Of course it Will Work!! It's an SKS!! Try finding an AR that someone sneezed on.Gud luck wid dat restoration. BTW, almost joking. I like my AR, like to shoot it, ...occasionally. I trust my SKS.
Yeah, I would not fire that sks...no telling how much wall loss has occurred on the barrel as well as the other components that see high pressures when fired. Damn good chance that would blow up in someone's face.
It's actually boiling water. This converts the oxide to a more stable form that actually looks like a blued finish (well black) Basically stops the active deterioration of the metal. The fun part is there are a number of parts that look like they rusted through. The gas system is trashed. the bore is chrome lined in most versions of this rifle, so that might still look reasonable. Not something I would want to test fire, but it will make an interesting decoration on the wall of the den.
@@usnva5638 if a gun is that rusty, there's no tracking it back to a murder or crime. At that point, there's no point for the police to have it because it's non functional. Now if a citizen restore it, then that's no different than making one yourself (which is legal).
This is the clearest marker of real democracy. In Europe, we lost it a long time ago. In the USA until you keep your guns, you have the guarantee you still have it along with your freedom... or at least you can fight for these! DO NOT ALLOW COMMUNISTS TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS! If you lose your guns you lose your freedom!
Most likely a place to dumped from some kids stealing iit. I had a guy bring in several sten machine gun parts with one receiver found under I 85 bridge. I told him he might want to throw back the receiver.
That's no lie, it's pretty crazy what people are asking for some of them. I wonder what I could get for this one; especially if it becomes "TH-cam famous".
@@CRoutdoor it is crazy what people are asking. Especially for the ak mag variant. Seriously tho, that rifle looks tough now. I would love to rock that sledge on my wall. Hell of a conversation piece
Thats insane that the bayonet is so pristine, and the rust pitting on the receiver actually kind of adds a cool effect to the metal after its been cleaned like it has.
Yeah, The chrome plating on it held up nice. I'm not sure what's under the plating; stainless or just regular steel. It's definitely got some character marks now. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@CRoutdoor Hard chrome, directly onto the alloy steel "blade". Whole different thing from the "bling" on car bumpers, etc. The bore of the barrel was also hard-chromed. This helped because all the original "issue" ammo used horribly corrosive primers. But users learned how to clean, or else....
This old dude says make it go bang again ni do . Just did an Enfield and 100 ear old 25/20 that went through a flood 30 years ago and were left untouched for 30 years. Actions were rusted solid. What fun to zero them in today. I call it recycling.
I sometimes feel tempted to buy a second SKS, just to do the "tactical" conversion >_< With red dot and all that. But I like my original Soviet one (the one in the video is from China), and I don't want it to change.
Same man same. I've thought of doing it too. But, I would want other people to enjoy it in all its beautiful original glory, if I ever die and it gets sold. Or I choose to sell it myself. I know it's dumb, but for the sake of possible future owners. I want to keep it as it.
using a shop vac, you can make a " vacuum chamber" and do a low key wood stabilizatiion with a resin of choice, it would soak in the pore realy well after a boil like that, not very efficient but works , good vid cheers
I was MOS 2111 in the USMC and I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen a weapon resurrected from the dead after it decomposed. Well done !! Semper Fidelis🇺🇸
Well, not completely resurrected as it doesn't fire (much to the disappointment of many commenters here) but pretty close. I just wanted to save it and have a cool story to tell. Thanks for watching and your comment.
That's almost always the case. Guys that restore old cars often have $100,000 into a $40,000 vehicle. That's why monetized TH-cam videos are great. It gives more of an incentive to the restorers.
Wow...I bet it's been down there a while. I remember finding SKS's for sale at a local flea market in Waco in the crate, for $75 each about 30 years ago. They were the poor man's ranch gun here for awhile. Wish I had picked up a few back then.
You're not alone in wishing you would've bought a bunch. It's interesting to hear some of the stories that people tell in the comments on how inexpensive they used to be. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Glad you enjoyed and picked up on that little detail. I feel it's a pivotal piece of its history so I decided to keep it. Some fisherman snagged on it and had no idea what he was hooked on. Unfortunately though, the little length of leader line didn't make it through the cleaning process. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
I wonder if it was dropped after someone had expended all the rounds. I wonder why it was thrown/dropped into the water and what happened with it just before it was lost to time. I wonder what it would say if it could speak
It is interesting to see how the gun came out. It is obviously heavily scarred...but a lot better than I imagined in the beginning. It looks a bit like one of those medieval finds in a river somewhere.
I gotta say the post restoration looks fantastic! not just by the restoration job itself, but the damage the gun sustained. Gives it a lot of character
It's crazy how many people don't like the "character". So many people said I should get a new stock and and sand down and reblue the gun... basically remove the whole story the gun can tell to have it look new. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
This is one of the coolest restorations i have ever seen and that would make an incredible wall hanger. It would probably go for more as a piece of artwork than a functioning rifle! Once saw a burned out sks from a house fire go for $300 in an outrageous bidding war.
It's definitely a cool looking piece. I have a few parts to order to do a remote test fire, but after that it will go back to it's conserved status and probably just live out it's days as a wall hanger to remind me of good times and start conversations. I'll be posting more on it so be sure to check back or subscribe for updates. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
@@hellishcyberdemon7112 I thought about it when I first found it, but then I started digging into my local laws and it appears that I didn't need to. Glad I didn't and that I was able to have this experience with it. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Watching this I'm actually really impressed at the level of knowledge and ingenuity displayed here as well as patience and skill, I think I just found the anti - Bubba
Thank you I appreciate that. This piece has more of a story to tell. I'll be trying a remote test fire soon so be sure to check back for that video. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
This is the most AMAZING video I have ever seen. I was smiling throughout the entire thing. Just a spectacular find and better job of cleaning it up. THANKS for sharing it with us.
Thank you for the fast forward. Epic rebuild & restoration. Thank 😊 you for sharing your time and skills. Liked the old style flat tipped, three fluted bayonet.
Потрясающе!!! На войну с этим СКС уже вряд ли, но как выставочный экспонат - замечательно! Вы очень терпеливый и целеустремлённый человек, судя по этой работе!!! Удачи Вам!
@@CRoutdoor ООоо Вы хотите из него сделать выстрел? А я считаю это невозможно без замены некоторых деталей. Например газоотводной трубки. Я во время службы стрелял из такого. P.S. Если правильно спилить Шептало он будет стрелять как Калашников
@@vladimirvladimirovich3528 Мне нужно было заменить некоторые детали, но это было очень хорошо. Обязательно посмотрите видео, которое есть на моем канале. Спасибо за просмотр и комментарий.
Haha, just doing my part to help the people out. Thanks for watching and commenting. Even to firing condition if you look at the test fire vid on my channel.
If you've ever had Garand Thumb comment on your video, go ahead and hit that subscribe button. Well it looks like I'm subscribing to you now. Thanks for watching and commenting.
Nice to see someone do rust removal the right way, instead of just taking a wire wheel to the metal right off the bat, and doing more damage to the piece than has already been done.
Nice to get a comment from someone who knows what's up and understands what I did. I can't tell you how many people said I should've wire wheeled it. Thanks for watching and commenting. I've also got a test fire video up on my channel if you're interested. The results were pretty cool.
Thanks for the video, you have great skill and an abundance of patience to be able to bring that weapon back to that condition. Well done and congrats on a great job.
@@derekbutts1782 I wouldn't worry you can't just plug and play with older collectors firearms. Most of the CZ, Glock hipster crowd want plug and play parts. No fitting required.
So nice to see someone who knows what they are doing. Most would have broken out the evaporust and sandpaper. You converted and carded. Mr Novak would be proud! Nice job.
Thanks! You're one of the few comments that know who Mark Novak is and what he does. So many people told me I should have used evaporust, or grinded etc. Thanks for watching and for your comments.
@@TheRealLemongrab I did a-lot of looking for rustier guns on here before posting this. Do you by chance have a link? I'd love to take a look and see what/if they did anything with it.
They're great rifles and after this experience my respect for them has only increased. Check out the test fire video up on my channel if you haven't yet. The results were pretty cool. Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@CRoutdoor do you know what country it's from? Judging by the bayonet I'd assume it's a Chinese model. However if it has a star with a 1 on the magazine or the receiver, it's a north Vietnam, they look nearly identical to Chinese. If it's a star in a circle it's north Korean. Again looking almost identical to Chinese.
@@djlinkles7063 Most say it's Chinese. Unfortunately there are no legible marks on the receiver. That would be way cool if it was one of those variants though.
@@4n4rch1st7 My comment was just my opinion of why the rifle was dumped in the river. Sorry, It was not ment to trigger you! So go to your safe space in your moms basement and relax.
Thank you, I really appreciate that. I tend to avoid the word "restoration" for this project but instead prefer "conservation". I have some info in the description on the differences. Regardless, I really appreciate the sentiment. Thank you for watching and for your comment.
Glad you noticed it! I agree, it's a huge part of its history. Be sure to check out the test fire video up on my channel if you haven't already. The results were kinda cool. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
As long as you keep the original parts intact and with it its morally fine to do, but sporterizing, converting, glossing, or any other sort of violation with the original is on-par with hunting an endangered species. There are only so many sks's out there before the only ones left are norinco knockoffs and museum artifacts.
Thank you, I can't count the number of comments I've had saying I should've done just that. Many don't understand that I needed some rust on the gun to convert to black. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Yeah, it was pretty surprising. Even more surprising was the test fire results. Here's that vid if you haven't seen it yet th-cam.com/video/sJzPC1DynZk/w-d-xo.html Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Glad you liked it! I tend to blabber in my other videos but I wanted this to be just the gun and the work. I did a test fire of this gun if you're interested. It's up on my channel, the results were pretty cool. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
If it were me I would check the bore of the barrel & have it sonic checked for thickness to make sure the barrel is thick enough to use plus buy a head space checker to check the head space between the bolt & barrel end to make sure it's safe or you risk having the barrel either split or blow up in your face or at the very least a casing blow apart with shardes of casing blowing in your face like shrapnel if it's not in spec . Chances are the rifling is toast on this & pitted severly so either a barrel rebore which will cost more than the gun is worth or just hang it on the wall .
That's SKS (Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945, Self-loading Carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945) is a semi-automatic carbine chambered for the 7.62×39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. A reliable, simply designed, and relatively inexpensive weapon, the SKS was first produced in the Soviet Union but later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. Its distinguishing characteristics include a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it was rendered obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces by the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see service with the Soviet Border Troops, Internal Troops, and second-line and reserve army units for decades.
That's a great little history in a nutshell right there. I appreciate that. Thanks for watching and for your comment. If you haven't already, check out the test fire video I did for this gun on my channel. The results may... or may not surprise you based on your knowledge of the SKS.
Its sad that this weapon is forever cursed to exist but never fire again but its amazing what you did to preserve some of its old glory. Great job Edit: coming back from the firing video... i cannot elaborate how ecstatic that you got it to fire again with select replaced parts. that is absolutely amazing.
Yeah, this gun has been through quite a journey. I'm glad you saw the firing video. I was surprised how well it did with mostly original parts. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
It's the first time on this scale. Leading up to this I had done small stuff and parts. This just put it all together. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Wow, you have been studying, gunsmith screwdrivers, boiling the parts, carding wheel NOT wire wheel, even a steampipe for 'boiling' the action, looks like you know your way around firearms, nice job!
Thanks. This was a culmination of sorts of quite a few years of tinkering and experimenting and learning. I think it paid off with a pretty cool piece that has a neat story to tell. Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Now let's take this baby to the range and test fire it.
th-cam.com/video/sJzPC1DynZk/w-d-xo.html
Classic firearms hand select
Lmao. Accurate.
Still safer than an IO
ROTFLMAO
LMFAO !!
@@DireAvenger001 definitely
A non SKS owner "this thing is destroyed! it will never work again"
SKS owner "Spray it some penetrating oil, it'll work"
Of course it Will Work!! It's an SKS!! Try finding an AR that someone sneezed on.Gud luck wid dat restoration. BTW, almost joking. I like my AR, like to shoot it, ...occasionally. I trust my SKS.
As long as the firing pin is free... GTG
Yep as long as the parts are their
In Soviet Russia, you no have gun part tolerances. In Soviet Russia, gun part tolerate YOU
Yeah, I would not fire that sks...no telling how much wall loss has occurred on the barrel as well as the other components that see high pressures when fired. Damn good chance that would blow up in someone's face.
Brand new. Sks rifles. Only dropped once.
"It's just the patina"
Nyet, rifle is good.
Only dropped once
In a river
About 35 years ago
@@JohnSinatra88 it looks like a last ditch gun
Its not sks its kar98k
A true " ghost gun", pirates of the Caribbean level ghost gun, this man restored it to prime hand removing state
Its a sks, a soviet rifle
Great, soon after restoration local deputy confiscated it . Missing evidence in homicide.
The Draugen
It looks just like my 1950 Russian sks
@@justdone1251 No it wasn't
"My name is Brandon Herrera, and I'm going to stick this SKS in a river for 10 years"
Herrera wouldnt
@Andrew Polaski he would tho
glad to see my favourite guntuber, Brandon Herrera him-fucking-self mentioned here.
@@rebel6301a suprise but a welcome one
Whats up you sexy youtube mother lovers
Real americans deep fry their fire arms like this man
cronch
Lmao It was so unexpected when he pulled out the deep fryer tho
@@notjamz mmmm so crispy
It's actually boiling water. This converts the oxide to a more stable form that actually looks like a blued finish (well black) Basically stops the active deterioration of the metal.
The fun part is there are a number of parts that look like they rusted through. The gas system is trashed. the bore is chrome lined in most versions of this rifle, so that might still look reasonable. Not something I would want to test fire, but it will make an interesting decoration on the wall of the den.
European guy finds rifle in river: calls police.
Random American guy finds rifle in river: has everything he needs to restore the rifle in his garage
Random American guy restores potential murder weapon to "like new" condition.
@@usnva5638 if a gun is that rusty, there's no tracking it back to a murder or crime. At that point, there's no point for the police to have it because it's non functional. Now if a citizen restore it, then that's no different than making one yourself (which is legal).
I’m European and with the current rules we live under, you can be sure that if I find a rifle, I will keep it at all costs
@@lincolnwaffle6038 now its make sense
This is the clearest marker of real democracy.
In Europe, we lost it a long time ago. In the USA until you keep your guns, you have the guarantee you still have it along with your freedom... or at least you can fight for these!
DO NOT ALLOW COMMUNISTS TAKE AWAY YOUR GUNS! If you lose your guns you lose your freedom!
Still looks better than 99% of the "Mall Ninja" SKS conversions I've seen.
No sks
@@Dead-0-j7u its an sks
@@mixiaziz1523 Technically it's a Type 56. A Chinese copy of an SKS. But still not an SKS.
@@ajax8341 oh.
No Bubba no!
My god, they really did lose it in a boating accident
Haha, I guess it does happen. Too bad it was just one.
Yep, I started collecting in 1972. I lost all 400 of mine that way around Nov. 2020
@@tomvogt5988 ...my collection fell out of the canoe...
...while I was trying to GPS locate the Titanic...
Most likely a place to dumped from some kids stealing iit. I had a guy bring in several sten machine gun parts with one receiver found under I 85 bridge. I told him he might want to throw back the receiver.
@@triangledetecting5757 Or was used in a crime ans dumped.
Shoots 1.5 MOA, some character, recently lubed. $1500 OBO - Gunbroker Ad
That's no lie, it's pretty crazy what people are asking for some of them. I wonder what I could get for this one; especially if it becomes "TH-cam famous".
@@CRoutdoor it is crazy what people are asking. Especially for the ak mag variant. Seriously tho, that rifle looks tough now. I would love to rock that sledge on my wall. Hell of a conversation piece
NO LOWBALL OFFERS, I KNOW WHAT I GOT
@@unskilledlabor1 lmao 🤣
@@unskilledlabor1 🤣exactly
Thats insane that the bayonet is so pristine, and the rust pitting on the receiver actually kind of adds a cool effect to the metal after its been cleaned like it has.
Yeah, The chrome plating on it held up nice. I'm not sure what's under the plating; stainless or just regular steel.
It's definitely got some character marks now.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@CRoutdoor Hard chrome, directly onto the alloy steel "blade". Whole different thing from the "bling" on car bumpers, etc.
The bore of the barrel was also hard-chromed. This helped because all the original "issue" ammo used horribly corrosive primers. But users learned how to clean, or else....
@@bruceinoz8002 Great explanation, thanks for clarifying that for future watchers and readers.
+10 poison damage
What I find in rivers: Rocks
this dude: Simonov SKS Carbine
СВТ?
@@ДонДигидон-щ8н СКС
@@ДонДигидон-щ8н cock ball torture
@@miguenlanguen2459 самозарядный карабин Симонова
@@biedronkowestalkere5069 sorry I no speak communism
$2300 handpicked from Royal Tiger Imports...
$179 Grade C 2014
“Sir, where did you get this gun”
“I found it from a boating incident”
This old dude says make it go bang again ni do . Just did an Enfield and 100 ear old 25/20 that went through a flood 30 years ago and were left untouched for 30 years. Actions were rusted solid. What fun to zero them in today. I call it recycling.
And u can't do it
The lengths you have to go to stop your SKS from being sporterized
I sometimes feel tempted to buy a second SKS, just to do the "tactical" conversion >_< With red dot and all that. But I like my original Soviet one (the one in the video is from China), and I don't want it to change.
Same man same. I've thought of doing it too. But, I would want other people to enjoy it in all its beautiful original glory, if I ever die and it gets sold. Or I choose to sell it myself. I know it's dumb, but for the sake of possible future owners. I want to keep it as it.
using a shop vac, you can make a " vacuum chamber" and do a low key wood stabilizatiion with a resin of choice, it would soak in the pore realy well after a boil like that, not very efficient but works , good vid cheers
I was MOS 2111 in the USMC and I can honestly say this is the first time I’ve ever seen a weapon resurrected from the dead after it decomposed. Well done !!
Semper Fidelis🇺🇸
Well, not completely resurrected as it doesn't fire (much to the disappointment of many commenters here) but pretty close. I just wanted to save it and have a cool story to tell.
Thanks for watching and your comment.
@@CRoutdoor it is definitely not in any condition to fire, but100% it looks the part of a firearm again.👍🏼🇺🇸
That was a lot of good work ....
@@CRoutdoor I wouldn't want to even attempt it with that much pitting and the condition of the wood. Beautiful piece to hang on the wall, though.
"RARE PREBAN CHINESE SKS WORTH $2000"
-Sweaty Ben
It was probably the last shipment ever too. Glad I got it.
Bought my new never issued in the wrapper SKS for $126, probably 15/20 years ago.
I kNoW wHaT i HaVe
I paid maybe $500 for 2 unissued mint rifles.
Seriously right! I bought several of them for around a hundred dollars in the eighties!
More effort and expertise went into cleaning up that SKS than ever went into building it.
Это не скс
@@ВладимирГорбатенко-е4з Это может быть китайский карабин Type 56, но это явно конструкция CKC
They do call it the poor mans AK after all
That's almost always the case. Guys that restore old cars often have $100,000 into a $40,000 vehicle.
That's why monetized TH-cam videos are great. It gives more of an incentive to the restorers.
@@johndodson8464 yes, but those vehicles are usually desirable l
Love how it turned out. Especially like that the whole rifle looks really lived in, but the bayonet blade looks brand new lol
Chromium plated. The bore is probably just as good.
Wow...I bet it's been down there a while. I remember finding SKS's for sale at a local flea market in Waco in the crate, for $75 each about 30 years ago.
They were the poor man's ranch gun here for awhile. Wish I had picked up a few back then.
You're not alone in wishing you would've bought a bunch. It's interesting to hear some of the stories that people tell in the comments on how inexpensive they used to be.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Now they are like $600 . Crazy .
That SKS and Mosin's would have been a good investment if we knew. Would have had crates full in the garage.
i wish i had kept mine i had every veriation made but one now i would have a small fortune back then they were dirt cheep
As soon as that SKS came out the water a child in Russia was born, and the father wearing a full Adidas track suit shed a tear :'(
I award you 8 internets
While squatting down in true gopnik fashion.
BLYAT HOW DID YOU KNOW
This is the best comment ever.
You mean China
I love how there's a fish hook in the stock. Even better that you left it.
Glad you enjoyed and picked up on that little detail. I feel it's a pivotal piece of its history so I decided to keep it. Some fisherman snagged on it and had no idea what he was hooked on. Unfortunately though, the little length of leader line didn't make it through the cleaning process.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Throw it back!! The fish need to protect themselves too
Damn I bet Rob Ski is gonna be pissed. He’s gonna come back looking for it for his next 24 month water submersion test fire video.
*slavic accent* “holy shit it fucking holds zero!
"Enough with the bullshit talk! Let's drag out SKS rifle to see how it is shooting!"
They didn’t do you any favors leaving the bolt open before they violated this rifle
I know right, a closed bolt would've made this project so much easier.
Honestly a chemical bath to remove rust would’ve helped a lot with the whole thing and it’d be both safer for you and the gun
I wonder if it was dropped after someone had expended all the rounds. I wonder why it was thrown/dropped into the water and what happened with it just before it was lost to time. I wonder what it would say if it could speak
@@KarterIsNotOnAcid the guy probably " lost it" on purpose and is like😳 watching this video
Least they kept the mag in
It is interesting to see how the gun came out. It is obviously heavily scarred...but a lot better than I imagined in the beginning. It looks a bit like one of those medieval finds in a river somewhere.
А что не видно как появилось?
I gotta say the post restoration looks fantastic! not just by the restoration job itself, but the damage the gun sustained.
Gives it a lot of character
It's crazy how many people don't like the "character". So many people said I should get a new stock and and sand down and reblue the gun... basically remove the whole story the gun can tell to have it look new.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Love SKS’s and my god you did a labor of love here bringing it back in any form...
There was lots of labor involved, thats for sure.
Bad guns
Bad a.. guns
SVT
@@me1alhead ничё что это СКС?
It already looks like a cool wall hanger by the 7 min mark
This is one of the coolest restorations i have ever seen and that would make an incredible wall hanger. It would probably go for more as a piece of artwork than a functioning rifle! Once saw a burned out sks from a house fire go for $300 in an outrageous bidding war.
It's definitely a cool looking piece. I have a few parts to order to do a remote test fire, but after that it will go back to it's conserved status and probably just live out it's days as a wall hanger to remind me of good times and start conversations.
I'll be posting more on it so be sure to check back or subscribe for updates.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
@@CRoutdoor you're going to fire it!? Hah! I'll watch that.
Me seeing this rifle: “Oh dear. Oh dear. Gorgeous.”
Me after seeing the rifle fixed and working again: “It’s a Christmas Miracle!”
Reddit
Massive sigh of relief seeing someone with attention to detail and care found it
I appreciate that. Thanks for watching and for the comment.
@@CRoutdoor Thank you for not being like other channels where the police are called and they are taken and destroyed
@@hellishcyberdemon7112 I thought about it when I first found it, but then I started digging into my local laws and it appears that I didn't need to. Glad I didn't and that I was able to have this experience with it.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Watching this I'm actually really impressed at the level of knowledge and ingenuity displayed here as well as patience and skill, I think I just found the anti - Bubba
Thank you I appreciate that. This piece has more of a story to tell. I'll be trying a remote test fire soon so be sure to check back for that video.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
How's fishing today?
Me: It's complicated
You have absolutely honored the rifle and the man that carried it. God Bless you.
Thank you, I appreciate that. Hopefully the man that carried it was a good one.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
This is the most AMAZING video I have ever seen. I was smiling throughout the entire thing. Just a spectacular find and better job of cleaning it up. THANKS for sharing it with us.
You're welcome. Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.
“Bore is a little frosted, but, strong rifling”....love that chrome lined barrel’
If the barrel chrome lining was as good as the chrome plating on the bayonet the bore should be fine!
I truly never thought I would ever utter the phrase "that poor Chicom SKS" till today.
Nice job on the cleanup.
Haha, thanks, I appreciate that.
Same. It saddens me any time a firearm ends up unusable.
this guy got that gun cleaned up so well its basically the SKS my scav spawns with in tarkov
Thank you for the fast forward. Epic rebuild & restoration. Thank 😊 you for sharing your time and skills. Liked the old style flat tipped, three fluted bayonet.
Glad you liked it. Be sure to check out the test fire of it on my channel if you haven't already.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Great tenacity! A lot of work has been done!
What an awesome job you have done! Patience and dedication. Well done, I am really impressed by such detail!
Glad you liked it. Thanks for watching and for your kind comment.
Мастеру уважение,видна работа и сам предмет. Все натуральное
Oh sks of the river, what is your wisdom?
**INSERT VIETNAMESE INSULT**
@@jcjcjunk1881 that is a good wisdom
THERE ARE ONLY 2 GENDERS
Today, Berlin. Tomorrow, the world!
That poor sks :(
At least now it has a good, caring home.
Потрясающе!!!
На войну с этим СКС уже вряд ли, но как выставочный экспонат - замечательно!
Вы очень терпеливый и целеустремлённый человек, судя по этой работе!!!
Удачи Вам!
Спасибо.
Скорее всего, он будет просто висеть у меня на стене после моего тестового видео с стрельбой. Спасибо за просмотр и за ваш комментарий.
@@CRoutdoor Если ствол хромированный, то может сохраниться вполне приличный бой. Удач Вам!
@@CRoutdoor ООоо Вы хотите из него сделать выстрел? А я считаю это невозможно без замены некоторых деталей. Например газоотводной трубки. Я во время службы стрелял из такого. P.S. Если правильно спилить Шептало он будет стрелять как Калашников
@@vladimirvladimirovich3528 Мне нужно было заменить некоторые детали, но это было очень хорошо. Обязательно посмотрите видео, которое есть на моем канале.
Спасибо за просмотр и комментарий.
@@vladimirvladimirovich3528 Без газоотводной трубки он стреляет великолепно. Просто он не перезарядит без нее
You are doing a great service proving how guns lost in boating accidents can be restored to pristine condition.
Haha, just doing my part to help the people out.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Even to firing condition if you look at the test fire vid on my channel.
"Nyet Rifle is fine"
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As we say in the auto trade "it will buff out." Great job .
I like that, I'm gonna start using it. Thanks for watching.
Nice to see someone do rust removal the right way, instead of just taking a wire wheel to the metal right off the bat, and doing more damage to the piece than has already been done.
Nice to get a comment from someone who knows what's up and understands what I did. I can't tell you how many people said I should've wire wheeled it.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
I've also got a test fire video up on my channel if you're interested. The results were pretty cool.
What an amazing piece. I would love to have that on my wall
Thanks for the video, you have great skill and an abundance of patience to be able to bring that weapon back to that condition. Well done and congrats on a great job.
Glad you liked it, thanks for watching and for the kind comment.
If it was in its import condition it would have probably been shootable at the end
Of course, the cosmoline would have killed everything downstream. But that rifle would have been pristine! LOL!
Holy smoke man! That is a test of patience, and a labor of love! Great job!
Yeah it was a long, but really fun process. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
@@CRoutdoor You bet! Thanks for sharing your journey!
Damn you found a classic firearms hand select chinese sks
That’s gonna need a lot of WD40 is the first thing that came to my mind lol
Just needs a few parts from numrich gun parts
Yeah, just a few.
Dont put the numerich name out there for the masses of gun hipsters lmao
If they have the parts. They have been a little light on parts the last few times I've looked.
@@derekbutts1782 I wouldn't worry you can't just plug and play with older collectors firearms. Most of the CZ, Glock hipster crowd want plug and play parts. No fitting required.
@@baird329 lmao ... they dont know what hand fit mean . Cuz the cz and 1911 are "fudd" guns lmao
So nice to see someone who knows what they are doing. Most would have broken out the evaporust and sandpaper. You converted and carded. Mr Novak would be proud! Nice job.
Thanks! You're one of the few comments that know who Mark Novak is and what he does. So many people told me I should have used evaporust, or grinded etc.
Thanks for watching and for your comments.
This is the “level 1” gun from any RPG
This is the rustiest gun I’ve ever seen. Is it the rustiest gun on TH-cam?
How long do you think it was down there to get this rusty?
It’s not the rustiest on TH-cam, my guess is it’s been down there for a couple of years
@@TheRealLemongrab I did a-lot of looking for rustier guns on here before posting this. Do you by chance have a link? I'd love to take a look and see what/if they did anything with it.
@@CRoutdoor dallmyd has found worse I'm pretty sure.
Lookup any of the WW2 battlefield finds... many many many more are rustier than this.
@@TheRealLemongrab with the depth of the pitting which looks deeper then 1.5mm probably been down there for 10 years at least
I bet it’ll run. Those pinned barrel commercial ones had nice chromed bores.
There's a few pits in the bore and I'll need some extra parts but I'm looking into shooting it.
@@CRoutdoor please dont try that unless you replace the gas rod tube
I'll be safe about it, and It would be a remote firing from a good distance away.
@@CRoutdoor can’t wait!!!!
I paid 55.00 for a sk an it came with cleaning kit sling an folding bayonet in 1970 it shoots just fine makes a pretty good hunting rifle
They're great rifles and after this experience my respect for them has only increased.
Check out the test fire video up on my channel if you haven't yet. The results were pretty cool. Thanks for watching and commenting.
"I swear Mr. ATF agent.
I lost it in a boating accident"
Dang, and I thought removing the cosmoline from mine was hard, I can only imagine the difficulty of restoring this.
Ironically enough, had this been soaked in cosmoline before taking a swim it probably would've helped.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@CRoutdoor do you know what country it's from? Judging by the bayonet I'd assume it's a Chinese model. However if it has a star with a 1 on the magazine or the receiver, it's a north Vietnam, they look nearly identical to Chinese. If it's a star in a circle it's north Korean. Again looking almost identical to Chinese.
@@djlinkles7063 Most say it's Chinese. Unfortunately there are no legible marks on the receiver. That would be way cool if it was one of those variants though.
The cleaned up stock looks like Groot
I am groot and I have a semi automatic Soviet rifle in my right hand... why in my right you ask? Cause on the Soviet left I have an rpg
i really admire your resourcefulness, like using the public car wash hose and the drill with the Irwin clamps. good shit dude
Thanks, I appreciate that. Some have said that I need a bench grinder but my system works for me.
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Someone was killed with that SKS rifle, that's why it was ditched in the river.
no, someone was killed while holding this SKS rifle, that's why it was ditched in the river
The world may never know.
Ok, and? The gun isn’t responsible for the crime and with all that rust it would be useless as police evidence anyway
@@4n4rch1st7 My comment was just my opinion of why the rifle was dumped in the river. Sorry, It was not ment to trigger you! So go to your safe space in your moms basement and relax.
you could vacuum impregnate the wood with epoxy resin to preserve current wood state
I kinda wonder how much a weight difference in the wood that would make.
Idk about lost in a boating accident more like lost in a murder accident
or put there by the "people that found it". I don't trust any of this shit.
@@handsinthefire I don't know, man. Either way, he restored a rifle that was most certainly rusted to all hell.
The Iceman does not recommend taking long rifles w/ bayonets to discrete homicide scenes. (the idea is to blend in I think)
@@tallwalls76 cheap gun unloaded with the bolt back... someone ditched it there for some reason
That's a stupid supposition to make, and really inappropriate in context
That may be the most impressive restoration of a gun I have ever seen. I'm speechless.
Thank you, I really appreciate that. I tend to avoid the word "restoration" for this project but instead prefer "conservation". I have some info in the description on the differences.
Regardless, I really appreciate the sentiment.
Thank you for watching and for your comment.
i love this rifle, i have one (russian edition) in a great condition
Beautiful SKS. I'm sad that it was found like this.
Yeah I agree, but at least it got cleaned up and is now in a nice, warm, loving home.
Thanks for watching.
Отличная работа,спасибо за реставрацию СКС смотрел с итересом.
Похоже один из первых. Штык как на карабине Мосина.
@@Sergey_Twerskoy такие штыки на китайских СКС были
Это не реставрация. Он не работоспособен - это макет. Очистка с расчисткой
The fact that that fishing hook experienced everything and got to stay attached to it's gun makes me so happy. It's adding to the story
Glad you noticed it! I agree, it's a huge part of its history.
Be sure to check out the test fire video up on my channel if you haven't already. The results were kinda cool.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Well. I think you have a bright future as a conservator.
Thanks. I'm not sure if it's something I want to do for a living but maybe as a side gig.
Thanks for watching.
@@CRoutdoor It makes a decent side gig. I work on my bosses' guns on the side.
Next time, a couple coats of TruOil and it’ll buff right out.
Just need to slap a tapco stock on and we're all done here boys
*Heretic*
@@zacharyrollick6169 lmfao I'd never have the balls to commit such a sin against the gun gods irl
I did it to my norinco. Kinda nice to have it mag fed too
@@carrythetorch33 I did the same thing to mine
As long as you keep the original parts intact and with it its morally fine to do, but sporterizing, converting, glossing, or any other sort of violation with the original is on-par with hunting an endangered species. There are only so many sks's out there before the only ones left are norinco knockoffs and museum artifacts.
It's so nice to see someone boil and card a rusty gun instead of yoloing it into the nearest box of rust remover and wire wheels.
Thank you, I can't count the number of comments I've had saying I should've done just that. Many don't understand that I needed some rust on the gun to convert to black.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
The idea of this baby firing again after all this damage is Heart warming .
I can't believe how that old SKS cleaned up considering the condition. Nice work!
Yeah, it was pretty surprising. Even more surprising was the test fire results. Here's that vid if you haven't seen it yet
th-cam.com/video/sJzPC1DynZk/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
What a cool find man, and great to see it cleaned up. Must’ve been super rewarding to see it finished.
Yeah, I'm really pleased with how it turned out.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Exemplary video. All the detail and no blabber. And the results of your work has shown me a lot of new information in a pleasing manner.
Glad you liked it! I tend to blabber in my other videos but I wanted this to be just the gun and the work. I did a test fire of this gun if you're interested. It's up on my channel, the results were pretty cool.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
locking surfaces look good, get new springs and wood stock and i bet it will shoot , just not accurate
There is a hole in the gas tube that would need welding and probably need to be re barreled or bored.
@@johnharrington4757 buy new gas tube
If it were me I would check the bore of the barrel & have it sonic checked for thickness to make sure the barrel is thick enough to use plus buy a head space checker to check the head space between the bolt & barrel end to make sure it's safe or you risk having the barrel either split or blow up in your face or at the very least a casing blow apart with shardes of casing blowing in your face like shrapnel if it's not in spec . Chances are the rifling is toast on this & pitted severly so either a barrel rebore which will cost more than the gun is worth or just hang it on the wall .
Você é um grande artista parabéns
Some random third-wold country: *Loses rifle in boating accident.*
American gunsmith: A Jedi's weapon deserves more respect.
That's SKS (Samozaryadny Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945, Self-loading Carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945) is a semi-automatic carbine chambered for the 7.62×39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. A reliable, simply designed, and relatively inexpensive weapon, the SKS was first produced in the Soviet Union but later widely exported and manufactured by various nations. Its distinguishing characteristics include a permanently attached folding bayonet and a hinged, fixed magazine. As the SKS lacked select-fire capability and its magazine was limited to ten rounds, it was rendered obsolete in the Soviet Armed Forces by the introduction of the AK-47 in the 1950s. Nevertheless, SKS carbines continued to see service with the Soviet Border Troops, Internal Troops, and second-line and reserve army units for decades.
That's a great little history in a nutshell right there. I appreciate that.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
If you haven't already, check out the test fire video I did for this gun on my channel. The results may... or may not surprise you based on your knowledge of the SKS.
Shit. They've found it. I'd better cross the border quickly 🤦
Don’t give the government ideas on how to recover all the guns I lost in a boating accident
It's Russian SKS self-charging carbine Simonov
By the way I am Russian but I speak English well, you can ask questions
Красивый.В армии с таким штыком был у меня.
Is beautiful rifle
@@jeanlammer4950
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Sorry man but you’re wrong, that’s actually a mosin nagant rifle
Its sad that this weapon is forever cursed to exist but never fire again but its amazing what you did to preserve some of its old glory. Great job
Edit: coming back from the firing video... i cannot elaborate how ecstatic that you got it to fire again with select replaced parts. that is absolutely amazing.
Yeah, this gun has been through quite a journey. I'm glad you saw the firing video. I was surprised how well it did with mostly original parts.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
It's an SKS, just spray some WD40 on it, good to go.
That's one way to get the cosmoline off.
Bardzo dobra robota,gratulacje
Nwm jak ale gość cię zrozumiał.
It's easy to see this isn't the first time you've done this type of thing. Extremely well done.
It's the first time on this scale. Leading up to this I had done small stuff and parts. This just put it all together.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
Would have been a great rifle, Chinese SKS
They are great rifles. I used to have one; I should've kept it seeing their value today.
@murdo.monrow70
I think it is a commercial one. I don't think the military ones had a spike bayo. Probably wrong I have shit memory.
Wow, you have been studying, gunsmith screwdrivers, boiling the parts, carding wheel NOT wire wheel, even a steampipe for 'boiling' the action, looks like you know your way around firearms, nice job!
Thanks. This was a culmination of sorts of quite a few years of tinkering and experimenting and learning. I think it paid off with a pretty cool piece that has a neat story to tell.
Thanks for watching and for your comment.
@@CRoutdoor Mark Novak the second.
Gently used sks. No low ballers I know what I got!