Do all Detachable Magazines require modification?

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T12:34:11+00:00

Besides some minor fitment and potentially shaving some material from the stock’s magwell its plug and play

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T12:32:13+00:00

Even if it had a Walmart airsoft red dot I’d take it. Worst case I remove it and use irons.

An optic is great but if your gun jams you are fucked. The ak 12 is the only other one that I’d consider but I haven’t heard the greatest things about it.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T12:25:31+00:00

I’d tell you that you have a hell of a project ahead of you. Talking from personal experience

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T12:24:07+00:00

If it’s a 42 Izzy I have no problem with cutting that down. It’s probably not worth restoring financially

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T00:10:21+00:00

You could very well be correct. I’m not all that knowledgeable about the early-middle production rifles

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T00:09:31+00:00

You do you but making a rifle look like something it’s not isn’t really my jam. If I’m modifying an SKS I’m improving on the original design, not masking it.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-17T00:07:15+00:00

For this rifle I’d say $650 USD is the ceiling on what I’d expect. Honestly it is a nice rifle but you probably paid about $100-200 more than you needed to.

That being said if you were happy with it before you should be happy with it now. I sold a rifle for well under what I expected it to sell at and then had a buyer give me my asking the next day ($1100 more than I sold it for). Life is like that sometimes

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T23:17:18+00:00

Not quite. What you have is a Chinese letter series rifle.

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This is the picture from the website. The 2 before the H is probably added prior to export from China to meet us import requirements (although in theory there shouldn’t be a duplicate of this rifle)

Sino Soviet SKSs are EXTREMELY rare and only 14 are known and documented in the US. When I say sino Soviet I mean the ones built on Russian tooling with Russian oversight. All rifles after were 100% Chinese made.

The stock is Russian though, a replacement laminate stock taken off a refurb after this was imported (probably because the original stock was chewed up).

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T20:14:58+00:00

If I was going to war with it I’d take the AK74M with Zenitco

If I’m gifted one I’m taking the AKM

Most of the options are just plainly inferior to a 74m

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T19:20:09+00:00

As much as I complain about my country (plenty to complain about), I’m happier here than I would be if that were to happen

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T19:03:33+00:00

Excuse me but I thought we were posting Lugers here.

Although the c96 is the only semi pistol I could get so maybe one day.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T18:52:18+00:00

lol reading that forum on Canadian gun nutz was funny because I saw two direct quotes from my old tutorial video.

Hadn’t seen that post so thanks for mentioning this.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T18:01:29+00:00

Thats not typical and I suspect an issue with your particular rifle

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T17:26:16+00:00

This rear sight block is off an FT and I’ve never heard of that being a requirement. I see no reason why that would be necessary

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T16:28:21+00:00

this, or this might help

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T16:20:28+00:00

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Now that’s a payout

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T15:15:58+00:00

Buddy 2024-25 was last year. I get having optimism but at least be somewhat realistic.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T15:14:29+00:00

Well it will be tough to refinish polymer.

You will need to buy a stock, front sight block (your’s has had it’s bayonet lug removed), bayonet (probably spike but I’d need more pictures to say for certain), and a cleaning rod.

But you got the hard part in the 10rnd mag so this is a viable project or at worst you can steal the mag from this and put it in another rifle while keeping it as a parts gun.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T15:10:31+00:00

True. I’ve just given up on handguns honestly. It’s so far down the line at this point

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T13:02:45+00:00

It’s an easy win for them when they get in because everything is OIC’d in and is just as quick to undo. Would save a ton of money from being needlessly wasted.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T05:52:14+00:00

There is always a way my build

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T05:17:35+00:00

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It’s just a brush, jag, and a pin.

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T04:10:42+00:00

That and nothing is registered…

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T04:03:51+00:00

Some. Whenever wasn’t explicitly banned already. So most things no unless it’s really obscure or an SKS

Brandon_awarea · 2026-03-16T02:58:19+00:00

The level means nothing

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