The numbers are fairly large, you should be able to easily identify them. The obvious locations are on the left side of the receiver, bottom of the magazine and mine has it even on the bottom of the trigger guard. The current one in my arsenal is Chinese, it easily prints 1.5" @ 100 yards, but. If you scope it, this will be usually on the bolt shroud. This part is a bit sloppy and you will have to make some slight mods to get a decent group with it as I did. This involves drilling and tapping the ears on your new bolt shroud larger, and in my case to an SAE thread rather than metric. The screw slots are also fairly soft, I changed mine to an allen head. I also ground a point on the set screws which fit and match a dimple that I drilled into the receiver. I also added locknuts to the screws which secure the bolt shroud. The result is a steardy scope mount which you'll require to print some acceptable groups.
You'll likely find that your SKS agressively ejects, meaning that people standing 10 feet to your right may get hit with ejected brass. This means that the bolt strikes pretty hard on its rearward stroke. You can purchase a rear bumper to soften the blow, or you can tame down the gas tube by drilling a small hole in the gas tube elbow to allow some gases to escape. This method is much better as reduces the distance that brass ejects but is much easier on the bolt. That's my next to-do, making up a small adjustable valve that will release a bit of gas before it hits the gas piston.
Last edited by gitrdun; 08-20-2012 at 04:54 PM.
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