tahunua001
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hello all,
few months back I challenged myself to make an evil black rifle for a price reasonably lower than a budget brand AR15. for the sake of science I wanted to keep it under $400. today I finally put the final touches on the rifle and it's for lack of a better word excellent.
any good rifle project requires a good base model to work around. for my purposes I chose the SKS. it's a time proven design and still quite affordable. I paid $239 for a 1959 Chinese type 56.
no EBR is complete with something black on it. for my build I chose a ramline stock. it fits the rifle like a glove though a little solder was necessary to help the handguard fit a little more snugly. normal retail price of the ramline is $60 but I managed to pick mine up for $20, we'll call it a going out of business sale.
an EBR does an 'ignorant right wing nutbag' no good at all if he/she can't hit what they're aiming at so I chose to give the sights a face lift with a Tech Sights TS200 aperture system. this system greatly improves the sight picture over the existing leaf sights and since they mount to the rear of the receiver instead of the front you get a much longer sight picture over an AR15 or AK47. also note that the TS200 has both windage and elevation adjustment. I sighted it in at 200 yards and regularly hit steel targets out to that range which is well beyond I originally thought possible based on experience with other combat designs chambered in 7.62x39mm. TS200 costs $59.
finally no EBR is complete without high capacity quick change magazines. I chose a tapco 20 rounder. it makes it very difficult to load from stripper clips but not impossible if you know what you're doing, I think I'll just load by hand like I would an AR or AK magazine. so far I've only put a single magazine though it to make sure it worked as so far it's 100%. magazine was $18.
final price tag is $336 plus assorted S&H charges which put actual price around $360.
NOTES:
1. please note that this rifle is fully 922R compliant as the removal of the handguard, stock, magazine body and follower drops the number of controlled Foreign manufactured parts down to 10. yugo SKS with the muzzle break will require either the break removed or an additional part exchanged with one made in the USA to be compliant.
2. I personally prefer the low capacity 10 round metal magazine to the 20 round tapco magazine as I loading from stippers is easier than single loading the larger mag. if I had multiple mags it would likely be a non-issue but for now it's slightly more of a hassle. I may buy a new trigger and sear down the line to allow me to switch back and forth between the metal and polymer mags but for now it's a very serviceable rifle.
3. tech sights do not shift POI during take down, they stay very much dialed in, despite having to be removed during takedown.
few months back I challenged myself to make an evil black rifle for a price reasonably lower than a budget brand AR15. for the sake of science I wanted to keep it under $400. today I finally put the final touches on the rifle and it's for lack of a better word excellent.
any good rifle project requires a good base model to work around. for my purposes I chose the SKS. it's a time proven design and still quite affordable. I paid $239 for a 1959 Chinese type 56.
no EBR is complete with something black on it. for my build I chose a ramline stock. it fits the rifle like a glove though a little solder was necessary to help the handguard fit a little more snugly. normal retail price of the ramline is $60 but I managed to pick mine up for $20, we'll call it a going out of business sale.
an EBR does an 'ignorant right wing nutbag' no good at all if he/she can't hit what they're aiming at so I chose to give the sights a face lift with a Tech Sights TS200 aperture system. this system greatly improves the sight picture over the existing leaf sights and since they mount to the rear of the receiver instead of the front you get a much longer sight picture over an AR15 or AK47. also note that the TS200 has both windage and elevation adjustment. I sighted it in at 200 yards and regularly hit steel targets out to that range which is well beyond I originally thought possible based on experience with other combat designs chambered in 7.62x39mm. TS200 costs $59.
finally no EBR is complete without high capacity quick change magazines. I chose a tapco 20 rounder. it makes it very difficult to load from stripper clips but not impossible if you know what you're doing, I think I'll just load by hand like I would an AR or AK magazine. so far I've only put a single magazine though it to make sure it worked as so far it's 100%. magazine was $18.
final price tag is $336 plus assorted S&H charges which put actual price around $360.
NOTES:
1. please note that this rifle is fully 922R compliant as the removal of the handguard, stock, magazine body and follower drops the number of controlled Foreign manufactured parts down to 10. yugo SKS with the muzzle break will require either the break removed or an additional part exchanged with one made in the USA to be compliant.
2. I personally prefer the low capacity 10 round metal magazine to the 20 round tapco magazine as I loading from stippers is easier than single loading the larger mag. if I had multiple mags it would likely be a non-issue but for now it's slightly more of a hassle. I may buy a new trigger and sear down the line to allow me to switch back and forth between the metal and polymer mags but for now it's a very serviceable rifle.
3. tech sights do not shift POI during take down, they stay very much dialed in, despite having to be removed during takedown.
