I have owned an SKS since I got into shooting. My first was a Norinco SKS (only recently sold to my cousin) that provided the basis for any marksmanship skills I possess today. Since that first SKS I’ve owned a number of the different variants, and now only have my solitary SKS-D.
Like many SKS owners I was stunned by the vast array of aftermarket accessories available for the SKS, and after some experimentation I was not particularly impressed with most of them. I do believe the standard SKS is pretty much perfect (and cheap) in its “issue” configuration. That said I retained my SKS-D specifically as a “project” gun, and have been thinking long and hard about what MY perfect SKS would look like.
This is NOT my dream SKS. This rifle looks like almost every other “custom” SKS out there.
I hate SPAM.
Finally had an opportunity to drag the M14S to the range, put it through its paces and give a try at properly zeroing the scope. Initially it was shooting almost a foot to the right, the scope was easily adjusted to bring the rounds in a nice consistant group. The weather was a little too cold to spend the extra time to practice at 100 yards, but I’ll return once the final series of modifications have been made to the rifle.
Obviously the entries about my daughter Jillian were lost in the last crash (and as my most recent backup predates her delivery, we’re not likely to recover them). So in the interest of some sort of continuity here is the story of Jillian.
