Thread: Newfound respect for the SKS

A 7.62x39 upper for ar15 is expensive way to get into that caliber. So is the ruger mini 30. For that money you could get a saiga in 7.62x39 or 3 sks's.

The trigger in my 1963 has definitely seen service in another rifle, the contact between trigger and sear is smooth from use when I got rifle 'new' in factory grease. Trigger jobs on sks's are caveman easy I made mine pretty good, but it result depends on if you have a stamped or milled trigger group. Milled are better.

I shot a fallow in the middle of lungs and it ran away (albeit staggering and pretty messed up) with S&B 124gr. I feel it is a bit weak to get consistent and humane knock down on a deer with 1 hit. Never had that problem with goats though.