Bull pup SKS

[DADI03]

I have an already Bubbad SKS that I traded for. I got it with the intent to bull pup it. Has anybody here ever done one before? What did you think of it? What brand did use?

Any suggestions or tips are greatly appreciated.

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

I had one a while ago. Had an SG Works stock on it. Fun little set-up. Balanced out the rifle nicely. Got rid of it simply because I'm not a big fan of commie guns. If you like the SKS platform and like bullpups, go for it.

 

[shmerick]

I did the SG Works kit on a beat up sks once. I even cut it down to 16.25" and threaded the barrel 14x1 LH.
It was a fun project but in the end it was kind of a weird setup. It was REALLY front heavy and I wasn't wild about all the screws you had to take out and put back every time you needed to adjust something. I will say that the trigger, once you get it right, is significantly nicer ( smoother, no slop, clean break ) than a stock trigger. There is no way I would want to use it in a SHTF scenario; except perhaps as a short club to take someone else rifle from them? Hope that helps.

 

[DADI03]

SKS are already front heavy. I've never used a bull pup one but I thought it was suppose to help balance them out.

 

[shmerick]

SKS are already front heavy. I've never used a bull pup one but I thought it was suppose to help balance them out.

Yeah, it doesn't. Seemed to make it worse. That's just my recollection from a few years ago, I know that once I finished it I didn't keep it long.

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

SKS are already front heavy. I've never used a bull pup one but I thought it was suppose to help balance them out.

It does help. It is physically impossible for it not to.

 

[shmerick]

It does help. It is physically impossible for it not to.

I want to try to understand this. You are saying that a rifle that already has too much weight on the front end gets balanced better by taking more weight off the back end?


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[DADI03]

I want to try to understand this. You are saying that a rifle that already has too much weight on the front end gets balanced better by taking more weight off the back end?


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I see what you are saying but I would think that it changes the balance point. You aren't holding up all of the weight from the very back of the riffle.

 

[ReservoirDawg10]

I want to try to understand this. You are saying that a rifle that already has too much weight on the front end gets balanced better by taking more weight off the back end?


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You aren't taking weight off the backend. It's actually pretty simple. You are moving the weight back behind your fulcrum (grip). Instead of all of the metal being out and over. With the bullpup, the receiver, bolt and loaded mag are all back behind your hands, not to mention, pushed up against your shoulder. The weight is distributed back to offset the weight of the barrel.

 

[shmerick]

You aren't taking weight off the backend. It's actually pretty simple. You are moving the weight back behind your fulcrum (grip). Instead of all of the metal being out and over. With the bullpup, the receiver, bolt and loaded mag are all back behind your hands, not to mention, pushed up against your shoulder. The weight is distributed back to offset the weight of the barrel.

I get what you are saying. My experience was that it rendered the sks functionally unusable. Even with a loaded 30 it was no fun to hold or shoot.


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