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Permalink Reply by Abraxas on March 10, 2009 at 9:38pm

If you buy a stock, by Tapco. I cannot stress this enough. Tapco makes the best SKS mods, period. They also make the only reliable mag, which, I might add, while plastic, is quite sturdy.

Consider the mojo peep sight. They're supposed to be quite nice.

Permalink Reply by ArmedForLife on March 10, 2009 at 10:05pm

There sure are a lot of "upgrades" for the SKS, but most are just garbage. I tried a lot of things with my "pre-ban" SKS years ago, but ended up just junking them. I wish I would have spent that money on buying more guns.

I agree with using stipper clips. They are easy to load and use. Also, I like the way the bolt stays open when out of ammo (my plastic clips didn't allow for that).

All in all, it is a fun gun to plink at cans, but I prefer my garrands for target shooting (semi auto rifle category).

Good luck with it and have fun!

Permalink Reply by agentOgden on March 12, 2009 at 8:56pm

Thx for the input. I got my new TS200 rear peep sight yesterday. The reviews were accurate, this is one solid piece of hardware! Mounted very easily (had to sand 2 small divots out of the stock to make it flush, no probs otherwise). The hard part was taking off the original sight (these Yugos tend to be picky about everything - there was no pin to tap or drill out like on other SKS models). As it turns out, removing the rear sight on a Yugo SKS requires an incredible amount of downward/rearward force placed in just the right way... using a heavy-duty screwdriver and steel wire as a fulcrum.

I'm going to the range with it (hopefully this weekend). I'll dial it in, and report back on the results.

The only real disadvantage I can see (so far) is I now need a screwdriver to field strip the weapon (since the sight needs to come off first). But the improved accuracy should be it worth it.

I have been looking at those tapco stocks. I hope they won't interfere with my unusual rear sight. I know if I get the Fiberforce dragonov stock, I'd have to saw part of it off to make it fit around the Tech-Sight.

Permalink Reply by Metalchemist on August 22, 2009 at 12:30am

I would like to find a SKS one of these days.
Then I'd tweak it.
I'm constantly tweaking my M4 carbine. Just gotta have accessories.

Permalink Reply by TheLasersShadow on August 22, 2009 at 1:45am

I would never buy one at the prices today because a $100 more and I'd be able to buy a ROMANIAN AK at $450

I know alot of the SKS's are around so if you have em use em, i've heard going over the 20 round mag wells give them trouble.

Metalchemist said:

I would like to find a SKS one of these days.
Then I'd tweak it.
I'm constantly tweaking my M4 carbine. Just gotta have accessories.

Permalink Reply by Metalchemist on August 30, 2009 at 4:23pm

I live in the Peoples Republic of California, and the political old hens have screwed up all the gun laws. I've tried to get a Romanian AK but like so many other things, there not available for Mexifornia, we've been screwed out of the cool stuff by the hens that think they know what's better for you. Like the ten round max magazine capacity law.

I've got a Saiga, and I'm going to tweak it to get as close to the above look.
That looks sweet, I'm envious.
I want to move to Arizona, where the laws are much looser, (That's until they (censored) that up.).

Permalink Reply by agentOgden on August 31, 2009 at 10:01pm

Yeah, I would not live in Cali if I had any say in the matter. PA isn't too bad on gun laws, but for some asinine reason, we can't buy alcohol in grocery stores!

Just an update on the Tapco plastic mags... I bought one at a gun show a while back. Took it to the range a couple times and it's not working reliably in my Yugo. The bolt doesn't stay open after the last round, for one thing, which forces you to use 2 hands to reload (holding the bolt back while you seat the mag).

I was also hoping to be able to top-load it from stripper clips (basically using it as a 20 rd fixed mag), but they do not load nearly as smoothly as the original fixed mag did.

All in all, I am sticking with the reliable 10 rd mag and lightweight stripper clips for now.

Also, my after-market rear sights and scope mount work great, but they prevent me from being able to field strip the weapon without tools (i.e. allen wrenches). Plus, they attach to the bolt cover... So if you ever have to take the bolt cover off, you'll have to sight the rifle back in when you put it back together.

I am beginning to think the SKS is not the ideal weapon to modify, despite how easy and inexpensive it is to do so. IMO, you risk losing the original appeal of the weapon (which lies in its simplicity and reliability).