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Posted: 11/13/2024 6:19:27 PM EDT
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1st off, no I can't post links. If I could I would have posted a link to the thread that got started in GD 2nd, I wanted to post this here to maybe drum up more interest so if somebody wants to make the link hot be my guest I just pre ordered one of these stocks and hope they turn out as good as they seem. I think the wood stock side folder for an SKS would be a killer look Here is the YT video about the stock... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uQdj3Wh_8 |
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: 1st off, no I can't post links. If I could I would have posted a link to the thread that got started in GD 2nd, I wanted to post this here to maybe drum up more interest so if somebody wants to make the link hot be my guest I just pre ordered one of these stocks and hope they turn out as good as they seem. I think the wood stock side folder for an SKS would be a killer look Here is the YT video about the stock... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uQdj3Wh_8 I mean - you posted a link to the YouTube video, I don't know why you say you can't post links.  Folding SKS stock preorder video About 30 years too late for the US, they'll sell 87 in the Hat.  Might not even be legal in the Hat. New SKSs aren't even legal in Washington, and in free states, they're collector's pieces now. It's a neat looking stock, but it's really too late. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: I mean - you posted a link to the YouTube video, I don't know why you say you can't post links.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uQdj3Wh_8About 30 years too late for the US, they'll sell 87 in the Hat. Does he not know Samson is manufacturing Ruger's stock?I know I posted the link, but it doesn't show the video like yours does... And I was wondering the same thing about the folding mechanism. Ruger doesn't even make them anymore... Perhaps that will make it easier to acquire??? |
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: I know I posted the link, but it doesn't show the video like yours does... And I was wondering the same thing about the folding mechanism. Ruger doesn't even make them anymore... Perhaps that will make it easier to acquire??? Originally Posted By DoorKicker: Originally Posted By backbencher: I mean - you posted a link to the YouTube video, I don't know why you say you can't post links. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4uQdj3Wh_8About 30 years too late for the US, they'll sell 87 in the Hat. Does he not know Samson is manufacturing Ruger's stock?I know I posted the link, but it doesn't show the video like yours does... And I was wondering the same thing about the folding mechanism. Ruger doesn't even make them anymore... Perhaps that will make it easier to acquire??? See my edit. What's the GD thread? |
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Originally Posted By Mettlepig: I'll pass on doing some Bubba work to my SKS's, when it's said and done, it will probably cost more than a nice AK under folder or side folder. It's a drop in replacement stock w/ no permanent mods, but w/ what SKSs are going for these days, I don't see modding em. In their original stocks an SKS is going for more than a new AR. I love the SKS: https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/2754066_SKS-in-the-PLA-Cali-Prof-who-speaks-Chinese-deep-dive-multiple-vids.html But let's acknowledge it's a cheap plinker & the mod stage has passed. They be collectible now. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: It's a drop in replacement stock w/ no permanent mods, but w/ what SKSs are going for these days, I don't see modding em. In their original stocks an SKS is going for more than a new AR. I love the SKS: https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/2754066_SKS-in-the-PLA-Cali-Prof-who-speaks-Chinese-deep-dive-multiple-vids.html But let's acknowledge it's cheap plinker & mod stage has passed. They be collectible now. it is quite the conundrum. and it makes me wonder. Which is the more absurd? Buying a $99 dollar SKS and adding tapco stuff to it Or paying nearly 1K for an SKS today And then my situation. Buying an SKS M, which are typically higher priced than the regular SKS, and then adding an aftermarket folder to it for $250 more... 
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: it is quite the conundrum. and it makes me wonder. Which is the more absurd? Buying a $99 dollar SKS and adding tapco stuff to it Or paying nearly 1K for an SKS today And then my situation. Buying an SKS M, which are typically higher priced than the regular SKS, and then adding an aftermarket folder to it for $250 more... Originally Posted By DoorKicker: Originally Posted By backbencher: It's a drop in replacement stock w/ no permanent mods, but w/ what SKSs are going for these days, I don't see modding em. In their original stocks an SKS is going for more than a new AR. I love the SKS: https://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/2754066_SKS-in-the-PLA-Cali-Prof-who-speaks-Chinese-deep-dive-multiple-vids.html But let's acknowledge it's cheap plinker & mod stage has passed. They be collectible now. it is quite the conundrum. and it makes me wonder. Which is the more absurd? Buying a $99 dollar SKS and adding tapco stuff to it Or paying nearly 1K for an SKS today And then my situation. Buying an SKS M, which are typically higher priced than the regular SKS, and then adding an aftermarket folder to it for $250 more... So many M1917s & British Pattern 13 Enfields were sporterized that my late FIL was still making target rifles from those actions up until his death in 2022. There are still stripped SKS actions running around, and this stock makes sense if you buy a stripped action. Dropping an M into this folding stock just doesn't make a lot of sense - get the same functionality by buying a brand new AK folder. Unless you travel regularly to a ban state that somehow allows a folding stock and you're going to carry 21x 10 round steel AK mags for a standard load instead of just 21x loaded stripper clips. We decry "Bubba" "Tapco-fucking" his $99 SKS, but when SKSs were $99, adding functionality to the rifle made a LOT of sense - as did sporterizing every other cheap military surplus rifle that arrived on our shores for the last two centuries. Once x% of the remaining rifles are sporterized, then the remaining 100-x% original condition rifles begin to climb in price as collectibles as soon as the supply is cut off. The somewhat odd situation of the SKS is that it's still in production globally, but just not imported into the US at the moment - China is barred from importing them here & Serbia is not exporting theirs at the moment. Canada is still getting the Chinese SKS, and I think they can still own folding stocks, so this gadget makes a lot of sense there. |
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: It also makes tons of sense if you just happen to like it and have several SKSs to choose from  Just don't lose the original stock. It's a clever idea, but I just think it's too late in the game to be introducing accessories for firearms that aren't being currently imported. |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Just don't lose the original stock. It's a clever idea, but I just think it's too late in the game to be introducing accessories for firearms that aren't being currently imported. The real problem is that an SKS isn’t a $150 rifle anymore, so the whole huge industry of making tactical parts for them is much smaller than 25 years ago. |
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Originally Posted By tac556: I like the idea. Might be good on a Para length SKS. Wonder how it would do on an AK mag version where the mag catch stuff is mounted to the wood directly on the chinese stocks? The mag catch is NOT mounted to the stock on any of mine. I have 4 or them that use AK mags. Perhaps on on some DIY versions it is attached to the stock??? |
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Originally Posted By Frank762: One of my sks came without the original stock, so I would not feel bad putting a stock like that on it. That is kind of the way I feel about the SKS M, especially the ones with the butthole stocks. They came from the factory with a bubba look, so if and when I can get my hands on one of these wood folders, I will consider it a vast improvement. As it currently sits, my SKS-M is in a Choate tele stock. A slight improvement over the Tapco tele stock made for the SKS, and the original butthole stock it came with... Like I said, I ordered one, I hope they make it to production... |
Never knew this about the SKS stripper clips: The Russian Secret To Loading Your SKS Rifle (Using Stripper Clips) That would have made things a lot faster in the 90's. |
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get one from this guy , they are awsome stocks , just know ,,,,,, 1) ,,communication is not his strong suit so dont freak out if you do not get a response 2),,ive bought 2 from him ,one for my M and one of his Draganovs for a scrubbed renumbered sks no one could figure out so i just went al out and did something with , but he is legit , you will not be disappointed so dont freak out if you do not hear back , M stock took 4 months ,i had the Draganov in 1 1/2 , i did not pester or freakout on the draganov because i new the score https://www.luckyshotwoodstocks.com/product-page/sks-m-sportster-or-d-original-design-stock |
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Originally Posted By backbencher: Never knew this about the SKS stripper clips: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nLyv8Xe1zQThat would have made things a lot faster in the 90's. Pushing down right at the clip does the same thing. Pushing towards the front let's the top round go to the side and bind the in the clip. |
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Originally Posted By NAM: Why, God, why? There is a special rung in hell for people who mod SKS's. As for the "bullet trick", I've always done that. Didn't know it was anything special; seems like common sense. Get off your high horse. Your collection is worth more b/c when they were $99 they were worth modding. Same goes for any mil-surp that came in cheap.Are you going to be bitching about folks modifying Rock Rivers and Anderson ARs 50 years from now? |
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Originally Posted By NAM: Why, God, why? There is a special rung in hell for people who mod SKS's. As for the "bullet trick", I've always done that. Didn't know it was anything special; seems like common sense. Well I have a different opinion about the issue. Especially with this stock. It is NOT just a plastic Tapco bubba mod. First and foremost, I say do whatever you want in regards to your own guns. But I do wonder sometimes about the bubba'd up SKS, and honestly, I scratch my head when I see an optic or rail on an AK for that matter...WHY? But if you want a folder on your SKS, or an optic on your AK, then go for it. In my case, I have about 20 AKs in just about every configuration. No optics, no rails. I have several SKSs that all take AK mags, and one chinese SKS with fixed 10 rnd mag This new folder, on one of my 16" length SKSs coupled with the detachable AK mag will make for a unique and functional version of the SKS, of which I already have several in their original form. I am excited to get it and all put together... |
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Originally Posted By DoorKicker: Well I have a different opinion about the issue. Especially with this stock. It is NOT just a plastic Tapco bubba mod. You do you. I still say modding is a cardinal sin, but at least it's not a tapcomod. All of that said (notwithstanding)...how does it shoot? I had a factory folder Mini-14, and it was uncomfortable as hell. Seemed impossible to get a good cheek weld without rattling the eff out of my teeth. I had a similar problem with a Polytech pre-89 side folder. It looked cool as shit, but just was not pleasant to shoot. |
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Originally Posted By NAM: All of that said (notwithstanding)...how does it shoot? I had a factory folder Mini-14, and it was uncomfortable as hell. Seemed impossible to get a good cheek weld without rattling the eff out of my teeth. I had a similar problem with a Polytech pre-89 side folder. It looked cool as shit, but just was not pleasant to shoot. That is yet to be determined. They haven't started shipping the stocks yet... |
Old thread but looks like they got the OK to buy the Ruger/Samson folder mechanism, plus they have a picatinny clamp on stock option as well: SKS Folding Stock-Last Revisions For sale on Hush Holsters website. I might have to get one, after I wrap up a few other projects…. |
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Looks like they got a shipping date for Canada: SKS SHIPPING DATES! July 23 CA July 27 USA @Marie - he seems to think he's gonna clear US Customs in a day... |
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Originally Posted By trails-end: Pushing down right at the clip does the same thing. Pushing towards the front let's the top round go to the side and bind the in the clip. |
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