Thread: Norinco Bush Ranger... Opinions?

Well, I gave in and got an unissued SKS, Came with cleaning kit, sling, scope rail and shell deflector all for less than what the norinco was going for

Mosins are hugely underrated. get one with a good barrel, pre war if you can and with non forced matching numbers.

Originally Posted by Konev

Mosins are hugely underrated. get one with a good barrel, pre war if you can and with non forced matching numbers.

I looked for the carbine version, The regular 91/30s are too damn long for me.

they are ok for a bit of fun I think a few on here use them successfully for hunting mine shoots minute of 4l oil pack at 100 youll need to experiment and find out what ammo it likes ive never reloaded for mine as its hard to find the empties

2 inches at 100 with some trueing up work

I've got one and it's pretty good, wouldn't say great but it's accurate enough. Definitely not "target" grade accuracy, but good enough for a clean kill shot.
I took it to Gillie's shoot at Mucko's place last year and got a reasonable score, good enough to be happy with the result.
Mine did need a fair bit of polishing on the bolt to get it to cycle smoothly, but haven't struck any other issues with it. Feeds Tula and Barnaul steel case 123gn perfectly, and consistent accuracy from both of those brands (in hollow point and soft point). Mine's a Bisley, so maybe I struck a good one...

ive just put a bolt buffer in mine wouldn't mind a better stock as im a bit long and lanky for the standard one

Originally Posted by northdude

second hand 6.5x55 mauser would be hard to beat in that price range if you are not dead keen on 7.62x39 id stay away from axis and theres a shit model cheap Remington to avoid as well

770?

Originally Posted by Scottishkiwi

I looked for the carbine version, The regular 91/30s are too damn long for me.

bugger I was/am planning on selling my FTR'd M44 if I'd known I'd have suggested so.

oh well.

Easiest improvement to the SKS is to add about 40 mm to the length of the stock (unless you are 5 foot nothing) the increased length of pull really improves the hold and sight picture. U can do it the expensive ATI stock way or the couple of pieces of ply method. Then since you have a scope rail get a red dot. Minute of rabbit easy

Originally Posted by Marty Henry

Easiest improvement to the SKS is to add about 40 mm to the length of the stock (unless you are 5 foot nothing) the increased length of pull really improves the hold and sight picture. U can do it the expensive ATI stock way or the couple of pieces of ply method. Then since you have a scope rail get a red dot. Minute of rabbit easyAttachment 33522

I couldn't get the wooden gas tube cover off either bloody pin wouldn't punch out




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The pin doesn't punch out it's flat on one side,it rotates up and then the gas tube lifts off.Hope this helps.

just be carefull when you take the gas tube off you don't lose the piston sometimes they fly out as you take it off

SKS disassembly

lSimonov SKS Disassembly

Originally Posted by Ahuroa SC

I couldn't get the wooden gas tube cover off either bloody pin wouldn't punch out

My stock didn't come with the plastic cover (got it as a swap) anyway I think the wood looks nicer!