see it regardless. The summer and Covid has slowed things way too much on the board. I may get desperate and take pics of a few of mine just to get to see more SKS porn. 

Thanks for posting your acquisitions up for us to goggle-eye!

firstchoice

Easy explanation,    i made a mistake.

Hadn't even noticed that.  I moved it to the Chinese military board. 

[auskip07]

It looks like a very nice carbine, for sure, auskip07!  Congrats!

Why do you consider this to be a Commercial SKS?  It's late and I'm tired, so I could be missing something obvious. I'd consider these to be a Chinese SKS (Military) qualified carbine. Heck, I'm happy to see it regardless. The summer and Covid has slowed things way too much on the board. I may get desperate and take pics of a few of mine just to get to see more SKS porn. 

Thanks for posting your acquisitions up for us to goggle-eye!

firstchoice

Easy explanation,    i made a mistake.

Hadn't even noticed that.  I moved it to the Chinese military board. 

Thankyou Sir!

[auskip07]

after taking lunch and fixing a Riding lawn mower that was given to me,  i decided to dedicate a whole 3 hours to this and i was shocked at how fast it went.   Guess im getting better at cleaning these or the ones in better shape are just faster cleanups.

[JorgeSKS]

Wow, that prolly the best looking out of the recent imports that I’ve seen! Those recent nicks with care could be blended to match the rest of the stock. Good job!

[auskip07]

Wow, that prolly the best looking out of the recent imports that I’ve seen! Those recent nicks with care could be blended to match the rest of the stock. Good job!

got any tips or tricks to get it blended?    Assuming sand smooth and apply some tung to the area?

[JorgeSKS]

No, no sanding! Please no sanding.

Buy a 1/2 pint of Minwax “Gunstock” colored stain. With a QTip dab it in the recent import dings so the colors blend, the original and the new. Then perhaps dab a sealer with a QTip over the newly applied stain.

Edit: Don’t try and remove the import dings just blend the finish so they look like they have been there as long as other dings.

Good luck.

[Larry D.]

Nice one!

I agree with the suggestions about blending the dings.

[auskip07]

No, no sanding! Please no sanding.

Buy a 1/2 pint of Minwax “Gunstock” colored stain. With a QTip dab it in the recent import dings so the colors blend, the original and the new. Then perhaps dab a sealer with a QTip over the newly applied stain.

Edit: Don’t try and remove the import dings just blend the finish so they look like they have been there as long as other dings.

Good luck.

Nice one!

I agree with the suggestions about blending the dings.

Alright,  i ran to the store and got some gun stock varnish.    applied it a few times.   waiting for it to absorb

near the lug will be tricky because the damage appears fiberous. 

Before pics and ill post after pics tonight