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**Mike Irwin** · January 12, 2001, 11:54 AM

If any of you have the issue, back in 1994 in April, I believe, I wrote an article that appeared in American Rifleman on "sporterizing" the SKS.

I dropped mine into a Choate synthetic stock and, more importantly, used a scope mount from GUNS: A Division of DC Engineering out of Detroit.

It replaces the receiver cover and is held in place by two or 4 (can't remember) allen screws so that it doesn't shift around in recoil.

It uses one of the stubby 4x32 scopes that are available for the SKS.

After doing that, I turned my SKS into a 1.25 to 1.5" 5-shot grouper at 100 yards off the bench.

For an SKS, that is OUTSTANDING accuracy.

BTW, the picture of the guy shooting the SKS is not me. It's a friend of mine.

January 12, 2001, 11:54 AM	#24
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,379	Scoping an SKS... If any of you have the issue, back in 1994 in April, I believe, I wrote an article that appeared in American Rifleman on "sporterizing" the SKS. I dropped mine into a Choate synthetic stock and, more importantly, used a scope mount from GUNS: A Division of DC Engineering out of Detroit. It replaces the receiver cover and is held in place by two or 4 (can't remember) allen screws so that it doesn't shift around in recoil. It uses one of the stubby 4x32 scopes that are available for the SKS. After doing that, I turned my SKS into a 1.25 to 1.5" 5-shot grouper at 100 yards off the bench. For an SKS, that is OUTSTANDING accuracy. BTW, the picture of the guy shooting the SKS is not me. It's a friend of mine.