SKS left in truck always ???

Where'd you pick up the SKS from? I'd love to find a $100 SKS and keep it in my trunk with a few mags and a micro chest rig, just in case.

The only rifle that lives in my truck is a .17 HRM single shot with a Leupold 3.5x10. Sudden death on ground squirrels that infest my property. So I have no problem with keeping your SKS behind the seat. I have a Glock 23 in the center console.

I think it is a great idea myself assuming it is legal in your state. Here it is legal to keep a long gun loaded in your vehicle ,no CCW needed(we do need a CCW for a handgun in vehicle loaded or not). I personally would keep the original magazine and some loaded stripper clips instead of detachables but if you have proven the reliable then use them. I keep handguns in all 3 of my vehicle 24/7.

If you actually live in Cleavland, then I think it is ungood. If you live in a rural area, with low crime, then it might be smart, depending on local laws.

I live in Houston, a guy a know kept a .38 in his car. It got stolen. We all told him to take it in and out as he used the car, but he didn't listen. Some guys broke into about 20 cars in our area one night, just walked down the street breaking into each car and they got his gun, computer, gps and other gear.

It can and will happen. IF YOU DO IT, don't tell anyone,; loose lips sink ships.

Food for thought, I like your idea but if I were to use my SKS that way I would change out the firing pin due to liability reasons. I have heard good things about this mod, I have no personal experience:

http://www.murraysguns.com/sksown.htm

I would also consider this trigger job for $65:

http://www.kivaari.com/

For ammo:

http://www.dakotaammo.net/Search.aspx?search_freetext=762


http://www.doubletapammo.com/php/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=267

I have always wanted to keep a truck rifle but I could never figure out how to secure it.
So for me I think I am going to use a shotgun & a patrol car type mount. Let us know how this.
project comes out.

Leaving it in the truck is asking to have it stolen. In addition, in Cleveland it will be baked in summer and frozen in winter. Yes, it is a combloc weapon and can tolerate abuse. No, it won't do it any good. Have you ever actually seen a weapon that was "left behind a seat" for any length of time? Adjectives like "scabrous" come to mind.

You run the risk of having it stolen.

Have you ever actually seen a weapon that was "left behind a seat" for any length of time?

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As a matter of fact I have. Many times. It is a common practice here. The only guns I've had stolen from my vehicle were taken by a co-worker who knew where they were.

Transporting an SKS in that manner is not legal under the Ohio Revised Code:

ORC 2923.16 (C) No person shall knowingly transport or have a firearm in a motor vehicle, unless the person may lawfully possess that firearm under applicable law of this state or the United States, the firearm is unloaded, and the firearm is carried in one of the following ways:

(1) In a closed package, box, or case;

(2) In a compartment that can be reached only by leaving the vehicle;

(3) In plain sight and secured in a rack or holder made for the purpose;

(4) If the firearm is at least twenty-four inches in overall length as measured from the muzzle to the part of the stock furthest from the muzzle and if the barrel is at least eighteen inches in length, either in plain sight with the action open or the weapon stripped, or, if the firearm is of a type on which the action will not stay open or which cannot easily be stripped, in plain sight.

(5)”Unloaded” means any of the following:

(a) No ammunition is in the firearm in question, and no ammunition is loaded into a magazine or speed loader that may be used with the firearm in question and that is located anywhere within the vehicle in question, without regard to where ammunition otherwise is located within the vehicle in question. For the purposes of division (K)(5)(a) of this section, ammunition held in stripper-clips or in en-bloc clips is not considered ammunition that is loaded into a magazine or speed loader.

Thus, by using loaded, detachable magazines, your gun is "loaded" according to the State of Ohio. If, however, you replace the detachable magazines with stripper clips, it is no longer loaded. :banghead:

If, however, you replace the detachable magazines with stripper clips, it is no longer loaded.

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And, in most cases, the original 10 rd. box magazine is more reliable than any aftermarket high-cap magazine. You certainly don't give anything up by running the original mag and stripper clips.

Honestly, I also find the stripper clips just as fast to load as a magazine with practice. Obviously, there is the capacity issue. But I'd challenge you to find some examples where an average Joe going about his law-abiding daily business would have been saved by a rifle with 30 rounds but where 10 rounds would have been wholly insufficient. Certainly it is possible, but the odds would be astronomical. Remember that the truck can be used as cover to reload if the worst ever does happen.

I not only think it's a good idea, I do it frequently myself. The reason it isn't always there is that I go on and off of military posts a lot. If the pistol is what you use to fight your way back to the rifle you never should have put down in the first place, it is only logical that you do in fact keep a rifle handy.

I use an SKS for the same reasons you do. It's a very effective rifle, but if it gets stolen or held by an ignorant cop, you aren't out much and it's easily replaceable. I Tapcoed it and put Tech Sights on it. This is the only hi-cap setup I know of that works. (It is also 922r compliant. I got the rifle slightly used from a friend for $100, and I have about $300 total in it.

I am very wry about leaving a firearm inside a vehicle. I have a friend who had a Glock stolen from car because he accidentally left the doors unlocked. That's just too easy to do. Unless a gun is on my hip, I want it locked in my safe, inside my dwelling. Cars are just too insecure and too easy to break into or just open if you leave it unlocked. Also if your car or truck gets stolen, now you have a stolen gun in the hands of a bad guy in addition to your vehicle. I just think leaving a firearm inside your vehicle is not giving firearms the correct amount of care and security they require.

cheap ammo.

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I keep hearing reports (by some very credible sources)of sightings of this elusive creature but no concrete evidence that it really exists. As mythical creatures go though it is the most interesting.

I think it's a great idea, but I don't live in an anti-gun state like Ohio. An SKS is a dangerous "assault weapon", especially with 30 round magazines... I think I'd go with a cheap old $100 Sears shotgun or something like a Ruger mini.

Chemical spill? Who will require shooting after a chemical spill?

Chemical spill? Who will require shooting after a chemical spill?

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Bureaucrats interfering with the clean up...?

Chemical spill? Who will require shooting after a chemical spill?

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Haven't seen "The Crazies" have you?

I kept an sks in my old farm truck for years. I found it took too long to get uncased, loaded, and ready to use on the occasional coyote or skunk.
I opted to carry my beloved Mk II .22 auto, holster, flashlite, compass, and Buck folder in my console. Three loaded mags in glovebox.
I am more inclined to pull out the .22 for use on about anything than I was to stop, get behind the seat, get the gun loaded and blaze away with the noisy 7.62X39.

my .02

Have you considered an ak Draco pistol? It shoots the same round, would be much more manueverable inside the vehicle and since it is classified as a handgun could be kept loaded in your vehicle.

Probably not legal there either:

ORC 2923.11 (C) “Handgun” means any of the following:

(1) Any firearm that has a short stock and is designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand;

Concealed carry licenses are good for handguns only.

Is this over the top behavor on my part ? am I the only one that thinks it might be a good ideal to leave such a riffle in a case behind his truck / car. Just in case.

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Go for it! A good idea.

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