-=> Quoting Carlos Martinez to John Sandow on 06-23-96  01:52 <=-
 Re: match grade
 JS> The conversion really only consists of removing the fixed
 JS> magazine.  I
 JS> think you have to yank out the trigger mechanism to do so.  The
 JS> removable
 JS> magazines I have require the bolt to be pulled back to pull the
 JS> out, not really a problem unless you count your rounds and like
 JS> to swap
 JS> before the last one or two bullets are out...
 CM> why do you swap before the last bullets are out????.....(you are an
 CM> oracle of gun knowledge!! (:  ).....
If you're actually in battle or some such, you'd want to be able to swap
magazines before you actually fire your last round so that you don't have
to be concerned about releasing the bolt once you reload.
A friend of mine is a retired Army Ranger. He tells us that in his M-16
they used to make the third-from-last round a tracer so that they didn't
have to count. When they see the tracer, they grab a fresh magazine.
Don't know why it was third from last - I suppose if you're firing burst
on an M-16 you're less likely to actually "shoot dry" that way.
 JS> shoots better than I do, perhaps if I get glasses so I can use
 JS> the iron
 JS> sights better I might be able to challenge the gun's accuracy.
 CM> I've seen iron sights and heard the term but did not know that's what
 CM> they were.......I'll tell ya how I like the SKS....so let me get this
 CM> right...do you have detachable magazines on your SKS?...if you do how
 CM> much did the kit cost and where did you get it?...
The term "iron sights" refers to any type of sights without lenses. No
laser, no magnifying scopes, no red dot scopes, nor these new
"holosights". Just a groove-and-post sight, an apperture (peep) sight,
etc.
I saw someone hit a metallic silhouette at 1000 yards 5 out of 5 this
weekend with an SKS (just for fun, of course). Using a stock Russian SKS
which he'd sighted in beforehand. The numbers on the tangent were off -
he had to set it at about 650 on the slider, not 1000 - but since he'd
sighted it in he knew where to put it.
So, at least some of those SKSs out there are credible "sniper" rifles.
*I'm* not that good, even prone, but I do okay.
Steve
... License Plate Frame:  My other auto is an SKS.
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