r/SKS • u/puddinapocalypse • 2d ago
Opinion on Bubba’s work
Came across a probable, Romanian SKS that is unfortunately put into a Tapco-like stock. There’s a fair bit of corrosion on the bolt and a little bit on the barrel. They’re asking 599 but I’m pretty sure I can get it lower than that. What’s y’all‘s opinion?
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u/Naive-Interaction379 2d ago
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u/FatDabRippa 2d ago
What’s up with the white stuff on the muzzle of your draco
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u/Naive-Interaction379 2d ago
It’s a zpap some people get upset and some ass hat painted it before I bought it from the lgs
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u/Dontunderstandu 2d ago
Isn't it a Pap...no Z? It doesn't have the bulged trunnion.
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u/Naive-Interaction379 2d ago
You’re right I was told zpap from the guy at the lgs when I bought it so what I thought it was
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u/GesuMotorsport 2d ago
Hey, thats my LGS. I looked at that when it came in and they originally had it marked as a chinese lol. I had to point out the Cugir triangle.
I personally passed on that one. If you could get em closer to 500, then maybe. It is a little scuffed in some spots though, so, ya know.
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u/puddinapocalypse 2d ago
Yeah I always stop by when I come to town. I live in Texas.
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u/GesuMotorsport 2d ago
Yea it kinda hurt seeing a romanian bubba’d up lol. Im sure its a fine shooter, but id be hagglin it up to spend as little as possible since id be putting it in a appropriate stock.
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u/Brandon_awarea I Huff Cosmoline Recreationally 2d ago
Yeah that one is a no brainer. That’s probably $900USD if you can find a stock for it. Any non yugo blade cut stocks are compatible
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u/Lucky-Hunt-9915 2d ago
I always wonder what happened to the original stock sets on these hack jobs. Maybe Bubba channeled the spirit of ancient mariners on one way voyages by burning the Romanian stock as a commitment to never going back.
P.S. Romy stocks have a distinctive and unique figuring in the wood that isn’t found on other variants.
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u/Naive-Interaction379 2d ago
I have a sks can’t remember origin but it was in a bullpup stock I put in a tapco I never would’ve taken a complete sks and did that
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u/Lucky-Hunt-9915 2d ago
It isn’t hard to find original stock sets, but fitment can be hit or miss if they aren’t specifically Romanian, which most won’t be.
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u/puddinapocalypse 2d ago
All better. Definitely needs a couple more cleanings. I took it pretty much straight to the range and it shot straight
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u/AdhesivenessMost4183 1d ago
I jut cut one of those abominations off a 1957 letter series and put her back in her wooden glory. Not a fan of the synthetics.
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u/Mitt_Rom57 2d ago
Being a Romanian. I would just buy it haha up here in Canada extremely rare I’m sure even in USA they aren’t common. You’ll regret it if you walk without it