SKS Accuracy ?

ONG · May 2002

What size groups are you able to get with your SKS? Have you made any modifications to your to rifle to improve it?

ONG

Shootist3006 · May 2002

SKS Accuracy???? Isn't that an
OXYMORON ????

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thesoundguy1 · May 2002

Remember,an SKS is a battle rifle.They are going to come-up short if
you are expecting tight groupings,at any significant distance.What this gun is designed to do is deliver an "accurate enough"kill shot
in a typical battlefield situation,(typically 300 meters).Being an SKS owner myself,I would not recomend the firearm for hunting,
although I know several people who do hunt successfully with SKS's.
Because of the relative marginal accuracy of this gun,it's my opinion
that putting a high power scope on an SKS,is like putting Pirrelli tires on a Yugo!
Here is a resonable enough desciption of the accuracy of my SKS.
I take orange dome,clay targets and place them at varing distances
out to 100 yrds.,and hit each one with a single shot,(using the stock
sights).The longer the distances,the more follow-up shots I need.
I hope this has been a help.

ONG · May 2002

Thanks Sound Guy, I talked to one fellow that (said) he was shooting 1 1/2" groups at 100 yards with his SKS. I was not getting that done with either one of mine and I was wondering what other people were experiencing.

ONG

Boomerang · May 2002

Well... the Pirrelli tires on my Corvair sure made a difference.

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Mobuck · May 2002

You guys can chuckle if you want, but if you get an sks with a good bore that the chrome hasn't started to peel out of, 1 1/2 " groups are definitely possible. The biggest problem is the trigger.

Mobuck

Teamblue · May 2002

I have a Chinese SKS I purchased new (cosmoline) in 1991. It shoots consistent 1.5" to 2" groups at 100 yds. with open sights. Always has. I have taken 3 Missouri whitetails with it, a coyote, and several wild cats. The only modification is the rubber stock extension which helps considerably.

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ysacres · May 2002

I have two SKS's one drives tacks, I could hunt deer sized game at 150 yrd's,with it. The other Im sure I could hit an bear at 50 yds but would not recomnend it.

The modifications I made were to grind all the crap off the bottom of the barrel, i.e. bayont lug's, cleaning rod guide, and sling loop, add a sporter synthic stock, that has sling swivel studs.

A hot barrel, is a warm fuzzy feeling.

ONG · May 2002

Mobuck,

Did you work on the trigger or learn to live with it? I appreciate your help guys. Knowing that 1 1/2 groups are possible gives me a goal.

ONG

Shootist3006 · May 2002

MrMike, sorry to hear about your SKS, maybe some trigger work or bedding will help. While there may be 1 or 2 accurate SKS's in the world, most aren't. As Mobuck says quote:but if you get an sks with a good bore that the chrome hasn't started to peel out of, 1 1/2 " groups are definitely possible. The biggest problem is the trigger. and if 1 and 1/2 inch groups are only 'possible' with a 'good bore that hasn't started pealing, i will repeat
SKS Accuracy???? Isn't that an
OXYMORON ????

Quod principi placuit legis habet vigorem.Semper Fidelis

ONG · May 2002

Shootist 3006,

Them that can, do, those that can't, consult. I was only trying to find out what other people are experiencing. Do you have any experience with an SKS or do you only make disparaging remarks about other peoples questions? Appreciate your input though, it helps me explain to my kids the saying about "Don't flaunt your ignorance."

The Eyes deceive, but the nose knows.

Shootist3006 · May 2002

Dear ong, please read the above postings. From that reading you should be able to discern that I have never seen an accurate SKS and that the other postings all support that opinion.

You might ask those kids for help with the multi-syllable words though.

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ONG · May 2002

Shootist 3006,

If you would have read my initial question, What size groups? means what size groups 4" or 4' not how accurate compared to a tack driver. Accurate for a SKS may be 6" groups at 100 yards. I don't know, that is why I asked the question. Obviously you do not know the answer. I do not know it either. That is why I asked..Why did you answer?
ONG

leeblackman · May 2002

I guess its like any other mass produced military quality gun, sometimes you get a shooter sometimes you don't.

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Diesel Dummy · May 2002

Damn! I'm impressed shootpiss3006! The man asked a simple question, you obviousily don't have an answer so you respond with bull$hit. What crawled up your * and died? Whip out the Websters and lay some words on us to cover your ignorance. In case you haven't figured it out yet: semi-auto military rifles were NOT designed or built for accuracy.

Shootist3006 · May 2002

Diesel, I beg to differ with you when you say quote:semi-auto military rifles were NOT designed or built for accuracy. If you were to rephrase that to "communist" military rifles I might agree but looking at the Garand, the M-14, the FN/FAL, the H&K93 and even the Hakim(just to name a few) it would seem that these were designed for accuracy. As for as grouping the SKS, you don't shoot it for groups you treat it like a shotgun and you shoot for pattern - if you can keep 90% in a 30" circle it is a good one.

But now you do have me wondering, how do you convince people to go into combat with a rifle that was not designed to shoot straight ???

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kimberkid · May 2002

As to your question, I have a 1951 Russian that shoots a 4-6" group at 200yds, average about 1.5-3" at 100yds, shooting S&B or surplus ammo, this is acceptable for a battle rifle, for some it's acceptable for hunting. As an general purpose tool they are dependable, light weight, easy to handle and cheap to shoot. It has provided me with hours and hours of plinking enjoyment ...

As to the rest of the "discussion" ... I'm not interested ... It is what it is.

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Edited by - kimberkid on 05/05/2002 09:57:50

Mobuck · May 2002

ong,

I've had 2 trigger jobs from different shops. The one done someplace out east got to doubling pretty often and I sold it to a guy that liked that sort of thing to happen. The last job was from a place in colorado (Montrose I think). I haven't seen them advertise lately. It produced a good 4# pull with 100% reliability so far. This place sometimes has a small box ad in Shotgun News. I think there is a website related to sks's that might help you out. Just remember that after doning anything to the fire control system on any semi auto type rifle, load only one to start with and then 2 until you're sure of the job. Uncontrolled full auto is not what you want to happen.

Mobuck

idsman75 · May 2002

Shootist--That's "multi-syllabic"

SSG idsman75, U.S. ARMY

beachmaster73 · May 2002

Shootist......X-Ring!!! Some people just don't get it. Beach

beachmaster73 · May 2002

Shootist...Oh yeah....I really loved the big red letters you typed GARAND!!!!! Maybe somebody will get a hint.....maybe not! Beach

Shootist3006 · May 2002

Beach, I doubt it. Some folks have to be hit over the head with a 2X4 just to get a slight hint (Where is Mrs. Beast when you need a 2X4). I suspect Mrmike will burn out shortly anyway, boy has got to work on his sense of humor just a bit.

quote:ask the vietnam vets in the forum if there dead and wounded honorable comrades in arms thought the sks was so ineffective

I don't know about the rest of the vets here but I always preferred to run into those folks armed with SKS's rather that AK's Of course there weren't many of them around after '64 or '65 (at least not in I Corps)

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beachmaster73 · May 2002

Shootist.....do you still compete? Reason I ask is that my brother shoots a Navy Mark 2 M1 in service rifle competition in the Southern California area and I wondered if you might have run into him....How ever he is thinking of going over to the dark side after what I shot last week. I shot a 94-2X offhand, a 97-5X rapid sitting, and a 96-0X(go figure..no X's) rapid prone with an match AR. I wouldn't give the AR back to the cadets....damn at my old age that black rifle doesn't bounce you around like an M1 or an M1A.....I'm becoming a convert to the dark side. Beach

Shootist3006 · May 2002

Beach, no I haven't competed in several years (since the bypass surgery). For shame, moving to the dark side!!!! I always had trouble prone with those black guns, the high sight plane and too many years of spot-welding keeps me form finding a solid prone position. Will agree that they are more fun to shoot offhand but (when I last played with them) were terribly inaccurate. Hell, in the mid-60's I once wasted 2 magazines trying to hit a crow at 400 yards!!!

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TLynn · May 2002

Shootist3006 - oh I don't know that the accuracy is bad on an SKS. My Norinco shoots very well out to 100 yards+ (I'm just not good beyond that without a scope). Very accurate - bullets go just where you aim and in tight groups. Since my other SKS is also Chinese and looks like the sights on it are correct and everything is pretty much unused inside (I swear they didn't shoot it much) I'll bet it will be just as accurate. And my first chinese SKS was also as accurate as the Norinco.

I can see shooting my SKS's accurately out to 150-175 yards - after that I wouldn't guarantee them to be accurate but then again they were not designed for really long distances.

SKS Accuracy ?

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