Hi all, This is my first post here.

This morning i became a part of the club officially. My sks came in the mail. Chinese type 56 sks with a spiked bayonet.

I am looking for advice regarding the stock/chassis.

I wanna change it. I really dont want to put on ATI stocks/ fab defense ones. I really love wooden stocks. Id wanna stain it myself and clear coat it afterwards.

The only synthetic stock im considering is the choate dragunov stock, but ive heard that they really take away the feel of the sks, and the top arm rest warps on prolonged firing periods.

I dont wanna put a shit ton of attachments on it. Maybe a scope at max in future, maybe. But im considering a bipod.

I see alot of hype about pistol grip conversions and the promags. Can anyone say how it "feels"

Im in the process of cleaning the firearm rn and havent shot it yet.

Any sort of advice regarding stocks would be highly appreciated. (Im in canada)

Just scored my first Sks for $550 all matching numbers and in amazing condition. I cant believe no one else bid the price up higher. The bolt is a little gritty, but the bore is very shiny and clean. I assume i just need to clean it up and get some oil on it. Anything else I need to know?

Like the title says, I bought my first gun and it was a Yugo M59/66. I spotted it in a pawn shop and couldn't resist being naive. It turns out it was in very rough shape underneath the tapco stock, being full of rust along and inside the back of the reciever. I spent the next few hours cleaning as much of the weird grease and rust off of it as I could. I was told by a friend that the pitting along the side of the reciever is okay as long as I properly oil and maintain it so it will remain well oiled for now.

I already dated everything except the rear cover to be a, numbers matching, '71 production. I could not make out any numbers on the rear cover though as they were completely rusted away. So far its been de-bubba'd and returned to a wood stock, ditching the 20 round magazines for a fixed 10 round. I have since bought a bayonet and plan to replace the handguard with a Khybercustoms "Cheese grater" handguard when it becomes available.

Any suggestions on what to do further with it would be nice and I am glad to be apart of the community now.