De assualt rifling my SKS.

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Ok here is the deal... I want to make my sks look more like a hunting rifle and less assault rifle like. It is a chinese sks with all wood furniture and matching serials, so I will be keeping all parts (just not keeping everything installed).

1. Do they make a synthetic stock that doesn't have the upper half of the forearm on it?
2. What are your opinions on the receiver cover replacement scope mounts?
3. Is there a reliable way to convert from the internal mag well to a removable mag? I would like to get away from stripper clips. By reliable, I mean will it one work, two be easy, and three not affect feeding negatively.

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Kilted,
Not so much. Most people look at an AK or SKS and recognize it because of the stock (non enthusiast types). I want to get away from that look and move to a more off the shelf, semi auto hunting rifle. I want it confused for a rifle that you would using hunting, and have it not be as recognizable as a military weapon.
 
something like that. 5 round mag sounds great, do they make a conversion for using a removeable mag that is reliable? All of the monte carlo stocks I have seen still have the upper forearm. I could probably leave it off though.
 
Don't think there is a low cap removeable mag.

Check Tapco to see if they make a 5rd conversion. I had a 5rd'er conversion to make mine legal for hunting a few years back, it was a metal one and a piece of junk so I wouldn't recommend that way if you can help it.

I think I would put the 5rd mag in it an let it be (required in some states anyway). Of course, remove the bayonet if you haven't.
 
ohen cepel,
Its chinese. There are no chinese sks's with a legal lug as far as I know. I have been informed that even pre ban sks's were illegal if they had a lug and were chinese. The lug has been removed.
 
I think you got bad info on the bayonet lug. Wouldn't swear to it though since I'm not that up on those crazy laws.

I will say I have seen many with them and there are several on gunbroker now with the bayonets on them. They don't usually sell illegal stuff on there.
 
Tapco makes decent 5rd removables.

You do realize that the upper forearm cover includes the gas tube right? The gas tube is critical for function of the weapon. I believe Ramline makes a "Monte Carlo" style stock.

Lastly, receiver cover mounts are junk with one exception. The exception is the type that have four screws that put pressure on the receiver or are drilled and tapped to go onto the receiver. If the screws just are there for pressure, tighten them down and lock-tite the mess out of them and it should hold zero.
 
Ramline makes a Monte Carlo stock. I think ATI might as well, but I wouldn't swear to it.

Get a receiver cover mount, the 5 round mag, the stock, remove the bayonet, and call it a day.
 
Re: bayonet and bayonet lug

It is my understanding that if an SKS was imported *before* the Assault Weapons Ban of 1994 the lug and bayonet were 'grandfathered' in.

If the weapon was imorted *after* the ban it only required the bayonet to be removed.

Of course, in your case it would be more conducive to 'normalizing' your SKS if the lug and bayonet were removed. Depending on your skill level and how nice you wanted it to look, you may want to have a local gunsmith clean it up for you.
 
I thought a Norinco SKS has to have been imported before 1989 for the bayonet to be legal. Since it is a foreign made gun it falls under the 89 import ban.
 
Choate makes a very nice synthetic stock complete with matching replacement handguard (not the entire gas tube assembly; just the guard). Classic sporter style - no Monte Carlo cheekpiece. LOP is an inch or so longer and comes with a very good quality rubber butt pad installed. Available in black or a subdued woodland camo pattern.

Price was about $70 in camo when I bought one.

YMMV, but I installed a receiver cover mount that I bought from Keng's shortly after I got my Chinese commercial carbine in '88.

Mine has proven to be quite stable and returns to within no more than +/- 1 'click' of original zero when removed and replaced. Most times it requires no adjustment at all.

The critical factor, IMO, is in how carefully the fitting is done. The model I bought came slightly oversized at both ends. It required that material be removed on the 'points' where the mount contacts the receiver on the forward end and both sides of the take-down latch lug at the rear. There is still virtually no discernable 'play' in the fit, even after many years of use.

At one time there were two types of very solid permanent mounting setups available for the SKSes : One which very closely resembled the Soviet military mounts for Moisin, Tokarev and Dragunov sniper rifles which attached to the left side of the receiver, and another that formed a sort of bridge over the receiver. Both required that the receiver be drilled and tapped multiple times for installation. I haven't seen either advertised anywhere in quite a while.

Part of that might be reluctance to permanently modify the carbine by many owners, but the difficulty of the installations and the cost to have a pro do it probably were more of it.

Many SKS receivers are quite hard, making the D&T process a real PITA and more-than-a-little risky. Definitely not a DIY project unless you have machine tools and considerable skill with them. Around here most 'smiths and machinists charge anywhere from $15 to $25 per hole, plus set-up for the work.

I've never run across any of the aftermarket detachables that ran very well without some work. The easiest and least expensive way to comply with a 'no more than 5 rds' hunting regulation I ever saw was a plug which was dropped into the body of the stock magazine and kept it from accepting more than five.

If you don't want to use strippers - don't. You can single load it just as you would any fixed mag sporter.
 
So your taking a wooden stocked, iron sighted, fixed magazine rifle. And you want to make it "less tactical/assault rifle like"

And are replacing the wood with a black synthetic stock, installing a high cap removable magazine, and a scope mount. All to make it "less assault like" ?!?

ok whatever you say.

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There are no chinese sks's with a legal lug as far as I know.
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That's incorrect. Any Chinese SKS imported before the 1989 import ban can have the bayonet and lug. After 89 and the bayonet puts it in 922(r), from 1994-2004 you could not install the bayonet onto a rifle that was imported after 1989, now you can do whatever you want as long as it is 922(r) compliant.

It doesn't really matter in this case as the lug has already been removed.
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So long as spreading incorrect information on the legality of popular firearms on such boards "dosen't really matter"
 
1. Do they make a synthetic stock that doesn't have the upper half of the forearm on it?

Yes, they do.

2. What are your opinions on the receiver cover replacement scope mounts?

Don't waste your money. Get a Darrel's Scout Mount instead. Much better mount.

3. Is there a reliable way to convert from the internal mag well to a removable mag?

No, there isn't. Most of the conversion outfits offered are junk. Don't waste your money.

I would like to get away from stripper clips. By reliable, I mean will it one work, two be easy, and three not affect feeding negatively.

You can single feed an SKS. You don't need stripper clips. And there are 5 round mags that work fine, if you want to hunt with it. I have one I'm not using. But don't waste your money on the after market removable mags. The 5 round I have works like the original fixed mag does, except it's a five rounder.

Regards,

Dave
 
It may not matter in this case, but spreading misinformation is a bad idea.
Before November 1990, there were thousands of Chinese sks imported with
a bayonette attached. All were perfectly legal to have a bayonette
as were all the Chinese, Yugo, Hungarian, etc AK variants. Likewise, FAL
variants and most any other type of imported military type sporter rifle could also have a bayonette attached. In November 1990, the famous executive
import ban enacted and all further non-C&R rifles imported could not exhibit
a bayonette. The earlier ones were grandfathered in.
 
It may not matter in this case, but spreading misinformation is a bad idea.
Before November 1990, there were thousands of Chinese sks imported with
a bayonette attached. All were perfectly legal to have a bayonette
as were all the Chinese, Yugo, Hungarian, etc AK variants. Likewise, FAL
variants and most any other type of imported military type sporter rifle could also have a bayonette attached. In November 1990, the famous executive
import ban enacted and all further non-C&R rifles imported could not exhibit
a bayonette. The earlier ones were grandfathered in.
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correct and the only reason the chinese are the only SKS's in question in terms of being in orriginal (bayonet included) shape is because they were ruled to be non-sporting/non-C&R eligible.

Not because of features, but because of suspected dates of manufacture!
 
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