Hi all,
I was the lucky winner of November's giveaway and am now the proud owner of a Surplus Norinco SKS. When I picked up the rifle from Mass Firearms, she was like all milsurps, thoroughly coated in cosmoline. This being my first milsurp I decided to do a little homework before diving into the cleaning and decided to watch Iraqveteran8888's YouTube video on disassembling, cleaning, and rebuilding an SKS from start to finish. Long story-short, I didn't run into any problems and the post-cleaning functional check went well. Turns out this particular SKS was made in 1968, which makes it only 4 years younger than me. Since my other rifle is a Mini-30, I have plenty of Russian steel candy around for my new SKS to chew on. Below are a couple of pics of the rifle after cleaning. I took it out for a brief spin on the range today, putting about 50 rounds through it with no problem at all. As can be expected after being stored for decades, the rifle needs to be re-zeroed (she hits low and to the left at 100yds), so I ordered a SKS/AK sight pusher from Amazon.com for $9 and will get her zeroed tomorrow. I'm very happy with this rifle and look forward to enjoying it for years to come.
Thanks NES!!!
Steve
I was the lucky winner of November's giveaway and am now the proud owner of a Surplus Norinco SKS. When I picked up the rifle from Mass Firearms, she was like all milsurps, thoroughly coated in cosmoline. This being my first milsurp I decided to do a little homework before diving into the cleaning and decided to watch Iraqveteran8888's YouTube video on disassembling, cleaning, and rebuilding an SKS from start to finish. Long story-short, I didn't run into any problems and the post-cleaning functional check went well. Turns out this particular SKS was made in 1968, which makes it only 4 years younger than me. Since my other rifle is a Mini-30, I have plenty of Russian steel candy around for my new SKS to chew on. Below are a couple of pics of the rifle after cleaning. I took it out for a brief spin on the range today, putting about 50 rounds through it with no problem at all. As can be expected after being stored for decades, the rifle needs to be re-zeroed (she hits low and to the left at 100yds), so I ordered a SKS/AK sight pusher from Amazon.com for $9 and will get her zeroed tomorrow. I'm very happy with this rifle and look forward to enjoying it for years to come.
Thanks NES!!!
Steve