mljdeckard
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I finally finished my SHTF/HD/Load across the handlebars of the ATV for coyotes rifle.
Started with a Yugo SKS, added the Tapco compliance kit. I put on the Tech Sight, and had to file about 3mm off of the stock behind the receiver for it to fit. (The instructions say that you can take it on and off and it will return to zero, but I don't plan on finding out. I'll spray it out with gunscrubber, let it dry, oil it, and call it good.) Beware that putting on the SAW grip makes the trigger group semi-permanent. (You have to unscrew the handle to get the trigger group out again.) I had to have a friend put it in a barrel vise to get the grenade launcher orr, then I screwed the muzzle brake on with some blue loc-tite, it seems to be holding fine so far. The barrel shroud and op-rod housing needed a gunsmith to take the ferrule off and mount it on the new composite one. (At least, someone who was more of a gunsmith than I am.) The hard part was to get the old rear sight off. It took me and a big guy at Impact to hold the leaf spring down to pop it out. The replacement pin slides in easily, and stays snug with the push rod and spring in place under it.
Next steps, more 20 rd mags, probably cut off the grenade launcher sight, (I'm fresh out of Russian rifle grenades) and Duracoat ACU pattern. (I'll test the process on some lesser Han Solos before I perfect the process and reset the chamber for the real Luke Skywalker. I may be offering friends the service as well to justify the setup cost.
Started with a Yugo SKS, added the Tapco compliance kit. I put on the Tech Sight, and had to file about 3mm off of the stock behind the receiver for it to fit. (The instructions say that you can take it on and off and it will return to zero, but I don't plan on finding out. I'll spray it out with gunscrubber, let it dry, oil it, and call it good.) Beware that putting on the SAW grip makes the trigger group semi-permanent. (You have to unscrew the handle to get the trigger group out again.) I had to have a friend put it in a barrel vise to get the grenade launcher orr, then I screwed the muzzle brake on with some blue loc-tite, it seems to be holding fine so far. The barrel shroud and op-rod housing needed a gunsmith to take the ferrule off and mount it on the new composite one. (At least, someone who was more of a gunsmith than I am.) The hard part was to get the old rear sight off. It took me and a big guy at Impact to hold the leaf spring down to pop it out. The replacement pin slides in easily, and stays snug with the push rod and spring in place under it.
Next steps, more 20 rd mags, probably cut off the grenade launcher sight, (I'm fresh out of Russian rifle grenades) and Duracoat ACU pattern. (I'll test the process on some lesser Han Solos before I perfect the process and reset the chamber for the real Luke Skywalker. I may be offering friends the service as well to justify the setup cost.