SKS resurrected!

harmoniums

I picked up a yugo M59/66 SKS barreled action.
I managed to get my hands on an M59 halfway decent stock thats been cleaned up and varnished.
I added a scout scope mount that replaces the rear sight from scoutscopes.com
Its been topped with a 4x pistol scope from Nikon.
I'm really liking this setup for hogs



heres a close up of the scope mount, its rock solid, probably the best mount for an SKS without drill and tapping.



I've got a muzzle brake from ricksmuzzlebreaks.com coming in on monday or so, until then thats a thread protector from a VZ58

poulo6.5

harmoniums wrote: »

I picked up a yugo M59/66 SKS barreled action.
I managed to get my hands on an M59 halfway decent stock thats been cleaned up and varnished.
I added a scout scope mount that replaces the rear sight from scoutscopes.com
Its been topped with a 4x pistol scope from Nikon.
I'm really liking this setup for hogs



excellent what cal is that, where do you do your hog shooting

José Alaninho

7.62x39 poulo, unless it's been rechambered (never heard of that myself )

Edit: fcuking beautiful machine dude, how much did it set you back altogether? Heard they're cheap enough stateside.

harmoniums

José Alaninho wrote: »

7.62x39 poulo, unless it's been rechambered (never heard of that myself )

Edit: fcuking beautiful machine dude, how much did it set you back altogether? Heard they're cheap enough stateside.

Correct, 762x39, the HPs do a quick clean job on the pigs.
I shoot them in Texas, they're considered vermin there.

The sks barreled receiver was $90, I then spend a further 40 for the trigger group 20 on a bolt and carrier and had a spar gas system lying about
the stock was 50.

So thats 200 for the rifle.
The scope mount was 60 and the scope was 150

so $410 all told

José Alaninho

Epic price to be fair, I forgot you could just buy all the components over there and build it yourself. Good way to go.

....so how did you go about emigrating again?

harmoniums

José Alaninho wrote: »

Epic price to be fair, I forgot you could just buy all the components over there and build it yourself. Good way to go.

....so how did you go about emigrating again?

H1B, I work in Semiconductors

Slav

Very nice SKS! Scout mount seems to be a great idea.

harmoniums wrote: »

H1B

Did you go the hunting licence route or got the Attorney General waiver? Is it straightforward and easy for non-immigrant aliens in Texas?

harmoniums

Slav wrote: »

Very nice SKS! Scout mount seems to be a great idea.


Did you go the hunting licence route or got the Attorney General waiver? Is it straightforward and easy for non-immigrant aliens in Texas?

I've got a green card now.
Unsure about hunting on a visa.
On the 03FFL form (a license to buy and sell collectables and curios) theres a section for non-immigrants to fill out, so I guess they can buy guns.

Slav

harmoniums wrote: »

I've got a green card now.
Unsure about hunting on a visa.
On the 03FFL form (a license to buy and sell collectables and curios) theres a section for non-immigrants to fill out, so I guess they can buy guns.

I see! Sorry, I was confused by H1B.