@twogun1969 The quality of the Russian rifles is more uniform than the quality of the Chinese rifles. I would certainly pick the Russian one overall. I think the stocks are pretty much of the same length, they are both too short but that can be fixed easily.
well yea, you are comparing a intermediate round (7.62x39) to a full size round -30.06... of course the 30.06 will be more powerful and have longer range.
The SKS however, is a good all purpose weapon. The garand is a fine weapon, but not as versatile in different and unique combat situations as the SKS out of the box.
@314299 Thanks for the Info, I'll probably go and buy one if the Government decides to scrap the registry so I don't have to go through the registration process, and save the money for ammo!
I went to get one, and I was told that they couldn't be owned in Canada ( I live in NB) because of their 10 shot capacity, but I was then told I could get the magazine plugged to hold 5 rounds, and I noticed that you only loaded 5 in your stripper clips, did you get that done?
@tippmann981234 Whoever told you you couldn't own an SKS is full of crap, there must be tens of thousands of them in Canada. You are correct about magazine capacity, magazines manufactured for center-fire semi-auto rifles are limited to five shots by Canadian federal law. The importers of these SKS rifles add a metal post to the bottom of the magazine to limit them to five shots.
I live in British Columbia and own one. Whoever told you that you can't own one is wrong. it will get flagged by the firearms officer for a smaller than normal serial number, but it'll pass after one day
@314299 ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! try chinese 300+ Russian 350 +. there is no place in the world you can find them that cheap anymore. and the 75 dollar one was a deal where you had to by a shit load of other stuff like 1000 dollars of ammo to get it for 75. your crazy man.
@TheOHHHHHYA No place in the World? Wrong. Check out the Marstar Canada website - $75 for a SKS (Chinese military) with the purchase of a 1400 round case of ammo (ammo is $279/case). Frontier Taxidermy & Firearms in Saskatchewan has Russian SKS for $209, a dealer close to where I live has them for $169.
@314299 Hey sorry wasnt tryin to be mean I just thought you were crazy haha. Ive looked in canada and I couldnt find one for less than $205-210 so i know they are cheaper and thats awesome that you found a cheaper one.thing is americans cant get one online from canada.if you were canadian and you wanted one online you still need to pay for an FFl dont you? or pay someone to get it for you? I knew you could get them cheaper in canada not sure why i said "in the world"
@TheOHHHHHYA One reason Chinese & Russian SKS are so cheap in Canada is that they are not permitted to be imported into the USA, there are not many other places in the world they can sell them so they sell them cheap up here. As for buying from on-line dealers we can buy direct and have the gun shipped by mail or parcel service directly to our door, so there are no extra fees to pay, just the shipping charge.
hey i was wondering if anyone knew any companies that make remakes or sell the original sks's. my local gun shop cant order sks's unless there from other dealers.
@TheNeonSkittlezz I don't think Norinco produces them anymore, and if they did Chinese rifles cannot be imported into the USA. Lots of surplus Chinese SKS here in Canada, cheap at the moment too.
If I didn't already have one, you'd have sold me on one now. Actually I might get a Russian and leave it as is. I modernized my Chinese but I wouldn't dare to a Russian. Fantastic vid. Consider me subbed.
Good video, I own a 1952 Tula and it shoots about like yours. I bought mine new around 1994 for $160 at a NY gun show. Gotta love the SKS, I have a Norinco "D" model I bought in '88 for about $130 too.
@semiautoriflelover I guess I should mention that the $400+ Norinco are the "D" version, Yugos sell for about the same $350-400 and Soviet ones used to sell for over $400 until they began importing them again and the price dropped to where it is now.
@semiautoriflelover No such thing as a good price on a Norinco up here (the sell for $400+) but there are new, unissued Chinese Military SKS available for $189. Commercial Norinco SKS used to sell for $139 new.
@semiautoriflelover I'm mostly into shooting the old stuff "as it is", with all it's shortcomings. If I were interested in wringing all the potential out of one of these a new longer stock and peep sights would no doubt help. Better quality ammo would help a lot too!
Happy Easter my friend. I to have a 1954 Russian SKS and it does not have a chrome lined barrel or chamber and mine looks original. Do not believe the hype about com-block surplus being non-corrosive. I have done a bit of research on this and if it has a steel case, it is corrosive. It does not matter what bullet is fitted. The best way to counter the salts is to flood the barrel-chamber with ammonia/water, flush with WD-40, Then procede as normal.Good shooting.
@klesmer Happy Easter to you as well. Interesting to hear that you also have a 1954 with a non chrome bore/chamber. The lack of chrome does not bother me as the SKS strips down so easily I scrub the bore with hot water/soap, hiot it with the air hose and then spray down with WD-40, pretty much as you do.
I assume steel case ammo to be corrosive unless proven otherwise, I an attest from personal experience that the silver box Norinco 7.62x39 is actually non-corrosive.
@Gungeek The bulk of mine is 1971 as well, I bought it probably four years ago. I bought a couple hundred of the same Czech ammo but 1991 production, hoping it would be more accurate. Although it looks nicer it shoots exactly the same. In fact the 71 and 91 can be shot together and it makes one group, same point of impact, same size group.
@Gungeek Yeah, funny isn't it? They make great guns but I've never found Czech ammo to all that wonderfull in any caliber, in either new production or surplus. The Norinco stuff was pretty good, too bad no one has imported it an a long time. I like the silver box Norinco as it is genuinely non-corrosive, the yellow box Norinco claims to be non-corrosive but in fact is corrosive.
@ammosmith Actually it is modified to hold 5 rounds which is the limit imposed on centerfire rifles and shotguns. It's stupid and pointless, but it is the law here.
@ammosmith But we have a loophole if the rifle takes AR mags we can use 10 round LAR 556 pistol mag because our pistol mag limit is 10 , there is no law against using a pistol mag in a rifle.. thats why ARs , AR18 , XCR, Tavor , SU16 . are very popular up here.
I have two Tula SKS's and I love them. The Izhevsk SKS's are more rare then the Tula. I really like how you went over the specifications and history. Maybe that Czech ammo ain't that good, I remember my SKS's shooting tighter then that.
@esh325 No, the Czech ammo is not very good in the accuracy department, but it is cheap and available and reliable. I have fired the Czech M43 ball in several rifles and it what you see in the video is about as good as it gets with that stuff. I have some Norinco lead core ball which is far better but I'm kinda stingy with it since it's hard to replace.
I wish they pinned all the mags by tac welding a little rod on the follower instead on welding or modifying the mag itself.. there are very few Russian ones pinned this way more chinese ones are ..
@MrLongbranch303 This one has a rather nicely done metal post riveted to the bottom of the magazine. It's far better than some of the adaptations I have seen. Some look like they were done by a drunk monkey with a torch and a grinder....
@MrLongbranch303 Yes it is is, the rivet is quite far from the serial on the mag bottom. In fact all the numbers on the rifle (receiver, bolt, carrier, mag, trigger guard, gas tube, stock) match except for the barrel. Odd, but thjat would explain why there is a non chrome barrel on a 1954 rifle. Apparently these are rifles brought into the country by Bell distributors. Not a bad deal for $189 at a local dealer.
@314299 so does that meen that you got a russian with a chinese barrel? the reason i ask is because as far as i know russia has vast chrome deposits.i beleave all russian sks's have chrome lined barrels.Any how great video,its got to be the best sks video iv'e seen on youtube.thank you bro,keep m coming.
@solkacorot No, it's a Russian Barrel as it has a Cyrillic letter prefix to the #. As I understand it the earlier production Soviet SKS were made with non-chrome lined barrel. This being a 1954 rifle it appears that it had it's barrel replaced with a non-chromed spare which was probably produced early in the production run.
Nice vid. My friend also has an SKS, it has been maimed by milling away the bayonet lug and rear sight sight notches above 300m (local regs). NIce gun, but I hate the trigger, from a certain point it resembles breaking of a glass stick. Does your have a nice one?
@yevgenz Liberal gun laws are ridiculous. I've never heard of a drive by bayonet attack, and I don't see how making the rear sight adjust to 300m's makes us any safer.
@yevgenz Every country has it's own odd regulations, apparently. I don't mind the trigger on this rifle as the pull is smooth and the weight is decent. I have another Soviet SKS which I rarely shoot as it has the heaviest trigger pull I have ever seen, so heavy that it is basically impossible to shoot with any accuracy.
one of these will definitely be one of my first purchases in june....are they alot better than the chinese ones??? are the stocks any longer??
twogun1969 1 week ago
@twogun1969 The quality of the Russian rifles is more uniform than the quality of the Chinese rifles. I would certainly pick the Russian one overall. I think the stocks are pretty much of the same length, they are both too short but that can be fixed easily.
314299 1 week ago
well yea, you are comparing a intermediate round (7.62x39) to a full size round -30.06... of course the 30.06 will be more powerful and have longer range.
The SKS however, is a good all purpose weapon. The garand is a fine weapon, but not as versatile in different and unique combat situations as the SKS out of the box.
spaxspore 2 months ago
M1 Garand's Russian distant cousin.
allenthefury 2 months ago
@allenthefury Not even close.
koolaidman007 2 weeks ago
Check out Al Simmons gun shop, $200 bucks for a russian sks or $300 bucks for an sks with 700 rnds.
guinesswells 3 months ago
@314299 Thanks for the Info, I'll probably go and buy one if the Government decides to scrap the registry so I don't have to go through the registration process, and save the money for ammo!
tippmann981234 3 months ago
I went to get one, and I was told that they couldn't be owned in Canada ( I live in NB) because of their 10 shot capacity, but I was then told I could get the magazine plugged to hold 5 rounds, and I noticed that you only loaded 5 in your stripper clips, did you get that done?
tippmann981234 3 months ago
@tippmann981234 Whoever told you you couldn't own an SKS is full of crap, there must be tens of thousands of them in Canada. You are correct about magazine capacity, magazines manufactured for center-fire semi-auto rifles are limited to five shots by Canadian federal law. The importers of these SKS rifles add a metal post to the bottom of the magazine to limit them to five shots.
314299 3 months ago
@tippmann981234
I live in British Columbia and own one. Whoever told you that you can't own one is wrong. it will get flagged by the firearms officer for a smaller than normal serial number, but it'll pass after one day
XJproto 2 months ago
@XJproto Every self respecting Canadian gun owner should have an SKS!
314299 2 months ago
@314299 Agreed! I'm going out tomorrow to buy my second. Keeping one original, modifying the other :D
XJproto 2 months ago
@XJproto Two is even better!
314299 2 months ago
you say they are cheap now, whats the price?
Dmajorproductions 3 months ago
@Dmajorproductions Chinese military SKS are as cheap as $75 with certain package deals. Russian ones are as low as $169.
314299 3 months ago
@314299 you are so lucky. i cant seem to find one for less than 250
Dmajorproductions 3 months ago
@Dmajorproductions There have been a lot of SKS imported here in the last couple years and that has driven the price down.
314299 3 months ago
@314299 ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!! try chinese 300+ Russian 350 +. there is no place in the world you can find them that cheap anymore. and the 75 dollar one was a deal where you had to by a shit load of other stuff like 1000 dollars of ammo to get it for 75. your crazy man.
TheOHHHHHYA 3 months ago
@TheOHHHHHYA No place in the World? Wrong. Check out the Marstar Canada website - $75 for a SKS (Chinese military) with the purchase of a 1400 round case of ammo (ammo is $279/case). Frontier Taxidermy & Firearms in Saskatchewan has Russian SKS for $209, a dealer close to where I live has them for $169.
314299 3 months ago
@314299 Hey sorry wasnt tryin to be mean I just thought you were crazy haha. Ive looked in canada and I couldnt find one for less than $205-210 so i know they are cheaper and thats awesome that you found a cheaper one.thing is americans cant get one online from canada.if you were canadian and you wanted one online you still need to pay for an FFl dont you? or pay someone to get it for you? I knew you could get them cheaper in canada not sure why i said "in the world"
TheOHHHHHYA 3 months ago
@TheOHHHHHYA One reason Chinese & Russian SKS are so cheap in Canada is that they are not permitted to be imported into the USA, there are not many other places in the world they can sell them so they sell them cheap up here. As for buying from on-line dealers we can buy direct and have the gun shipped by mail or parcel service directly to our door, so there are no extra fees to pay, just the shipping charge.
314299 3 months ago
hey i was wondering if anyone knew any companies that make remakes or sell the original sks's. my local gun shop cant order sks's unless there from other dealers.
bennyshouse1 4 months ago
@bennyshouse1 There is no one remaking the SKS as far as I know. It's originals all the way.
314299 4 months ago
@314299 Norinco makes re-makes of these,
TheNeonSkittlezz 3 months ago
@TheNeonSkittlezz I don't think Norinco produces them anymore, and if they did Chinese rifles cannot be imported into the USA. Lots of surplus Chinese SKS here in Canada, cheap at the moment too.
314299 3 months ago
@ZANEandNATHANchannel Absolutely a good buy.
314299 5 months ago
@ZANEandNATHANchannel No, picked it up from my local dealer on the east coast..
314299 5 months ago
If I didn't already have one, you'd have sold me on one now. Actually I might get a Russian and leave it as is. I modernized my Chinese but I wouldn't dare to a Russian. Fantastic vid. Consider me subbed.
MRRCB333 5 months ago
@MrDANKISMOKE I'm not sure what you are talking about.
314299 5 months ago
@MrDANKISMOKE $400 is probably about the going rate for a Soviet SKS in the USA, up here in Canada we can get them for $150-$200.
314299 5 months ago
Sweet Rifle, Myself, I own a 1958 Cugir Arsenal (Romanian) SKS.
SSAirsoftowns 6 months ago
@SSAirsoftowns I don't think I've ever seen a Romanian SKS up here.
314299 6 months ago
@314299 The one i have is a Preban one, No finish on it, No bayonet, etc.
SSAirsoftowns 6 months ago
You have a nice rifle there. I have a 1951 Izhevsk. Love the resonance. Such a crisp sound signature.
MrThefridler 8 months ago
@MrThefridler Thanks. They are a lot of fun for the money!
314299 8 months ago
They're nice sturdy guns overall. I always liked the stripper clip loading and the folding bayonet.
UCSPanther20 8 months ago
@UCSPanther20 They are a lot of gun for the money.
314299 8 months ago
Beautiful rifle you've got there. I've got a 1954 Izhevsk also, the stock on mine is darker and redder than yours though.
Nice video too
baddog121390 9 months ago
@baddog121390 I like the look of the red colored stocks better. Just a different type of stain I suppose.
314299 9 months ago
great rifle love it kicks like a mule but gives good accuracy highly suggest for anyone liveing in the backwoods have type 56 chinse production
kullas924 10 months ago
@kullas924 I never found the recoil of the SKS to be an issue, now a 12 gauge with 3 inch slugs, that has some recoil!
314299 10 months ago
@kullas924 You either must be a woman, or holding the rifle wrong.
HiCapacity 10 months ago
Good video. A SKS is top of my list for when I buy my next center fire rifle. I want to try and get one before the prices go crazy.
On a side note it seems we both had the same idea for a shooting shirt.. those old surplus shirts work really well out on the range.
Swarm509 10 months ago
@Swarm509 They are certainly well priced here at at the moment. Not too many years ago Soviet SKS sold for over twice what I paid for this one.
The old Canadian pattern combat shits are dandy for the range, lots of big pockets!
314299 10 months ago
Good video, I own a 1952 Tula and it shoots about like yours. I bought mine new around 1994 for $160 at a NY gun show. Gotta love the SKS, I have a Norinco "D" model I bought in '88 for about $130 too.
vulcangunner58 10 months ago
@vulcangunner58 Good investments on your part, I'm sure you could sell them for a lot more now if you wanted too.
314299 10 months ago
@semiautoriflelover I guess I should mention that the $400+ Norinco are the "D" version, Yugos sell for about the same $350-400 and Soviet ones used to sell for over $400 until they began importing them again and the price dropped to where it is now.
314299 10 months ago
@semiautoriflelover No such thing as a good price on a Norinco up here (the sell for $400+) but there are new, unissued Chinese Military SKS available for $189. Commercial Norinco SKS used to sell for $139 new.
314299 10 months ago
@semiautoriflelover I'm mostly into shooting the old stuff "as it is", with all it's shortcomings. If I were interested in wringing all the potential out of one of these a new longer stock and peep sights would no doubt help. Better quality ammo would help a lot too!
314299 10 months ago
@semiautoriflelover Yeah, I thought so too. That, and the fact that the bore was new attracted me. And the price was pretty good as well.
314299 10 months ago
Happy Easter my friend. I to have a 1954 Russian SKS and it does not have a chrome lined barrel or chamber and mine looks original. Do not believe the hype about com-block surplus being non-corrosive. I have done a bit of research on this and if it has a steel case, it is corrosive. It does not matter what bullet is fitted. The best way to counter the salts is to flood the barrel-chamber with ammonia/water, flush with WD-40, Then procede as normal.Good shooting.
klesmer 10 months ago
@klesmer Happy Easter to you as well. Interesting to hear that you also have a 1954 with a non chrome bore/chamber. The lack of chrome does not bother me as the SKS strips down so easily I scrub the bore with hot water/soap, hiot it with the air hose and then spray down with WD-40, pretty much as you do.
I assume steel case ammo to be corrosive unless proven otherwise, I an attest from personal experience that the silver box Norinco 7.62x39 is actually non-corrosive.
314299 10 months ago
Yeah I never found that the Czech surplus shot very well.
Gungeek 10 months ago
@Gungeek I suspect that it was made for people who were shooting in the general direction of the target, but not actually at it!
314299 10 months ago
@314299 What year is your ammo? I have 1971.
Gungeek 10 months ago
@Gungeek The bulk of mine is 1971 as well, I bought it probably four years ago. I bought a couple hundred of the same Czech ammo but 1991 production, hoping it would be more accurate. Although it looks nicer it shoots exactly the same. In fact the 71 and 91 can be shot together and it makes one group, same point of impact, same size group.
314299 10 months ago
@314299 I guess the Czechs are better at guns then ammo lol. I think the best surplus I have shot has to be the Norinco stuff with the brown case.
Gungeek 10 months ago
@Gungeek Yeah, funny isn't it? They make great guns but I've never found Czech ammo to all that wonderfull in any caliber, in either new production or surplus. The Norinco stuff was pretty good, too bad no one has imported it an a long time. I like the silver box Norinco as it is genuinely non-corrosive, the yellow box Norinco claims to be non-corrosive but in fact is corrosive.
314299 10 months ago
Is your rifle modified to hold only 10 rounds due to the stupid laws coming out of Ontario?
ammosmith 10 months ago
@ammosmith Actually it is modified to hold 5 rounds which is the limit imposed on centerfire rifles and shotguns. It's stupid and pointless, but it is the law here.
314299 10 months ago
@314299 the 5 round thing is only for semi auto guns here in canada
camerl2009 10 months ago
@camerl2009 Yeah, I know but apparently I did not mention it.
314299 10 months ago
@ammosmith But we have a loophole if the rifle takes AR mags we can use 10 round LAR 556 pistol mag because our pistol mag limit is 10 , there is no law against using a pistol mag in a rifle.. thats why ARs , AR18 , XCR, Tavor , SU16 . are very popular up here.
MrLongbranch303 10 months ago
I have two Tula SKS's and I love them. The Izhevsk SKS's are more rare then the Tula. I really like how you went over the specifications and history. Maybe that Czech ammo ain't that good, I remember my SKS's shooting tighter then that.
esh325 10 months ago
@esh325 No, the Czech ammo is not very good in the accuracy department, but it is cheap and available and reliable. I have fired the Czech M43 ball in several rifles and it what you see in the video is about as good as it gets with that stuff. I have some Norinco lead core ball which is far better but I'm kinda stingy with it since it's hard to replace.
314299 10 months ago
I wish they pinned all the mags by tac welding a little rod on the follower instead on welding or modifying the mag itself.. there are very few Russian ones pinned this way more chinese ones are ..
MrLongbranch303 10 months ago
@MrLongbranch303 This one has a rather nicely done metal post riveted to the bottom of the magazine. It's far better than some of the adaptations I have seen. Some look like they were done by a drunk monkey with a torch and a grinder....
314299 10 months ago
@314299 is your serial number still intact?
MrLongbranch303 10 months ago
@MrLongbranch303 Yes it is is, the rivet is quite far from the serial on the mag bottom. In fact all the numbers on the rifle (receiver, bolt, carrier, mag, trigger guard, gas tube, stock) match except for the barrel. Odd, but thjat would explain why there is a non chrome barrel on a 1954 rifle. Apparently these are rifles brought into the country by Bell distributors. Not a bad deal for $189 at a local dealer.
314299 10 months ago
@314299 so does that meen that you got a russian with a chinese barrel? the reason i ask is because as far as i know russia has vast chrome deposits.i beleave all russian sks's have chrome lined barrels.Any how great video,its got to be the best sks video iv'e seen on youtube.thank you bro,keep m coming.
solkacorot 10 months ago
@solkacorot No, it's a Russian Barrel as it has a Cyrillic letter prefix to the #. As I understand it the earlier production Soviet SKS were made with non-chrome lined barrel. This being a 1954 rifle it appears that it had it's barrel replaced with a non-chromed spare which was probably produced early in the production run.
314299 10 months ago
@MrLongbranch303 hay bro, are you in Canada were there is a 5 bullet max ?
solkacorot 10 months ago
Nice vid. My friend also has an SKS, it has been maimed by milling away the bayonet lug and rear sight sight notches above 300m (local regs). NIce gun, but I hate the trigger, from a certain point it resembles breaking of a glass stick. Does your have a nice one?
yevgenz 10 months ago
@yevgenz Liberal gun laws are ridiculous. I've never heard of a drive by bayonet attack, and I don't see how making the rear sight adjust to 300m's makes us any safer.
esh325 10 months ago
@esh325 There's just no sense in looking for logic in most of those laws since there is none to be found.
314299 10 months ago
@yevgenz Every country has it's own odd regulations, apparently. I don't mind the trigger on this rifle as the pull is smooth and the weight is decent. I have another Soviet SKS which I rarely shoot as it has the heaviest trigger pull I have ever seen, so heavy that it is basically impossible to shoot with any accuracy.
314299 10 months ago