Bay Area Gun Whackos - Labor Day Shoot

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by FUNKED1
You need hair for a ponytail.

[FUNKED1]

I am getting a leather fannypack though.  

[FUNKED1]

Originally posted by Russian
SKS with reddot? Now that is interesting. Can you post some pics?

[ramzey]

sweet

[Russian]

Bloody hell!

[lazs2]

makarov... how does the "tin can range" work?

Can you post some pics or send em to me?   I would like to suggest such a thing to our range.

I think we would get more converts to shooting if they had fun things to shoot at.  I grew up plinking at all sorts of stuff and it was fun.

Shooting at paper bore the crap outta me.

lazs

[Makarov9]

Yep, the tin can range is a lot funner then punching paper. On the Los Altos site there is a small video showing the tin can range. Basically it's a small berm, where you set up the jugs/cans, in front of a large berm. The range is 40 yrds in length. They also have a 100 yrd tin can range set up between the 50yrd and 100yrd rifle range.

http://www.losaltosrodandgunclub.com/

Here is a pic of the range setup:

[Makarov9]

Russian,

The mount Funky and I use is made by Scout Scopes. It replaces the rear sight and is easy to install. You can also remove the top part holding the scope and use it as a rear sight. I still have the original wood on my Yugo M59 with the mount. I like Funky's whiffle bat stock, but I'll stick with original wood so the "man" doesn't arrest me for illegal modification of an SKS.

[FUNKED1]

It's Fed legal as long as you have a US made magazine, op rod, and gas piston, like I do.  Cali legal as long that US made magazine is a fixed 10 rounder, not the removable 30 rounder that I photoshopped in there.  I'd NEVAR consider using a magazine that our great KSSR lawmakers have determined to be unsafe.

[Makarov9]

Hope you're happy. You just made Barbara Boxer cry.

[Russian]

It looks nice and evil: just the way I like it.

[Makarov9]

Russian, did you get the to range with your Yugo 24/47 yet? If so how did it go? I'll be taking mine out with the Enfield this weekend.

[Russian]

Originally posted by Makarov9
Russian, did you get the to range with your Yugo 24/47 yet? If so how did it go? I'll be taking mine out with the Enfield this weekend.

Although I only fired about 20 rounds through it, it had some problems. I have a hypothesis of what caused first problem, but not sure of second. First problem; hammer hits the round, but some rounds do not fire. If I try again with same round, it fires normally. This probably can be fixed with more detailed cleaning of the bolt since some casmoline is stuck to part which I cannot reach and it causes hammer speed loss during firing sequence. The second problem is that extractor sometimes misses round and instead of catching rim on inside, it stays outside making round impossible to remove without unloading completely. Regardless of those, I’m happy with my buy.

[Makarov9]

Yea, the cosmoline can cause the spring to slow down. Also, if you are using 50's Yugo 8mm ammo, you should look into getting a stronger firing pin spring from Wolff springs. The 50's Yugo ammo have hard, deep-set primers and take a good whack to set-off. I went with a Wolff 22lb 1898 Mauser spring . I can now shoot 50's Yugo reliably.

As for the extractor, the only issue I have is on ejection, I really have to pull the bolt back briskly to get the shell to fling-out. Otherwise it just lays in the chamber and I have to pull it out by hand. I'm sure you'll get your 24/47 working reliably.

Some forums on the Yugo mausers:
Yugo Mausers
Surplus Rifles - Yugo Rifles
Surplus Rifle - Yugo 48 (24/47) Info