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Wonder Bread
05-09-2008, 09:07 PM
My first gun, and it has been a fucking pain in the ass since day one. However, I finally picked it up yesterday, and that is where the fun should have started.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0001.jpg
A box of some sort appeared in the back of my van earlier today.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0002.jpg
Oh hi.

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Action shot.

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Muzzle shot.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0005.jpg
Bayonet :comeandgetsome:

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0008.jpg
Slightly rusty, but uncorroded gas valve.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0009.jpg
Looking down the barrel.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0010.jpg
Grenade sights are pretty ballin'

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0012.jpg
Rear leaf sight.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0011.jpg
Required horrible attempted at a bore shot.

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The mixture of cosmolene and mineral spirits from my cleaning tray, allowed to settle overnight.

http://www.mattlavoie.com/fileserve/tfr/SKS/IMG_0014.jpg
This gun will be fed only the finest steel cased 7.62x39.

My first gun, and i am fairly happy with it. $225 shipped from ClassicArms, and it's all-matching and in very good shape aside from the stock looking a bit rough. Going to clean that up with some purple power and BLO later this week. It also feeds and extracts snap caps just fine.

However, getting the firing pin retainer out was the biggest bitch ever, and when it finally came out so I could clean the bolt, the fucking thing broke when I was driving it back in. I have a new one on order from Numrich though, along with a spring-loaded firing pin from Murrays to eliminate any risk of slamfires.
Fang
05-09-2008, 09:14 PM
Neat rifle! Do you have any plans to spruce up the stock? Also, does the grenade launcher attachment come off?
Wonder Bread
05-09-2008, 09:19 PM
Neat rifle! Do you have any plans to spruce up the stock? Also, does the grenade launcher attachment come off?

Yeah, going to hit it with some PurplePower and then give it a nice BLO finish later this week. The grenade launcher does come off, but not easily, and I don't know how to do it. I plan on picking up a golf ball launcher for it eventually anyways.
Clinotus
05-10-2008, 12:08 AM
Very nice and congratulations!

When do you think you'll have everything sorted to be able to take it out to the range?

I like your workbench as well.
Wonder Bread
05-15-2008, 11:32 PM
Range Report

Today my new retaining pin and spring-loaded firing pin arrived, so I assembled the beast and took her down to the range to break her in.
http://230grain.com/picture.php?albumid=71&pictureid=891

I put 78 rounds down the pipe, with two dud rounds. Fed and ejected flawlessly.

My aim, however, sucks. I spent my last 20 rounds trying to peg the 100yd steel target.
http://230grain.com/picture.php?albumid=71&pictureid=911

I am quite happy though.

http://230grain.com/picture.php?albumid=71&pictureid=901