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I picked up a like new Norinco SKS today. it doesn't look like it has ever been fired. This one has a rubber buttplate attachment (which I removed) covering the stock one, some sort of muzzle flash attachment (removed) and a bipod that mounts to the bayonet pivot screw (also removed). It also came with the cleaning rod and the cleaning kit but it is minus a sling and any stripper clips. Also, when I removed the bipod, I no longer had a screw to secure the bayonet. I am using a machine screw temporarily. Does anyone know where I can get the screw I need? I guess I would need a washer to go with it or whatever it used stock to attach.

Also, I am new to SKS's so I am looking for good web resources. Can anyone help me out? I want to know everything from how to load and reload to how to completely strip one down. And any good sites selling parts and whatnot would also be appreciated.

Thanks!
 
just got it in my hands a few days ago, and have been rained out so not shot it... (had a yugo/blade, liked it, sold it,... wanted a chrome lined/spike)...

This one looks great, + matching numbers. I am planning on refinishing the original wood stock (mil/oiled), and i just ebayed a pachmayr slip-on recoil pad (small is the right size), and some stripper clips, also got a scoutscopes.com mount for my burris scout scope- if the rifle shoots as nice as the bore looks,... it should be a fantastic combo...

deciding on staining cherry red, or black? depends on what i can find i guess-
 
I just picked mine up for 80 bucks out the door. I was happy with that deal. Do you have to use stripperclips with these? How do you load them with and without stripper clips? Also, where is the best place to get the stripper clips?

Thanks.
 
Loading an SKS doesn't require strippers. You can charge the magazine one round at a time in the same manner that any other box mag is loaded. Using the clips just makes the process faster and better suited to military conditions. Being able to "top-off" a partial load with singles is gravy.

To load single rounds: Pull the operating handle back until the bolt/carrier locks. Place a cartridge into the magazine well making sure that the head is all the way back to the rear wall of the mag box. Push down until you feel it "snap" into place. Repeat up to 10X.

Strippers: Pull back handle as above. Insert clip into the charging guide on the bolt carrier. Push down on top round with thumb until all rounds are loaded. Remove the empty clip. Pull back the handle to release the bolt/carrier and let go. The recoil spring will return the bolt to battery, and the carbine is ready to fire.

Don't know the "best" source for strippers, but there are many e-tail and catalog outfits who have them. Haven't kept up with prices, as I'm still working with the lot of 500 I bought back in '89.

Vendors listed on the SKS board Ironballs listed should be able to provide any parts you need. Unless that machine screw has a metric thread, I wouldn't tighten it down. The thread pitch and diameter on even a seemingly close SAE item is different enough to mess up the threads in your mount.

Congrats on your bargain.
 
Try Tapco for stripper clips. I've had good success with them.
You can load without them, but having a few stripper clips makes loading much easier at the range.
 
I bought my strippers from www.cheaperthandirt.com . They also used to sell the chinese bayonet with the screw and spring included. I don't think it is legal to attach the bayonet to a Norinco though due do the definition of "assault rifle".

The stippers came in a package of 20 for a few bucks and the bayonet/screw/spring was $3-4.

I also used to buy my ammo from there. Always had good service and received my stuff in 9-10 days. Their ammo prices went up and they created some kind of "buyer's club" thing, so I stopped buying out of principal. Why should I have to join a club to get a "better" price that isn't as good as what they used to sell it for???

mole
 
mole said:
I bought my strippers from www.cheaperthandirt.com . They also used to sell the chinese bayonet with the screw and spring included. I don't think it is legal to attach the bayonet to a Norinco though due do the definition of "assault rifle".

mole
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Correct, it is against the law to attach a bayonet to any Chinese or Norinco SKS rifle. Really kinda stupid in my opinion, as how many drive-by bayonetings have you witnessed? Too, it's still perfectly legal for the Russian, Albanian, Yugoslavian, German, etc SKS' to keep their bayonets so long as Sec. 922R is observed to the letter. That means if you add or change one single item to your SKS (no matter it's origin) from it's as-imported parts, then you must comply with 922R.

It appears to me that this SKS was in violation on three counts; bayonet attached, flash-hider, and bipod, unless a certain number (I think seven, for the SKS) of parts were replaced with American made parts.
 
asknight said:
Correct, it is against the law to attach a bayonet to any Chinese or Norinco SKS rifle. Really kinda stupid in my opinion, as how many drive-by bayonetings have you witnessed? Too, it's still perfectly legal for the Russian, Albanian, Yugoslavian, German, etc SKS' to keep their bayonets so long as Sec. 922R is observed to the letter. That means if you add or change one single item to your SKS (no matter it's origin) from it's as-imported parts, then you must comply with 922R.

It appears to me that this SKS was in violation on three counts; bayonet attached, flash-hider, and bipod, unless a certain number (I think seven, for the SKS) of parts were replaced with American made parts.
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I don't know how adding a bayonet could be an issue since it was sold new with a bayonet. As far as I know, every SKS ever made except for the "paratroopers" were. In point of fact, this one has a bayonet on it, I was just missing the pivot screw.
 
Once the Bush Sr. 'sporting ban' went into place in 1989, the only way to get an SKS into the US was if the eeeevil bayonet was jettisoned or if the rifle was imported under the cover of C&R (which is how the recent-import Russian and Yugo SKS's came in complete with bayonet). Also note that the Norinco's were specifically singled out in a 'no Chinese weapon imports' ban signed by Clinton in 1994 and re-iterated by Bush Jr. in 2003. In sum, SKS's of any lineage imported prior to 1989 may have a bayonet. SKS's imported after 1989 may not unless they are C&R -or- unless they no longer are subject to the import regulations by being considered 'US made' via the 922(r) '10-foreign-parts-or-less' list.

This means that:
1) Since Norinco's cannot be imported under C&R status, Norinco's imported between 1989 and 1994 cannot have bayonets unless you play the parts game but Norinco's demonstrably imported prior to 1989 can have a bayonet.
2) Yugos and Russians and Romanians imported prior to 1989 can have bayonets as issued, but post-89 imports cannot have bayonets unless they are C&R (and remain in C&R status without any modifications to the rifle) or are no longer considered foreign-made under 922(r).
 
Something I learned from THR helped me in using my stripper clips more effectively. The ones sold by pretty much everyone(like Tapco) tend to be a little hard to work with. The last three or four rounds are a bugger to get in. So I use a pumping action. I pump downward enough to load four or five rounds, repeat until empty. Might help if you experience the same issues.

Surprised no one has mentioned http://www.simonov.net/ yet.
 
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