I got a heck of a deal on this sks from a friend. It had seen its better days for sure. When I picked it up it was more and less than I thought at the same time.
GOOD: numbers matching, front and rear flip up night sights, grenade launcher, decent wood, and bayonet.
BAD: It was not semi auto (had to pull the bolt back to chamber new round), to fix this, he soaked it in paint thinner for a week, no finish on stock, and very little finish on metal.
The next day my father had the gun apart and sanded the stock. He applied a nice dark stain and coated it with 3 coats of clear poly. Very nice. I have had good results with duracoat, so I rummaged around on the web and finally ordered the "wolf gray" color. I still have a sling and operating parts to install, but over all I think this will turn out to be a decent little noise maker. It sure looks good. No fancy plans for it other than to shoot it to my (and my fathers) hearts content. Call it bubba if you want, I'm not offended easily and I think it turned out to be a decent project gun for little investment. The pics really don't do the color combo justice.
GOOD: numbers matching, front and rear flip up night sights, grenade launcher, decent wood, and bayonet.
BAD: It was not semi auto (had to pull the bolt back to chamber new round), to fix this, he soaked it in paint thinner for a week, no finish on stock, and very little finish on metal.
The next day my father had the gun apart and sanded the stock. He applied a nice dark stain and coated it with 3 coats of clear poly. Very nice. I have had good results with duracoat, so I rummaged around on the web and finally ordered the "wolf gray" color. I still have a sling and operating parts to install, but over all I think this will turn out to be a decent little noise maker. It sure looks good. No fancy plans for it other than to shoot it to my (and my fathers) hearts content. Call it bubba if you want, I'm not offended easily and I think it turned out to be a decent project gun for little investment. The pics really don't do the color combo justice.