Finally got the SKS cleaned up and ready to shoot

[davepool]

Bought this 6 years ago for $169, factory refurbished un issued Yugo 59/66, new beechwood stock and barrel.

Soaked the metal in mineral spirits for a week to get all the cosmoline out of the nooks and crannies, what a pain, but it's absolutely de-gunked.

I set the stock out in the warm 112* AZ sun for a week to draw the cosmoline out of the wood, and then soaked it in lacquer thinner for 4 days, finally got it all leeched out. It's amazing how much of that cosmoline soaked into the pores of the wood.

Put a firing pin kit in it from Murrey's Gunsmithing in Texas. 4x scope and dust cover mount from Cabelas, $99.

Applied 3 coats of medium walnut danish oil and 5 coats of clear urethane. Haven't fired it yet, and not to sure how well the scope will hold zero, not the best mounting platform on the dust cover







So, can i be in the SKS club now?

[Silentkilla01]

You got my vote friend! That is nice! Let us know how the mount for the scope does. I've never had luck with one that attached to the top cover but maybe what you have will work. Let us know.

[btcave]

That is beautiful!

[alismith]

That's too pretty to shoot.

[Schuetzenman]

That's too pretty to shoot.

Yes, yes it is!

[Adog]

Awesome, looks brand new.
Those scope mounts can be a pain unless you get one that fits tight.

[davepool]

Awesome, looks brand new.
Those scope mounts can be a pain unless you get one that fits tight.

I hope so. I had to do a little filling on the lugs on the front of the dust cover to get the pin to line up with the receiver, it is a very snug fit. We'll see how it is after a couple hundred rounds.

With the new barrel and stock it is basically a new unfired 60 year old rifle

[alismith]

I hope so. I had to do a little filling on the lugs on the front of the dust cover to get the pin to line up with the receiver, it is a very snug fit. We'll see how it is after a couple hundred rounds.

With the new barrel and stock it is basically a new unfired 60 year old rifle

So, in other words, you have a used "virgin" rifle... (A lot of women act the same way.)

[l921428x]

That's too pretty to shoot.

makes a nice putter, if you like golf.

ain't nuttin too pretty too shoot, maybe too pretty to drop.

good job!

after looking at the pics again, ahhh I am kinda wondering, what is under the cover behind it? sumpin you hidin from us?

[Aggressive Perfector]

Sure does look good!

[Helen Keller]

I had one of those scope mounts before, I lost it really quick.


Best scoped sks is the cowboy companion ( now $$$$$ ) or finding one that had the side rail installed on it.

[imanaknut]

Wood looks great! And now let the fun begin.

[davepool]

Wood looks great! And now let the fun begin.

There were a lot of small dings and dents in the stock from handling. A side benefit of soaking it the lacquer thinner was that it raised the wood in these areas and they all disappeared after sanding it down, stock is perfectly smooth.

[davepool]

I had one of those scope mounts before, I lost it really quick.


Best scoped sks is the cowboy companion ( now $$$$$ ) or finding one that had the side rail installed on it.

Yea, i don't have much hope for it, but it's high enough to co-witness the irons when it wiggles loose.

[davepool]

makes a nice putter, if you like golf.

ain't nuttin too pretty too shoot, maybe too pretty to drop.

good job!

after looking at the pics again, ahhh I am kinda wondering, what is under the cover behind it? sumpin you hidin from us?

It's a pile of dirty dishes, i just flipped the table cloth over.

Hey it ain't my job to clear the table, that's wimmens werk, us manly men do more important things like drink beer and fart

[rci2950]

nice one. you never see the yugo sks around here. mostly chinese and some russian. i am envious

[az_paul]

Congrats on a beautiful job!