Several years ago, a Sino-Soviet SKS fell into my lap. It was just a barreled receiver and was rusted up, but the bore looked new, so I decided to fix it.
The parts ended up being reasonably easy to find and weren’t too expensive, mostly Norinco stuff. I blasted the barreled receiver and cold blued it, and put it into a cheap Chinese stock set that I picked up from Sarco. That took some fitting.
Needless to say, the rifle isn’t super pretty, I want to change that. It doesn’t have the metal for hot blue, and I’m unable to do that anyway.
I’m thinking about trying to source a Russian stock set(since its cut for a blade, rather than a spike), and painting the rifle black like the refurbs.
Another option is a stock refinish and cutting it for a blade, it’s a fairly unattractive color. Suggestions?
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