Worlds Largest SKS Rifle.

[Grumpy]

I don`t know what all the fuss is about - this isn`t a very large rifle .... it`s a very small man !

[dr.jayakumar]

I don`t know what all the fuss is about - this isn`t a very large rifle .... it`s a very small man !

good one grumpy.
regards
dr.jk

[Baljit]

Timmy,like i said in my last post here, in Canada Chinese and Russian SKS rifles very papular and easy avalible in the market but I never came across the Yugoslavian one.

I agree with you on the Chinese SKS rifle,those rifles comes with chrome bore,like the one i have, also very nice and smooth bore.It's also threaded barrel into the receiver.

IF i compare SKS action with AK then I quite agree with your opinion because friend of mine had a AK and if i compare his AK action with my SKS,I can notice the different between both actions.It's bit more smooth action then AK.

Most of the time i shoot army surplus ammo in my SKS and it's work really well.I also modified my SKS,like change the stock,mount the scope and polish the internal parts ext.ext. but mine did not come with the bayonet.

My SKS comes with detachable mag. and also i can use AK mag. as well and they are works really good in my SKS.

Here is my SKS with CK when he visit me back in 2011.

Here i am with my SKS.


Timmy, is that possible if you can post the picture of your SKS?


Baljit

[timmy]

Yes, Baljit, I will take one in a couple of days, but won't post until next week.

I'm assuming that your SKS is a SKS-M version, since it has no bayonet. Mine is the Paratrooper model with the 16" barrel. Most of my ammo is Wolf, bought from Cabelas in 1000 round lots back when 7.62x39 was cheap.

The stock on mine is every short, so I kept it to keep the rifle compact. I don't think it is over 36" long!

[timmy]

Baljit:

I'm sorry, I did not get a chance to snap a picture of my SKS this time. However, I did dig up one from a few years back:

[Baljit]

Thanks for the picture Timmy. Looks very nice your SKS. Did you take the bayonet off from the gun?I can see other SKS on the next table.

Thank's again Timmy

Baljit

[timmy]

Baljit:

You will note that this barrel is 4 inches shorter than yours. These were called the "Paratrooper" and the barrel is cut back with the sight sleeve all the way back to the gas block. The bayonet lug is cut off completely to avoid the gun having an "evil feature" per US gun laws. The stock, however, still has the slot for the bayonet.

I have seen some paratroopers with a bayonet, which is the normal one with the blade ground down and shortened.

Beside me is my faithful Finn, a Mosin Nagant M39. Here's an old pic of me shooting it:



The M39 is a very favorite gun of mine. Sometimes, I like to sit watching TV (especially boxing) and hold it. I know it sounds weird, but it is a gun that is extremely nice to shoot, hold, and to have around.

[Baljit]

Ok now i know because i seen some SKS paratroopers here in Canada with bayonet.Your M39 looks very nice as well.Please tell us about this , how she shoot ?how is the grouping at 50 or 100 yards?

Thanks for the pictures again Timmy

Baljit

[timmy]

Baljit: The Finnish standard for M39s was 1.3 inches at 100 meters. If my eyes were still good (like when I was 30), I'm pretty sure my M39 would meet that standard without a problem. I am not the tallest or largest person in the world, but the M39 stock fits me very well and the rifle has a very nice heft and feel to it: not too heavy, and with a nice balance when it swings up to fire.

The Finn secret was a good barrel, and I have read that their machine work was quite accurate when setting these rifles up. Almost all Finnish rifles are built on the old Mosin Nagant M91 actions that they obtained from Tsarist arsenals when they gained their freedom, or by deals with nations like Poland, Germany, and Austria after WW1. The mark on mine is not readable, but it is possible that my receiver was made in the 1800s.

Another Finnish secret was a good job of bedding. There is no metal that touches the receiver, except on the flat bottom. So, there is a gap all around the receiver. The barrel is bedded in the stock at the tip, although I have removed this so that a dollar bill will pass all the way up the barrel to the rear sight.

Finally, the Finns made a very nice improvement to the trigger on the M39: there are two steel pins pressed into the upper part, so they will bear on the sear spring, rather than the trigger forging itself. I think this makes the trigger quite crisp and slick, since the pins seem to be hard and have little friction as they rub the sear spring. The rifle has a very smooth trigger pull.

The Finns did not get tricky, and as they did not have arsenal capabilities for making receivers when they gained independence (unlike Poland, which got the Gdansk Arsenal from the Germans, which they relocated to Radom), they made do with the basic Mosin Nagant action, which was made back in the 'teens or before. A Mosin Nagant action is nothing to sneer at from an accuracy potential perspective, and with careful and more or less inexpensive engineering, the Finns were able to produce rifles with good accuracy.

I have tried a number of different kinds of surplus ammo, and the preference of the rifle is for Hungarian lead core heavy ball, which is 174 grains. The best accuracy I've obtained is with plain old Barnaul 200 grain round nose hunting bullets. This isn't surprising, since the rifle was set up to shoot a military load with a bullet of about that same weight.

The gun is a real joy to shoot and handle. The action is completely slick, with no rough spots or binding. It is truly something you would feel confident carrying on a hunt or, in worse times, depending upon for your life.

Many Americans sing the praises of the M1903 Springfield in .30-'06, and I do think that is a fine rifle. I have own a couple and they are smooth and also a joy to handle. The Springfield, like any rifle, has its faults, but I like it very much. There are other proponents of the M98, and it is a fine rifle, as well; actually stronger and better than a Springfield in most ways, but usually not so finely finished. I have a Polish wz 29 from 1938 and it is a fine example of a M98. But I do not feel that I have to take second place to either of these fine rifles or the good cartridges they are chambered in with my M39 in 7.62x54r. It really is a nice rifle.

[Baljit]

Thank you very much for all the info. about your M39. This is new to me Timmy.Learn something new everyday.

Thank you very much again Timmy.

Baljit