-=> Quoting John Sandow to Steve Gunhouse on 14 May 96  08:23 <=-
 Re: SKS replacement magazines 
 SG>I've never wanted to mess around with the replacement magazines.
 JS> It took a little bit of tuning, but they are all working fine now. 
 JS> Can I  interest you in some stripper clips then?  :-)
No thanks. I'm in the process of selling my SKS as it is, by the time you 
mailed them here I'd have no use for them. (Not that I really wanted to 
sell it, but a friend decided he preferred mine to his - mostly because I 
have an apperture sight.) Besides, I have about 30 or so. Enough for a 
small war! ;-)
 SG>As described in the Rifleman a couple of years ago, according to the ATF
 SG>if you replace the magazine with a detachable then you need to:
 SG>  a) Replace the stock with a thumbhole or Monte Carlo, and
 SG>  b) Cut or grind off the bayonet lug
 JS> I think I remember the SKS issue, I'll see if I can't find it.  I've
 JS> already done the above items, I can see how they make the gun so much 
 JS> more deadly...  
No one ever said that laws (whether from Washington or anyplace else) 
were logical. Why does a bayonet lug make something less "sporting"? 
Especially as you aren't allowed to install the bayonet anyway. And I 
really can't see that the original stock is any less sporting because it 
lacks a cheekpiece or thumbhole. It's the performance which makes it 
sporting, and also which makes it more deadly.
Somewhere I still have the article. I clipped and saved it when I threw 
out the rest. Unfortunately, I don't know precisely where it is at this 
point. But it was in the fall of '94, I think.
 SG>Well, you seem to have taken care of part a) above anyway!
 
 SG>I have a synthetic Monte Carlo stock made by Combat Exchange which at
 SG>least doesn't have your problem - it's lighter than the original.
 JS> You would have to go and tell me that...  Well, at least mine shoots
 JS> nice  and comfy, not a heck of a lot more subjective recoil than a
 JS> factory  10/22...  Seems like I enjoy that sks more every time I shoot
 JS> it.
Well, if you had one of the "red" stocks, that might not be surprising. 
My original was solid wood, and my synthetic is, well, plastic. So it is 
lighter, and perhaps also stronger.
I'm still not much of a shooter. But it was more accurate with the 
replacement. And the apperture sight didn't hurt either. (I can just 
align that better than I can a groove.)
Besides, if I need a rifle which isn't "politically correct", I have a 
better candidate at hand. I'm not really losing anything by selling it to 
my friend, but it is a nice gun. Of course, he agrees. ;-)
Steve
... Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
--- GEcho 1.00
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