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I only made minimal changes to the
barrel, choosing to rely on the short length of the
paratrooper barrel itself to give the project most of
its character.
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First I hack-sawed off the bayonet
mount and cleaning rod guide. Then I used a metal
file to rough shape it. (this is the point of the
photo above)
Next I used progressively finer
grits of emery cloth to round and smooth the barrel.
Working the emery cloth side to side like polishing a shoe makes
quick work of smoothing the barrel.
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I then touched up the exposed
metal, including where I nicked the sight hood, with
cold blue.
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Rather than throw a scope onto the
SKS I decided to continue with a minimalist approach and just
upgrade the front sight.with a
neon orange one that gives excellent visibility and
contrast under most conditions.
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A look at the installed sight.
on to
Trigger -
disassembly
SKS Index
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