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Posted: 1/20/2006 9:12:36 AM EDT
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A buddy at work has an SKS he wants to sell. He gave it to me to take a look at. I got it home and started inspecting it. When I took the gas tube off the piston would not fall out into my hand. I noticed the end of the tube is dinked a little out of round and that is what is holding the piston in. I might be able to drive the piston out and then tap the tube back round with a line up tool, but maybe not. If this part (tube, piston,handgaurd) has to be replaced, will any tube /psiton/ handguard assembly drop right on or is it a fit part? Second thing is there is no magazine. He has a 30 round after market mag that I don't want. I would like an original, regular 10 round mag. It seems like I can find all kind of mags on the net with the exception of just a standard, original mag.  Where are all the standard mags?Lastly, it has some kind of side folder on it. Now I am wondering if that's legal? Bottom line he is offering me this gun for $200. I would like to get it because it is the 16" barrel gun and has a screwed in barrel so it seems basicly good. He has the wood stock to I just want to put it back in original configuation. I don't want to get if I spend so much on it I can't break even on it someday. What do you all say? UPDATE: I tapped the gas piston out and dropped a line up tool into the gas tube. It wasn't much out of round. I few licks and the piston was almost dropping in an out freely. A couple more and viola! it drops right out. I put it back in the original stock but still have only the 30 round mags. I told him about the gas tube problem, but not that I had fixed it. He also included ammo that turned out to be mostly 7.62 x 45 Czech instead of 7.62 X 39. Now he is saying he will go $100 for the gun, both stocks, sling, and the bogus ammo and mags. I'm thinking if the gun works and I can sell the folder and mags for enough to buy an original mag I'll be OK. What do you think? |
Yes the M59s are nice. Bought 1 from interordenance for 124.00 Kind of funky looking. Blueing was about 60% . Wood was rough. Bore was really good. Cleaned and sanded stock. stained it with light walnut and finished with tungoil. I'm going to try to reblue with 44cold blueing I saw on Brownells.Can't wait to shoot it when done. Empire Arms looks like they have some nice 59s for 195.00 listed to be in excellant condition. Hope this helps.
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$100 bucks for a working gun.....Im fairly certain I would buy it. You didnt say what nationality it is...... Russian - hell yeah, all over that like white on rice Chicom - I would buy it if in reasonable shape The 10 round magazine should be easy enough to come buy if you wait around |
+1 For $100 jump on it now. The standard 10rnd fixed mag isn't that hard to find, I've had to replace two on the 2nd hand SKS's I've bought. A quick search of eBay finds 9 original 10rnd fixed mags, with 2 of the Chinese "star" fixed 20rnd mags (which have an iffy rep, some work, some don't) & a 5rnd factory sporter mag. #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 Yugo #6 Wood stock, sling & mag #7 #8 #9 another Yugo #10 ChiCom Star 20rnd fixed #11 another ChiCom 20rnd #12 Chinese factory 5 rnd hunting mag, a bit $$$$ though & BTW.........WTF is the problem with Bubba/Leroy always losing the stock 10rnd mag when they turn a perfectly good SKS into a trailer park/ghetto wannabe AK?????? They always misplace the dust cover when adding a POS rattle-trap scope mount also. Don't sell the aftermarket stock & mags....you'll just perpetuate the butchery of another SKS. Maybe the next Bubba will fuxxor up an all # matching non refurb early Russian or a VN bringback. I'd destroy the stock & mag so they can no longer inflict their evil lameness on another innocent SKS. |
interesting...what factual locations did you find that state this? i know it's a huge e-rumor, but every page i visit like this one and this one seem to bust that myth completely.
a lot of people are under the impression that they don't have chrome deposits in the former Yugoslavia. They do. a lot of it. they just chose not to chrome-line their firearms. why? who knows. but the answer definitely is NOT that they didn't have it. |
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