China SKS grandson's project

[Planning]

CHINA SKS GRANDSON'S PROJECT.
i found this ( barreled sks receiver) stuck it the corner of one of the safes this morning when i dug out the RPD to take a picture of it.

this will be my grandson's next project, ( after he finishes cleaning the mosin nagants :rolleyes: he has about 10 more to go) hopefully he will get started on monday or tuesday.

i think i should have enough spare parts to rebuild it. ( some where). he is excited about putting it together. :thumbup:

i don't remember the story on the rifle, but it is a low serial #, no factory code, pinned barrel.

we will do pictures as it goes together. :icon_biggrin:

he is gong to have a nice collection of rifles when he turns 18.....:wink:

[robocop10mm]

If you come up short on parts drop me a PM, I have some assorted Norinco SKS parts I would be glad to donate to the cause.

[Planning]

If you come up short on parts drop me a PM, I have some assorted Norinco SKS parts I would be glad to donate to the cause.

thanks for the offer, but i should have the parts to do it, if we can find them.
he is learning fast and learning the names of the parts. hopefully his mother will relent and let me take him to the range next year ( not going to happen this year). :airtight:

if we don't do this with our younger generations, then we/they will lose the right to own guns. we cannot let that happen. we can do this 1 person at a time.

[weasel_master]

Not only is it good to learn about firearms, but I believe he'll walk away with much more. As a kid I helped my dad out in the garage a lot building things and fixing things around the house. Some of the small talk while working really had an effect on me. I learned responsibility and respect. Also, just tinkering around helped me figure out things down the road.

[robocop10mm]

I have two cousins that visited us in H-town when they were about 10 yoa. I showed them my reloading set up and spent several hours explaining the process and the technical details. After seeming to understand the steps and the saftey concerns I let them load a few rounds undr my direct supervision. When we got together last year for grandma's memorial service, that was the first topic of discussion. They remembered fondly being tutored by their grown cousin.
Doing things, making things, fixing things with our youngsters has a profound impact on their lives.

[SteelCore]

Me daughter wants to start helping with the gun cleaning. I got her a shop smock so she won't get too dirty.

I think the seeing of the internasl of the rifles before she begins shooting will give her some confidence with the system.

[Planning]

Me daughter wants to start helping with the gun cleaning. I got her a shop smock so she won't get too dirty.

I think the seeing of the internasl of the rifles before she begins shooting will give her some confidence with the system.

whoo!,:eek: getting dirty is part of it...........:rolleyes::airtight:

[jbruney]

It was passed down the male side of my family and on to my sons....Now we try to get my grandson into it gradually, but it is a battle of sorts...His mother's end are lib-dem, and do not appreciate this training. They have been assured that guns themselves are not capable of committing criminal acts.

[k98k792]

This kind of thread is what makes me proud to be a member of this forum.

I can still member the first time my father let me shoot the .22. how proud I was to sit there with him after and clean it. I can still close my eyes and smell the Hoppes and the gun oil.

I have had the great pleasure to teach my nephews about shooting. I have bought Ak kits for them to build when they are ready. They have to earn the money for the receivers though!

Hard work, self reliance, and honesty,these are the things that make up a man of character. This is what I see the shooting sports as exemplifying.This is also what I see as the American character,and the loss of which makes me fear for our country.

[Patria Povo]

Very well said, K98!!! could not agree more. :thumbup: :America:

And, Captain Ron, if you ever decide to adopt a rather old grandson ..... :icon_biggrin:

[SteelCore]

"Now we try to get my grandson into it gradually, but it is a battle of sorts...His mother's end are lib-dem, and do not appreciate this training."

--->My Bro and his wiffe are pretty much the same, so my Nephew will need a bit of schoolin. I hope I don;t have 2 wait until he's 18.

My bro owns one neglected 870. His B-day is also this weekend. I'm getting him a few boxes of 00buck, and I'll tell him "You can't have a stapler with not staples, man!"

[texlurch]

My friend and I just took his boys out to the range for their first time. One is 6, the other 10. We had a single shot bolt action 22, my M1 10/22, an old Remington Apache with a scope, and my target 10-22.

We started them at 25 yards on the bolt action, and once they understood the rules and were comfy, we stepped them up to the M1, then the scoped Apache at 50yds. They had a blast, and the 10 year old showed pretty good skill with the M1 and the Apache. The 6 year old was happy to sling out the shots one at a time from the bolt action.

When he took them home their mother was not amused, but she got over it.. :)

[jfowl31]

Things were different even when I was a kid (much less long ago than many of you other guys... no offense meant). But I grew up in middle of nowhere West TX. I learned how to shoot at age 3, and by age 4 was taking the rifle out by myself to shoot toilets and sinks at our "dump". At 5 my dad taugh me how and let me take out the Ruger Single 6 and that became my new toy.

Cleaning and assembling..... never did that til I had my own guns. My dad wasn't in to milsurps or anything, just hunting rifles and the likes. And I don't think he EVER cleaned a rifle he owned. It took me literally WEEKS to get his rifles cleaned up once I learned how.

He has half-way given me my favorite of his collection. An Interarms 22-250 built on a Mauser action with a sexy stock and high gloss blueing that still shoots better than any rifle I've ever owned or shot.

The thing hadn't been shot in about 10 years when I dug it out of the closet and took it out to my buddy's place to shoot it. I took my dad's old reloads too. First shot, center bull. Second shot.... couldn't spot it, 3rd, same story. I thought for sure the old Bushnell scope was broken with the first round. So we walked the range, and the 3 shots were tightly cloverleafed in the dead center of the bull. I killed my first few pigs with that gun, and shoot it all the time now. I am more careful with that rifle than any thousand dollar gun I own and it only cost something like $200 new with the scope mounted.

I can't wait to pass on everything I got to my kids. the hobby will die if we don't.

[Norton]

Not only is it good to learn about firearms, but I believe he'll walk away with much more. As a kid I helped my dad out in the garage a lot building things and fixing things around the house. Some of the small talk while working really had an effect on me. I learned responsibility and respect. Also, just tinkering around helped me figure out things down the road.

Weasel this is a little OT. But I think you put it superbly.
As a dad you need to teach you kids how to work on things and do old fashion 'manly' things. Kids are getting so divorced from getting their hands dirty it worries me. Out there it is 2008 but in my house it is still 1947

For boys I recomend
Rifles, reloading and hunting
Taking care of some sort of livestock and a tending a garden
Boxing

[Planning]

still have not found the box of sks parts yet. we didn't get started on the sks cleaning yet either.

but we did find a lot of other stuff.

we found a lot more stuff, but i can't remember now what it was. getting tired and old.

then at around noon i had to start moving stuff inside because we are getting a hurricane in the morning about 7:00 AM. i am tired.:airtight:

[brewskzilla]

Stay safe through the storm, bro. I'll remember you in my prayers.

[Planning]

Stay safe through the storm, bro. I'll remember you in my prayers.

thanks, we got very lucky this time, looks like all we are getting is some rain ( we needed it) and some wind.

[robocop10mm]

Dang Planning, you must have a 50,000 sq ft warehouse to "lose" that much stuff. I have alot of stuff but I have a pretty good idea of what and where.

[Planning]

Dang Planning, you must have a 50,000 sq ft warehouse to "lose" that much stuff. I have alot of stuff but I have a pretty good idea of what and where.

it's only about 2000 sq feet now.

[MID]

so this is like a karate kid thing. Teaching the kid, what seams like meaningless things, practically slave labor. Wax on wax off, paint up, paint down, sand porch side to side.
And then out of now where he becomes the grand master of gunsmithing?

[Planning]

so this is like a karate kid thing. Teaching the kid, what seams like meaningless things, practically slave labor. Wax on wax off, paint up, paint down, sand porch side to side.
And then out of now where he becomes the grand master of gunsmithing?

yea! some thing like that :wink::airtight:

[jfowl31]

soon enough he'll be catching flies with chopsticks

[Planning]

soon enough he'll be catching flies with chopsticks

:nonono::nonono:cleaning rods:rolleyes::icon_biggrin:

[Planning]

SKS BUILD UPDATE.

my grandson is still finding parts and putting it togather. this is his, he has claimed it. now i am going to need to get him a gun safe for christmas.

[rifleman]

looking good. man he is going to have some mad skilz.:icon_biggrin:

[jbruney]

A young man can receive no finer tutoring on guns than from his grandfather. He'll soon be ready to move on up to building others with you teaching him..That is going to be one to take pride in.

[brewskzilla]

Not only is it good to learn about firearms, but I believe he'll walk away with much more. As a kid I helped my dad out in the garage a lot building things and fixing things around the house. Some of the small talk while working really had an effect on me. I learned responsibility and respect. Also, just tinkering around helped me figure out things down the road.

That couldn't be more true. I just finished doing a brake job on my truck. I learned how from my dad. I helped him do that kind of thing as a kid, and now my wife thinks I'm pretty damned handy to have around. If this happened more frequently in our society, there wouldn't be as many Jiffy Lubes and the like, because people would be more adept at doing that kind of thing themselves.
There is a certain self-satisfaction that comes with walking in the house with black, dirty hands and saying "well, that's done..." I wonder how many people in this country have never been able to say that...

[SKEricsson]

Nice job Planning, but he needs a spike bayo for it, the stock is wrong for a blade. Easy to find, Cheaper Than Dirt has them for less than $10.

Looking great! My Norinco in a comp-folder is what got me started on military weapons. My first, and still my favorite!

[Planning]

Nice job Planning, but he needs a spike bayo for it, the stock is wrong for a blade. Easy to find, Cheaper Than Dirt has them for less than $10.

Looking great! My Norinco in a comp-folder is what got me started on military weapons. My first, and still my favorite!

LATEST UPDATE:

we found the bolt carrier and bolt, the gas tube. all we need is to find th receiver cover for it and it is done.
we are going to change out the plastic to wood on the upper handguard.

he is excited about it and wants to take it home now, he turned 13 a few weeks ago, but he has to wait until he is 18 to take it home.

found him a sling, oil bottle, cleaning kit, ammo pouch and the bayonet.

ron

[Mortal_Wombat]

great looking sks!
i actually like how it looks with the plastic upper hand guard and the rest in wood, im surprised since i pretty much hate synthetic stocks on an sks (or shotgun lol)

[M1 Tanker]

Ron, glad to see you were able to find almost everything and set him up right. Gonna take him out to shoot it?

[Planning]

Ron, glad to see you were able to find almost everything and set him up right. Gonna take him out to shoot it?

YEP! his mother would not let him go to the range and shoot until he turned 13. yes!:thumbup:
he turned 13 few weeks ago.

ron

[gtty]

My Thirteen year old. Poor kid looks exactly like me. Sorry, I have posted these before, just bear with me.