770rd SKS Torture Test

[TacoDelRio]

I know this isn't a high-speed no drag rifle, but it's the best someone in California on minimum wage can afford.

Anyway, here's my little test of the rifle, rapid firing 770rds of ammo through it in minutes.

*Watch the ammo supply shrink!*
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/Torture1.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/Torture2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/Torture3.jpg

After about 200rds, it started to get smokey.
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SMokey5.jpg

100rds later, and we're in business!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SKSsteaming.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SKSsteaming2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SKSsteaming3.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SKSsteaming5.jpg

It charred the handguards pretty well:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SKSsteaming4.jpg


Well, I just thought "Hey, this is a gun. And this was a cool test. I'll share it with MilfPhotos.net". I hope you find it humorous or informative. It was alot of fun. So don't rag on me because my position sucks or something. I was simply trying to throw as much lead downrange as quickly as humanly possible with a rifle that loads from 10rd stripper clips.

If you have any questions about the test, feel free to ask.

Oh yes, and of course, in typical LA style, we capped some fools with our Glocks:
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/NickGangstaGangsta2.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/NickGangstaGangsta.jpg
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/GANGSTA.jpg

I'm sure that's unsafe, right?

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/SKSsteaming6.jpg


Anywho, have a good day.

[Sparky2129]

somebody buy this man a higher resolution camera.

[GreatWarAZUS]

Glad to see that you Cali guys do things quite the same way we do it out in Arizona - out in the desert! You can't beat it.

-GreatWarAZUS

[TacoDelRio]

somebody buy this man a higher resolution camera.

It was in video mode for all but one of those pictures. Otherwise it would've been damn near impossible to get good pictures, unless we had multiple cameras.

You coming with us next time Greg?

[PCarola]

Lydle Creek???

Good **** bro, glad you are having fun...It was a great day to go throw down some lead.. :D

[TacoDelRio]

Burro Canyon, all the way up Azusa Avenue.

I'm very interested with the Camera, can you do a TORTURE TEST with your Digi cam? how many picturescan it take in 1 minute? :roll:

[TacoDelRio]

I'm very interested with the Camera, can you do a TORTURE TEST with your Digi cam? how many picturescan it take in 1 minute? :roll:

Probably about.... 25?

I wouldn't know. I'm not a camera guy.

[HoboWithAK]

Not very familiar with the SKS, but I believe what you did was a little on the unsafe side. You will risk slam fires and cookoffs when the weapon gets so hot you are charring the forward handguards with the barrel, or so has been my experience. Stay safe. And get some shooting glasses. I don't know how many times over I was thankful I had been wearing them after trips to the range.

[1Cie GevGn]

And if you *do* blow it up in your face, take pics!

;)

[KaceCoyote]

dude, its an SKS. They're almost impossible to destroy.

[ridenrain]

Question is, how does it shoot now.
How has the accuracy been affected?

[onefast93z28]

dude, its an SKS. They're almost impossible to destroy.

anything can have a hangfire, and when they do, it sucks for the person with the gun. Hangfires and cookoffs are caused by heat, not how rugged the gun is.

[KaceCoyote]

Its easy to set the SKS handguards on fire, the rifle wasnt THAT HOT. The heat plus the sustained fire however could be a problem though. Could damage the barrel...

[onefast93z28]

All I'm saying is it can happen to anything, just be safe.

[shadower]

Is that M59?!

[sergey31]

Hey MrSkorotsnoy.....Was that SKS been taken apart and ALL grease (cosmoline) was removed before that shooting.
I've seen it before, sometimes they smoke so much because grease (cosmoline) begins to burn.
One time we were shooting Russian SKS with 30 round mag in Fresno and shot nearly 1000 rounds and it was not smoking at all, it would get so hot that it would be a bit difficult to remove aftermarket mag.

But overall SKS is an asome weapon. I would take Russian SKS with stripper clips over AK 47 any day, much more accurate and easier to carry in dense woods.

[KaceCoyote]

Hey MrSkorotsnoy.....Was that SKS been taken apart and ALL grease (cosmoline) was removed before that shooting.
I've seen it before, sometimes they smoke so much because grease (cosmoline) begins to burn.
One time we were shooting Russian SKS with 30 round mag in Fresno and shot nearly 1000 rounds and it was not smoking at all, it would get so hot that it would be a bit difficult to remove aftermarket mag.

But overall SKS is an asome weapon. I would take Russian SKS with stripper clips over AK 47 any day, much more accurate and easier to carry in dense woods.

More accurate? I own both and my own observations prove that they're really about the same. With match ammunition, I dunno but wolf does Minute Of Capitalist at 100 yards just the same with either..

[sergey31]

I shot AK 47 quite a few times and same goes for SKS, Now...This is my experience that SKS with excellent bore would outshoot AK 47 with similar condition bore.
SKS does have longer barrel which gives a bit higher muzzle velocity. SKS also is milled instead of stamped which also gives a bit better accuracy on how the barrel is connected to the receiver. (Chinese sks are exception to this).

[KaceCoyote]

I've seen plenty of milled AKs, and RPKs. I've also seen such a wild variance in AK accuracy that its scary. My Saiga conversion will pieplate all day on iron sights. a Normal Saiga with a 20" barrel will do better. The average American AK also suffers from a horrible crown, and a poor trigger thanks to century arms.

[TacoDelRio]

And if you *do* blow it up in your face, take pics!

;)

F*ck yeah!

Anyway, once more, I don't care much if it was unsafe for me. I've done similar things before without a problem. I'm fine. My eyes were watering like hell, and I blistered my fingers because of steaming cosmoline.

SERGEY: All that steam is from cosmoline. I cleaned it out bigtime before I shot it, but since the wood is whatever type it is, it really holds onto the cosmoline like groundwater.

If I had a choice between an SKS, and an AK, both in perfectly-fine condition, as a weapon, I'd take the AK anyday. The SKS seems more accurate, even though my sights were out of whack by about 12 miles, but the AK has a few advantages the SKS cannot really compensate for. Primarilly detatchable "Normal" (high) capacity mags. Under 300 yards/meters, I want more bullets, that's all. The whole point of the weapon.

Anywho, glad some of you enjoyed it.

Night

[SOG]

lol funny ****, cool post.

[sergey31]

And if you *do* blow it up in your face, take pics!

;)

F*ck yeah!

Anyway, once more, I don't care much if it was unsafe for me. I've done similar things before without a problem. I'm fine. My eyes were watering like hell, and I blistered my fingers because of steaming cosmoline.

SERGEY: All that steam is from cosmoline. I cleaned it out bigtime before I shot it, but since the wood is whatever type it is, it really holds onto the cosmoline like groundwater.

If I had a choice between an SKS, and an AK, both in perfectly-fine condition, as a weapon, I'd take the AK anyday. The SKS seems more accurate, even though my sights were out of whack by about 12 miles, but the AK has a few advantages the SKS cannot really compensate for. Primarilly detatchable "Normal" (high) capacity mags. Under 300 yards/meters, I want more bullets, that's all. The whole point of the weapon.

Anywho, glad some of you enjoyed it.

Night

I'll take accuracy over ammo capacity any day and I'll prove how accurate SKS can be, in a week or so when I'll have time... ;)

[TacoDelRio]

If I want accuracy, I'll take a knife. ;)

Or one of our SA M25 $4,000 rigs we have with Swarovski scopes ($2,000) up on our shelf.

http://www.springfield-armory.com/images/rifles/M25.jpg
No, not that ****ty Hakko-Springfield scope that falls apart during boresighting, but a Swarovski. We had it on a Barrett M95 .50BMG until our loverly state banned those.

But yeah, accuracy in a Cali-legal battle rifle, go with an M14. Done.

[sergey31]

I'll get Russian POs or POSP scope and will get the same durability and function -ability as any $2,000 scope.
And as far as M14 goes, it's excellent weapon but it's in a totally different class then AK47 or SKS and I'm not even talking price wise.....Americans never made SKS and AK47 equivalent counterparts.

[tenda]

lol funny ****, cool post.
...x 2... woot ....MrSkorotsnoy you're a madman...!!! ;)

[TacoDelRio]

lol funny ****, cool post.
...x 2... woot ....MrSkorotsnoy you're a madman...!!! ;)

Hell yeah!

BTW, a Unertl scope is 39124789035701235789107908361364136 times superior to any Ruskie scope currently in use. No comparison!

(Actually I am serious, they are better, not just because they're $2,600 as opposed to a $150 Ruskie scope)

[sergey31]

Sure it is....Drop it on the ground and there is goes $2,000 down the drain. They're great for careful use but would not stand up to durability to this cheap one...... And even if they are as durable, the Russian one is 10 times cheaper, and there is nothing I can find wrond with POSP.
I shot over 2,500 round from M44 (7.62x54R) and the scope is good as new.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/0803/sergey25/Stuff45/K31B.jpg

[TacoDelRio]

I ain't saying its BAD, but the Unertl "10x" is a really precise optical instrument with really nice glass. I can't say the glass on Ruskie optics is BAD, but it cannot measure up without becoming just as expensive.

Plus, Unertl's have been going strong since... WWI? USMC uses them on their M40A1's and A3's. Great scopes.

[sergey31]

Unertl are good scopes, but they are not as clear as some others are....Lupold, Swarowski for example. It's true that Unertl scopes are more durable then 2 I mention but one of the biggest problem I've heard of them is that their adjustment knobs braking after harsh field use, it's true that company will fix them for no charge but still.....

Russian POS and POSP scope have VERY high quality glass, equal to the German made glass. And their scopes are the toughest in the world, reason for that is because they are designed from ground up for harsh military use and abuse. U.S scopes like Unertl are made for very small market (Police snipers, Military snipers, Government snipers etc ets) these people would not put their equipment trough abuse as regular army marksmen would. SVD for example, it's not a sniper weapon but infantry fire support/marksmen weapon in much greater abundance then any other U.S equivalent rifle in actual infantry use. And thus Russian scopes see much more field use and abuse in close in battle filed conditions, not some guy who sits comfortable on the roof top and just looking trough his scope for hours and hours as oppose to the guy whose running shooting, running some more jumping into a ditch and shooting some more.

From my experience I found Russian scopes to be superior to any scopes I've tried before. They are super crisp clear, very easy to sight in, have built in range finder, wind scale adj, illuminated and can be taken off the weapon in a second or two and put back just as fast without zero loss.
The only reason they are so affordable it's because they are made in Russia, if they were to be manufactured here then the cost would be 7 times fold.

The only way any scope would be better then those Russian ones is if it would make me dinner be as a TV remote control and do my laundry then I would say that scope is better then POSP series.