I want to hunt with my SKS........

[HouseofCash]

........but, I needed some of your guys info.

Im tryn to set up my sks for hunting. I have the 59/66 Yugo. I have removed the bayo, but, I left the lug and mounted a bi-pod on it. I also knocked out the pin for the nade sight and took that off. I saved all the parts and they can be put right back on. I do not want to change any thing on the rifle that I cant put back. The rifle is/was unissued and is in awesome shape, so I do not want to break it now.  :? But, I hunt with every thing I have, or at lest try to.

So, what I was woundering, is the after market parts worth it? I was thinking about the replacing the upper cover with one that was ready to mount with a scope and had rings. Like this....

http://www.thecountryshed.com/sks_mounts.htm

....I was thinking of the second one down.

Also what about the after market stocks? Are they good fitting? Do they really just drop in? And, if they do, how do you get the handgard off the gas tub for the new one to match the new stock? I was thining about some of these....

http://www.thecountryshed.com/sks_stocks.htm

Also is this worth it?

http://www.tickbitesupply.com/sks.html

Look down the page a little. Im talking about the Yugo sks gas tub for $39.99. Would the bigger gauge make a differance? Or should I get it with a stock, so I dont mess up my wood handgard?

So, any how what should I get and what do I not need. I also picked up a 5 round mag. today, at the gun shop. After reading another post here, I guessed it would be the best thing to do.

Keep in mind, all I really want is a good scoped hunter. Mostly for yotes and deer at a 100 yard max, some boar too. I know there are better guns to use, I have better guns to use, but I hunt with every thing I have.

I was thinking mostly of just upgrading my handgard to the one noted and scoping it. I like the stock and it fits great as is. I would like to camo it though, but, that would mess up putting it back stock if I ever wanted to later.

Okay guys Im rambling. What do you all think I should do?

                             Dave.

[Badnews Bob]

Get some 154gr softpoint bullets, Leave everything else alone and go hunt with it. They work great that way.

[patm41]

you will find that 90% of the scope mounts  for a sks are trashy and wont hold a zero..  learn to use the iron sites ... Down here in Texas the sks is a popular wild hog gun .. for short range hunting ...  not accurate enough
for any longrange shots and thats to be expected with a SKS ..

[1911crazy]

The average sks will group around 1 1/2" to 2" with the right ammo on a good day with little wind at 100yds.  With a good scopemount and all tricked out it should group under 1" easily i've been there.  Now there is a reciever cover that is made oversize with scopemount so it has to be fitted tight because most of the others are loose and you end up with a wandering zero too.  You want the tighter over sized scopemount.  Using an sks with a scope you will need a shell deflector too it keeps the empty shells off the scope.  The stock is optional too while i like the look of the real wood orginal stock the monte carlo or sporter stock may suit your needs in foul weather too.  (wet)                                 BigBill

Years ago there was a side mounted scopemount that was very secure but you knotched out the stock for it since sales and stock of it ranout I haven't seen it again.

[Longcruise]

We killed four hogs with sks a few years ago and believe it or not, the hollowpoint ammo worked the best.  One hit with the Wolf 154 grain did not die the way we wanted it too   The 154 separated fromn the jacket and made a near 90 degree turn in the hog :shock:   The hollow points went straight through, didn't disintegrate and left exit holes about the size of a quarter.  I would not hesitate to use them on deer, and just may do that this year :-)

I'd use the sp or hollowpoint ammo or load some of your own 150 grain hunting bullets.  Nice thin about the Yugo is the gas cut off so you can manually eject and not have to chase your reloadable brass :grin:

[rockbilly]

:lol: For many years the an old Winchester 30-30 hung in the rack in my pickup.  About ten years ago, I replaced it with an SKS, keep one 30 round mag in the gun and another full mag in the door pock of the truck.  The SKS is great for working on wild dogs, coyotes, bob cats, etc.  And the great thing about it, I don't have to worry about running out of ammo.

Every SKS I own was a shooter right out of the box.  The truck gun shoots 2-3 inch group with open sights at 50-75 yards.  That's not bad for old eyes. And there have been a few West Texas hogs and white tails taken with it.  I'm shooting a 154 gr soft point for everything.

If you just remember, it's not a .270, 30-06, and won't perform to that standard.  But it will take white tails, hogs and cats, yotes out to about 100 yards.

[New Hampshire]

Forget a scope and try this:
http://www.tech-sights.com/

Ive heard first hand stories of how wonderful they are.
Brian M.

[Bama76]

Houseof Cash, how hard was it to get the GL pin out and remove the launcher? I thought it was pinned AND forced/pressed on. If not, I wish I had known and I wouldn't have sold my Yugo! :evil:

Mike

[HouseofCash]

Houseof Cash, how hard was it to get the GL pin out and remove the launcher? I thought it was pinned AND forced/pressed on. If not, I wish I had known and I wouldn't have sold my Yugo!  

I did not remove the launcher it self. I just took off the launcher sight. Yes the launcher it self is pinned and pressed on. They are a BEAR to get off, so, I just left it.

              Dave.

[Longcruise]

I saw an article on surplusrifle.com about taking the Yugo grenade launcher off.  It was pinned and threaded.  Had thought about using a hack saw and recrowning on mine but have done nothing yet and probably will leave it alone and get another sks for hunting.

[cma g21]

The only SKS mount I've been able to get to hold a zero is the B-Square.

[Longcruise]

I have a chinese repl top cover and a bsa red dot on mine right now.  The system works great but the red dot is starting to act up and turn off and on on it's own occasionally.  It holds zero just fine and the chinese cover needed a bit of filing for a good fit which of course is better than a loose fit!

I'm going to get a mojo rear sight for it and stay with it.  It's not optical but they work great on my Mosin and k31 for both paper and hunting.

[Cottonwood]

Forget a scope and try this:
http://www.tech-sights.com/

Ive heard first hand stories of how wonderful they are.
Brian M.

Yep, no complaints and returns and hold zero as stated by the company.  This target was shot for group size of 5 rounds, before windage adjustment.

[1911crazy]

I just mounted an AKS scopemount on my sks and it has a lower base mount the same as a mosin nagant sniper setup its rock solid.  The upper part of it is solid too and the base has the tip adjustment so you can tilt the scope parallel to the bore after the base is fixed to the reciever too so any slight error in mounting can be fixed/adjusted properly.  This seems to be the best one so far that i have seen for $19.95? The only drawback is the stock has to be notched out for the base.  You can mount it flush with the reciever cover split line and it seems to still have room to take the reciever cover off without disturbing the scope or mount and that  has been my gripe ever since trying to scope an sks I want to beable to service and maintain the gun without removing or resighting in the scope over and over. It just makes sense to me and its a rock solid mount too its going to hold a zero for eons.

Go to; www.polytechparts.com  then click on; "shop now" then schroll down to; Scopemount AKS Sidemount 500-016  $19.95

[Robert357]

I own two SKS rifles.  One is stock and one is tricked out for hunting.  Actually, it was a "bribe" to convince my youngest son to take hunter saftey training class.  At the range I belong to they have a hunter training/saftey coures (required by the state to get a hunting license) that requres one to fire either a rifle of 6mm caliber or better, a shotgun, or bow& arrow at a target with a minimum proficiency.  For the shot gun you need to break a certain amount of clays at the trap range, for the rifle you need to put three of three rounds within the numbered portion of a standard target at 50 yards.
 
I took one of my two SKS rifles, and installed a DC Engineering scope mount system.  I choose the DC Engineering system that mounted the scope the closest to the barrel.  I studied various scope mounts and found the DC Engineering to be one of the best.  It required a little fiting, but has held its zero very well.
 
http://www.simonov.net/mounts.htm
 
I then installed a Tasco Red Dot site, rather than a regular telescopic sight.  The SKS is really a 100 yard or less hunting round and in Western Washington, where I live most shots at small deer are not all that far.  Therefore, a Red Dot with quick target acquisition was (to my mind) a good choice.
 
Finally as to the stock, I looked at a number of brands side by side at various gun stores.  I decided on the Choate conventional rifel stock with a  Monte Carlo cheek piece.  The stock looked to be the best I saw as to workmanship, light weight and strength in the right places.  It also had a fair amount of lift so you would have a solid rest when looking throught the scope mount.  In so many situations, especially with "look through" scope mounts, there is no real way to get the accuracy you need because you can't consistently hold your head against the stock and take up the same eye-scope-rifle position.  
 
The Choate stock web page is  
 
http://www.riflestock.com/
 
As to ammo.........Well when my sons want to go to the range with the SKS, they go through one heck of a lot of ammo in a day.  Therefore, I buy target shooting ammo at gun shows, usually eastern european military surplus in 800 to 1000 rounds cases.  The boys easily go through 200 to 300 rounds in an afternoon at the range.  (P.S. the range requires that they only load one round in the rifle at a time and that each shot must be aimed.  If the range master notes a round not going on the paper target at 100 yards, he will come over and ask to witness the firing of two rounds.  If the next two rounds are not on the paper target the person firing is asked to either leave the range or go through a short training program on sight picture and trigger squeezing with the rangemaster. ---The point of the digression is that these are slow aimed shots not spray and pray semi-auto shooting.)
 
As to hunting ammo I have some Federal commercial ammo and have handloaded some ammo with Remington Core lokt soft point bullets.  In western Washington the blacktail deer are very small and the SKS is totally acceptable.

[Cottonwood]

If I was to put a scope on my SKS, I would only go with a mount that put the scope out infront of the chamber/bolt area.  The receiver cover ones can move to easy.

SKS Scout Scope Mount

[1911crazy]

If I was to put a scope on my SKS, I would only go with a mount that put the scope out infront of the chamber/bolt area.  The receiver cover ones can move to easy.

SKS Scout Scope Mount

This is why i switched to the side mosin type scope mount over the cover mount so i can easily remove the rear cover for cleaning without disturbing the zero setting of the scope.  I searched for many years to find a scopemount like this and its only $19.95.

[Cottonwood]

If I was to put a scope on my SKS, I would only go with a mount that put the scope out infront of the chamber/bolt area.  The receiver cover ones can move to easy.

SKS Scout Scope Mount

This is why i switched to the side mosin type scope mount over the cover mount so i can easily remove the rear cover for cleaning without disturbing the zero setting of the scope.  I searched for many years to find a scopemount like this and its only $19.95.

BigBill

Can you post a pic of this mounted on your SKS for us all to see.  BTW I use http://imageshack.us/ as it allows for the thumbnail pics as in the above target that I posted, then just click on the pic to expand to another page.

[j two dogs]

I have own and traded so many sks's I have lost count. Wonderful piece
of weaponry. If you were going to go with conventional scope mount,
the leapers would probably be best since it has set screws that lock to the
frame of the gun. But I'm tellin'  you the scout scope mount has made me
rethink my sks. I kinda figured that would be the best place to mount a
scope, and then I found the site on the internet. Once properly mounted
with a eer scope. Well there just no other way for me. At our rifle range
recently a gentlemen with a Colt AR variant and a midrange 3x9 scope
and good american manufacture ammunition, shot a respectable group, after
much adjusting and deliberate breathing, trigger control, so on and so on.
That sks throw it down on the sand bags and start shootin' heavy trigger and all. Shot right with that AR. To each his own, but in mho you can't beat this system for an sks. (My eer scope is a 70 dollar 2.5 simmons pistol scope)