The SKS Carbine is Still Viable After a Quarter Century
The SKS is one of the most well-known military arms all around the world, and has been embraced by shooters and collectors since imported
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The original Russian ones aren't free floating, that's a post design cost saving by other nations.I dont see how such a horrible rifle won any wars. Floating firing pin prone to malfunction from the slightest but of grit, doesn't scope well, heavierna well heavy.
I bought them for $39Yall may not know but you used to be able to buy those at roses for 69.99
Yall may not know but you used to be able to buy those at roses for 69.99
Even better if you invested just $1,000 after Home Depot ipo'd.If it makes you feel any better.... if you had invested that $10,000 in 1991, it would be worth $170,00 now (S&P 500).
So SKSs weren’t much of an investment. You’d have a tough time selling your 100 for $1,700 each.
I saw the headline and came here to say this. Shoot, even the hi-point carbine is only a few years from making it a quarter of a century..2021-1943 = 78
Quarter century = 25.
Math is hard though, dude gets a pass this time...
25 years? [mosin laughs in soviet]
The Soviet soldier of the era didn't receive much in the way of rifle marksmanship with a service carbine. A heavier trigger gave a margin of safety from poor trigger discipline.I've always thought the SKS was a dang good rifle for what it is. I've owned one, and I've shot a lot more. With a better trigger, I think they would be much more popular. The Commies don't seem to understand that having good triggers actually matters.
I remember when you could buy brand new chineese SKS still in the cosmoline for $50 each at the gun shows. Those were the days.
1 30 round mag is 3 times betterDoesn’t take a whole article to say that a rifle that is battle accurate, reliable, fires a stout round, is easy to manipulate, and easy to learn is still “viable”. I’ve often thought it was superior to other rifles at times for the same reason I like revolvers for a survival situation: no magazines to keep up with.
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So the Ar15?I dont see how such a horrible rifle won any wars. Floating firing pin prone to malfunction from the slightest but of grit, doesn't scope well, heavierna well heavy.
The slam fire myth is from people shooting guns full of cosmaline and confused as to why things went poorlyThe original Russian ones aren't free floating, that's a post design cost saving by other nations.
And honestly I've never had any problems with any model of SKS, even the ones I half asses cleaning the cosmo on.
How is it a myth if it happens because of leftover comsoline?The slam fire myth is from people shooting guns full of cosmaline and confused as to why things went poorly
Beacuse it'll happen with a ton of guns you do that too. No one acts like an ar or ak will slam fire on youHow is it a myth if it happens because of leftover comsoline?
The myth is not that it happens, but that it is peculiar to the SKS because of the firing pin design.How is it a myth if it happens because of leftover comsoline?
It's absolutely related to the design. If you own a variant without the firing pin spring and don't clean the comsoline/usage gunk properly you are far more likely to have the firing pin stick forward and set off rounds without a trigger pull. The spring loaded pins are way less likely to do that even when improperly cleaned.The myth is not that it happens, but that it is peculiar to the SKS because of the firing pin design.
Design issue? Shooting a gun full of packing grease is a shooter issue. Pack an ar15 full of cosmoline and garbage and the exact same thing will happen. Those stupid Murphy firing pins brake and are poorly made. I have seen them brake springs and get the firing pin stuck forward.It's absolutely related to the design. If you own a variant without the firing pin spring and don't clean the comsoline/usage gunk properly you are far more likely to have the firing pin stick forward and set off rounds without a trigger pull. The spring loaded pins are way less likely to do that even when improperly cleaned.
So still not a myth, it's a recognized design issue that exacerbates sloppy cleaning issues.
1 30 round mag is 3 times better
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This is where the myth came from. A gun you could buy for a dime that came covered in grease that you had to fully strip the gun to get rid of was destin to get bought as a first gun by tons of people that didn't know to clean out the gun.We disassembled the new SKS's and soaked them in Kerosene. All of the cosmoline just dissolved instantly if I remember correctly. The people who had cosmoline related slam fires probably weren't smart enough to own a firearm anyway.
I purchased several of them for $49 at Rose’s. With 20 rounds of 7.62x39 for $1.25. Man, if I had only known then, what I know now.
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