Norinco SKS stock experiment

[Gingerbeard Man]

Picked up an SKS from another member not too long ago. Came in a plastic stock but he included a wood stock. As it is not a matching rifle (so the purists don't get mad) I figured while it was out of the wood stock I'd experiment with aging the stock. A lot of learning along the way but I personally like the way it turned out. Sanded it down, torched the grain, sanded again, stained and put a gloss top coat on and knocked down the shine with a little 0000 steel wool.

When I met up with alleycat I let him know I was working on this. Thought I'd share.

Here's a better resolution photo of the picture above.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/t3XSzK3V2Fm36Cf9A

 

[alleycat]

Picked up an SKS from another member not too long ago. Came in a plastic stock but he included a wood stock. As it is not a matching rifle (so the purists don't get mad) I figured while it was out of the wood stock I'd experiment with aging the stock. A lot of learning along the way but I personally like the way it turned out. Sanded it down, torched the grain, sanded again, stained and put a gloss top coat on and knocked down the shine with a little 0000 steel wool.
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When I met up with alleycat I let him know I was working on this. Thought I'd share.

i really like that. Much better than plastic

 

[DADI03]

Looks nice. The profile of that doesn't look like a stock skid stock. The but looks a little longer than normal.

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

i really like that. Much better than plastic

Yeah I don't mind the aftermarket stocks but I sure like the soul of these old firearms.

Can't figure out how to get the cross bolt in and the rifle seated so it's out for now.

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

Looks nice. The profile of that doesn't look like a stock skid stock. The but looks a little longer than normal.

Does it? This is my first SKS so any expertise is appreciated.

 

[bulletpaluza]

I like it

 

[letusbuyyourcar]

I'm not sure what to think. But at least it's not still in a plastic stock. To me one of the worst looking things in this world is an SKS in a plastic tactical stock. I need a new or just a better wood stock for my Type 53 right now. But all I can find is aftermarket plastic stocks. I refuse to do that to this rifle. I'll keep it in the ratty cracked original before I go plastic.

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

I'm not sure what to think. But at least it's not still in a plastic stock. To me one of the worst looking things in this world is an SKS in a plastic tactical stock. I need a new or just a better wood stock for my Type 53 right now. But all I can find is aftermarket plastic stocks. I refuse to do that to this rifle. I'll keep it in the ratty cracked original before I go plastic.

Hey man, thanks for the input. I don't really like the plastic stuff either. Some would consider this an abomination too as it's not aged naturally but I figured not much was lost on a non-numbers matching rifle.

 

[VTRman]

Yeah I don't mind the aftermarket stocks but I sure like the soul of these old firearms.

Can't figure out how to get the cross bolt in and the rifle seated so it's out for now.

Looks like a threaded barrel in a stock that came on one with a pinned barrel. The ones with pinned barrels have the lug slightly farther to the rear of the rifle. I have exactly the same situation.
Sometimes you can do a little sanding on the stock and a little filing on the recoil lug (cross bolt) to get them to fit. The one I have doesn't look like that gives enough room to make it fit.

 

[Gingerbeard Man]

Looks like a threaded barrel in a stock that came on one with a pinned barrel. The ones with pinned barrels have the lug slightly farther to the rear of the rifle. I have exactly the same situation.
Sometimes you can do a little sanding on the stock and a little filing on the recoil lug (cross bolt) to get them to fit. The one I have doesn't look like that gives enough room to make it fit.

You must be spot on. I could not for the life of me get it seated and now I know why. I may open the hole up a bit and grind the lug a little and see if I can sneak it in there.