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A while back, I bought an old Chinese Norinco SKS at a pawn shop. It had been partially modernized (ie: bayonet removed; vented hand guard replacing the original wood hand guard; fixed 10 shot magazine replaced with a removable 5 shot). I shot this one for a while and it's a shooter for sure. I decided that it would be fun to update fully (translation: Lets Bubba the sucker!!). Typically, I would never mess with an original SKS as I think they are a wonderful looking weapon. Missus Chugger has an all matching numbers SKS that is beautiful and shoots like a dream.
Anyhow, this is what the rifle looked like before I started:
This where I am at so far:
The changes are:
Tapco T6 stock w/ lower rail in Dark Earth color
Tapco butt pad
Tapco 20 round removable magazine (I bought 2)
Tapco High Visibility Sight Pin set
NCStar Pin-on Muzzle Brake
Hogue Slip-on Handgrip
The T6 stock came with a composite hand guard, but I have decided to leave it off. I like the look of the vented metal hand guard. Plus, I can use it to grate cheese in a pinch
The sight pin is not as High Visibility as I had hoped. My eyes are just not as sharp as they once were, so Ill probably swap this pin out for a fiber optic type.
Some additions Ill probably add are:
Anyhow, this is what the rifle looked like before I started:
This where I am at so far:
The changes are:
Tapco T6 stock w/ lower rail in Dark Earth color
Tapco butt pad
Tapco 20 round removable magazine (I bought 2)
Tapco High Visibility Sight Pin set
NCStar Pin-on Muzzle Brake
Hogue Slip-on Handgrip
The T6 stock came with a composite hand guard, but I have decided to leave it off. I like the look of the vented metal hand guard. Plus, I can use it to grate cheese in a pinch
The sight pin is not as High Visibility as I had hoped. My eyes are just not as sharp as they once were, so Ill probably swap this pin out for a fiber optic type.
Some additions Ill probably add are:
- A folding bipod that attaches to the unused bayonet lug
- A folding foregrip to attach to the front rail.
- Some type of optics and a mount that will still allow for the use of the open sights, probably Choate as I dont mind drilling and tapping this gun.
- A sling (suggestions?)
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