Hi all just finished cleaning up and putting together my newly acquired M59 from AIM. Cleaned up real nice too....Hope to shoot it next weekend... check out my pics at the link below:
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These groups say shot at 25yds ! I suggest that you glass bed the stock to the action or take shooting lessions ! These groups would be to big at 100yds ! JAGG

These groups say shot at 25yds ! I suggest that you glass bed the stock to the action or take shooting lessions ! These groups would be to big at 100yds ! JAGG

Geez jagg...take a pill will ya?? Those were first shots out of a firearm I have never shot before. I am NOT a crack shot...especially with a long gun. Never had one before the SKS. As with my handgun shooting, this too will get better with time and practice....thanks for the positive reinforcement tho.... :rolleyes: mack

I have a Yugo, and I personally find it to be difficult for precision (loose term) shooting. I never got used to the iron sights, which I've got set to nothing, as in below the first hash, in order to be able to knock soda cans at 50. One day I might try to properly figure out the sights and shoot some groups, but my Savage BV .22 has been getting better and better and fully satisfies my need for accuracy. The SKS is good fun, and one of the few centerfires I can afford. Your gun looks good, hope your gas ejection works better than mine. I still think they're great guns.

I have a Yugo, and I personally find it to be difficult for precision (loose term) shooting. I never got used to the iron sights, which I've got set to nothing, as in below the first hash, in order to be able to knock soda cans at 50. One day I might try to properly figure out the sights and shoot some groups, but my Savage BV .22 has been getting better and better and fully satisfies my need for accuracy. The SKS is good fun, and one of the few centerfires I can afford. Your gun looks good, hope your gas ejection works better than mine. I still think they're great guns.
Cause....you mentioned you have an issue with the gas ejection...may I ask what your issue may be? Is the round not ejecting, jamming, or cycling?? Just curious....mack

The spent shell casing doesn't always eject, causing a jam as the new cartridge attempts to feed. The problem occured 40% of the time initially even after a heavy cleaning of all parts in mineral spirits. It has gotten better with time and with some Rem Oil on the moving parts of the bolt I experience little to no trouble now. I think I still may be experiencing a underpowered gas flow, which didn't force the bolt back enough to eject without the help of oil.

The spent shell casing doesn't always eject, causing a jam as the new cartridge attempts to feed. The problem occured 40% of the time initially even after a heavy cleaning of all parts in mineral spirits. It has gotten better with time and with some Rem Oil on the moving parts of the bolt I experience little to no trouble now. I think I still may be experiencing a underpowered gas flow, which didn't force the bolt back enough to eject without the help of oil.

I know you did, but a very common mistake that leads to your problem is failure to remove the gas piston and spring under the rear sight and clean all that cosmo out of that area. The op-rod gets all the attention but the gas piston is very easy to forget about. In all 3 of my Yugos that I have cleaned, the gas piston area was completely filled with cosmoline. It might not be a waste of time to tear down the gas piston again and make sure you got all the cosmo out of that area.

By the way, the SKS may not be a match rifle but they certainly do not fall short in the fun department.

The front sight on a Chinese SKS is a screw. There's a special tool to turn it up, but a fine nosed pair of needle-nosed pliers will work. If the gun is hitting high, set the rear sight to the indicated distance and turn up the front sight until you're zeroed. I don't know if the Yugos have the same set-up.

Bye
Jack

Same pattern...sight screws up and down, look down on the sight hood and you'll see it has a circle punched out to get to the sight. Drifts right and left by driving the round rod the sight screws in and out of (can see the ends of the rod stock along the sides of the sight).

The flip up night sight has no provisions for windage...it's not for precision work, just the kind of point-shoot that near total darkness would allow.

Big Bore's suggestion s the same as mine...that operating rod thar runs (spring loaded) under the rear sight is a great collection point for old crusty cosmoline, and usually never ever gets cleaned. A good chamber cleaning helps as well...a lot of surplus ammo uses some kind of asphalt sealant, and this stuff seems to build up as a real gunky deposit that defies most bore solvents.

Congrats on the new SKS, I too have a Yugo and I love to shoot it, mostly for fun but I did take an 8-point whitetail with it a couple of years ago, You can buy a front sight adjustment tool for about $15.00. Try gunaccessories.com, they should have them. While we are on the topic let me ask you, or anyone else who might help, a question. Is it possible to convert your SKS fixed box mag to a detatchable AK47 Mag, and if so where can I get this conversion.

Congrats on the new SKS, I too have a Yugo and I love to shoot it, mostly for fun but I did take an 8-point whitetail with it a couple of years ago, You can buy a front sight adjustment tool for about $15.00. Try gunaccessories.com, they should have them. While we are on the topic let me ask you, or anyone else who might help, a question. Is it possible to convert your SKS fixed box mag to a detatchable AK47 Mag, and if so where can I get this conversion.

Additionally, does anyone know if puitting a fiberforce stock on a SKS is possible with the bayonet in the retracted posistion.

Additionally, does anyone know if puitting a fiberforce stock on a SKS is possible with the bayonet in the retracted posistion.

you can get 30rnders for the sks, they have the "duck bill" on them. in my opinion, they aren't worth the 20 bucks they cost, but thats just me. I haven't seen anything that converts an AK clip to an SKS...

as far as the fiberforce stock, i have one, and they bayonet does not fit with that stock. I am going to modify my stock one of these days so i can use it, until then i just took my bayonet off and replaced it with a bi-pod...

Its a great gun, and a blast to shoot.