Beater SKS

[johntheplinker]

Well in truth I blame the OP for alot of the confusion.. Took forever to get photos out of him for key parts of the rifle. He was told by a learned member in the 1st page how to clean it up.. But instead of doing it the easy fast way, he takes extra time with some kind of "mother earth" melt with the sun process.. Some folks will do anything take a 1 page thread and stretch it out to 7+.

Nothing wrong with that! Good to see an oldie for a change instead of the latest plastic fantastic!

 

[johntheplinker]

If it could we'd need sub-titles. It would be something like, "HEY, GET THAT ALBANIAN IDIOT WITH THE KNIFE THE **** AWAY FROM ME!!" in Chinese.

嘿，得到阿尔巴尼亚人与刀子一起发现我的地狱！

No, I don't know Chinese. Google translate so if its wrong, 咬我.

 

[KellyinAvon]

嘿，得到阿尔巴尼亚人与刀子一起发现我的地狱！

No, I don't know Chinese. Google translate so if its wrong, 咬我.

It seems to lose something in translation.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

嘿，得到阿尔巴尼亚人与刀子一起发现我的地狱！

No, I don't know Chinese. Google translate so if its wrong, 咬我.

That was brilliant!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

It seems to lose something in translation.

Yeah, if you go in reverse (Chinese to English) you get "Hey, get the Albanians and my knife to discover my hell!" But even better, it has a "Did you mean (chinese characters)?" If you click on that, you get "Hey, get Albanians and monkeys to discover my hell!"

Ima gonna go find a rifle and carve that second one on it!

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

I liked the "Bite Me!" tag. Had to rep that one!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I liked the "Bite Me!" tag. Had to rep that one!

Yep, that one was accurate!

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So I just got done loading up 10 stripper clips and decided to try the "quick and dirty" method of loading the rifle. Basically you just open up the mag well, drop in 10 rounds and close the mag well. Worked like a charm! I may have loaded my last stripper clips.

 

[indy1919a4]

I may have loaded my last stripper clips.

Oh Hell, I have tried to go cold turkey and get that monkey off my back before, But just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Stripper clips do have their place. Like keeping an open bag of strippers fresh longer. Nobody likes stale strippers.

 

[indy1919a4]

So I just got done loading up 10 stripper clips and decided to try the "quick and dirty" method of loading the rifle. Basically you just open up the mag well, drop in 10 rounds and close the mag well. Worked like a charm! I may have loaded my last stripper clips.

So which is faster, to load from the bottom??? Or load from a stripper clip from the top???

 

[DoggyDaddy]

So which is faster, to load from the bottom??? Or load from a stripper clip from the top???

Faster with the stripper clip, as long as you have the stripper clip loaded already. I will say that it's much faster loading the rifle that way than it is to load a stripper clip.

 

[indy1919a4]

Faster with the stripper clip, as long as you have the stripper clip loaded already. I will say that it's much faster loading the rifle that way than it is to load a stripper clip.

are you counting the time you are spending organizing your ammo from your pocket while you are dropping it in from the bottom???

 

[DoggyDaddy]

Yes. Well, organizing it from the box actually, but still yes. And to load a stripper clip, you still have to organize the rounds so they're all pointing in the same direction, yes? Next time we go to the range, I will have you load an empty stripper clip, and I'll load the rifle from the bottom and see who wins.

 

[indy1919a4]

Yes. Well, organizing it from the box actually, but still yes. And to load a stripper clip, you still have to organize the rounds so they're all pointing in the same direction, yes? Next time we go to the range, I will have you load an empty stripper clip, and I'll load the rifle from the bottom and see who wins.

To be fair, are you going to start from a sealed box of ammo or loose rounds in the Packet????

Hey ever consider a hy-breed idea and feed the rounds in the bottom with you stripping them off the stripper clip yourself???

 

[DoggyDaddy]

To be fair, are you going to start from a sealed box of ammo or loose rounds in the Packet????

Hey ever consider a hy-breed idea and feed the rounds in the bottom with you stripping them off the stripper clip yourself???

We can do it however you want. From the box, or 10 rounds laying on the shooting bench (each), or 10 rounds in each of one of our pockets. But no, I haven't considered loading from the bottom with the stripper clip because that seems like it would be defeating the purpose.

 

[indy1919a4]

But no, I haven't considered loading from the bottom with the stripper clip because that seems like it would be defeating the purpose.

Thats because you have to learn....

 

[DoggyDaddy]

But it's still a box magazine, so I must think inside the box to make it work.

 

[indy1919a4]

But it's still a box magazine, so I must think inside the box to make it work.

 

[wally05]

I really like SKSs. I'd like to pick one up again someday. I had a Russian one about 10 years ago and I miss it. That stock has a lot of "character".