My SKS got scratched!!!

Team SURPAT · 06-03-2012, 08:59 PM

The monkeys that handled my pristine Tula 1954 SKS put some small scratches on the finish on the left side, played with the take down cover enough to cut into the finish and worked the action enough to take the finish off of the follower. Should I bother to see if I can fix this blasphemy or should I just classify the rifle as a shooter? If it can be corrected I would love to know how...

I normally don't have pristine safe queens, but the historical value and that this is the ONLY imported rifle I have seen EVER in right off the factory floor condition is why I bought it.

Tomfoolery · 06-09-2012, 02:15 AM

I would make them pay to fix whatever it is they fucked up in the first place. Go to a different gunsmith and bill them for.the total.

Team SURPAT · 06-09-2012, 02:48 PM

Sounds like a plan...

haught2012ap · 06-09-2012, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Tomfoolery

I would make them pay to fix whatever it is they fucked up in the first place. Go to a different gunsmith and bill them for.the total.

+1 Couldn't of said it better myself.

irierider · 06-10-2012, 04:22 PM

Why was it brought in?

Team SURPAT · 06-10-2012, 11:34 PM

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Originally Posted by irierider

Why was it brought in?

It was stolen and when the LEOs recovered it the shitbag that took it said that it was a "Machine gun" when he took it, so it got bumped up to the alphabet boys who fingerfucked it for WAAAYYY longer than they needed too. They also took some other pieces I have and "Inspected" them. I saw it when they recovered it and it was still pristine when it got handed over.

Not the only piece that I've been getting dragged through the mud over either.

10781618 · 06-11-2012, 01:54 AM

The average cop doesn't know the difference between an AK and a SKS. Even though most carry AR/M16, they can't identify characteristics of FA or SA rifles.......

JTEXX53 · 06-11-2012, 08:20 AM

Once you ship it off for work you're at the mercy of who's working on it. Your word against theirs. You're screwed. You can try OP, method of recovering your loss, just save yourself the time and hassle. Sorry!
JT

Team SURPAT · 06-11-2012, 12:38 PM

What I'm saying is the offender that stole it in the first place claimed he knew it was a machine gun when he started talking to the police and he said other guns he never stole or saw were also converted. It wasn't entirely LEOs fault, but the way they handled my property that anyone could tell hadn't been disassembled since 1954 is what pissed me off.

Team SURPAT · 06-11-2012, 12:40 PM

I know a couple of AWESOME gunsmiths in my area that can probably get it taken care of in a day or two and send them the bill.

Team SURPAT · 06-11-2012, 12:41 PM

Whats sad is the criminal that stole it handled it with more care than the ___ agency that "Inspected" it.

Taquero07 · 06-16-2012, 06:51 AM

pics would be nice.

Team SURPAT · 06-19-2012, 08:38 AM

You'll get them soon enough. Been wanting to post on it anyways.

ftw13 · 06-19-2012, 01:06 PM

dude its an SKS,its a fifty dollar rifle that can be manufactured in a garage. i wouldn't worry about a scratch

Team SURPAT · 06-19-2012, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ftw13

dude its an SKS,its a fifty dollar rifle that can be manufactured in a garage. i wouldn't worry about a scratch

Off my thread unless you have something useful to tell me. Read the opening post.

Mandaree36 · 06-19-2012, 11:56 PM

Seems to me you should be thankful you got it back. Period.

I dont see any chance that any LEA is going to foot the bill for putting an SKS back to pristine either.

veprk5.45 · 06-20-2012, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Mandaree36

Seems to me you should be thankful you got it back. Period.

I dont see any chance that any LEA is going to foot the bill for putting an SKS back to pristine either.

I agree and have to admit, this is kinda silly.

I'd like to be the fly on the wall when you consult a lawyer.

armored223 · 06-20-2012, 03:49 PM

Unfortuante as it is LEA are not required to handle a firearm that is part of an investigation in any particular fashion by law or department polices regardless of type, value, etc. They will not pay and a lawyer would be a waste of your time unless you think there is a case for them inspecting non stolen guns without just cause.

I have heard stories of collections being seized for inspection and getting markers, chalk, and even electropenciling and carried like firewood into a vehicle.

Glad you got it back...far too often recoverd firearms are melted down because the owner could not be found. Or owner didnt have serials number to report it stolen.

JTEXX53 · 06-20-2012, 05:44 PM

You're not going to get any type damages, just get over it and move on. It's still a damn good weapon. Slighty obsesssive compulsive aren't we?
Maybe shooting at some cop cars when they drive by will make you feel better, just don't try to hit the cops. You don't have enough posts here to be getting on anyones case here. Jeez!
JT

Team SURPAT · 06-20-2012, 06:11 PM

I just found out one of the thiefs is claiming a Norinco SKS I also had stolen from me is his "Daddies bring back" From Viet Nam. Hard to pull that one with CAI on the side, isn't it?

armored223 · 06-20-2012, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by JTEXX53

You're not going to get any type damages, just get over it and move on. It's still a damn good weapon. Slighty obsesssive compulsive aren't we?
Maybe shooting at some cop cars when they drive by will make you feel better, just don't try to hit the cops. You don't have enough posts here to be getting on anyones case here. Jeez!
JT

I would be pissed too if after all that the cops scatch it while processing. I mean heck its a $450 gun these days not $99. What does posts count have to do with someone making a dumbass statement, not unlike your's about shooting at cop cars.

JTEXX53 · 06-21-2012, 09:00 AM

Sorry, I apologize. My main point is, you're not going to get any resolution on your problem. I have a mint Norinco SKS purchased back in early 90's, I wouldn't be happy either, if I was in your shoes. Is the wood stock scratched or the barrel/receiver areas? Wood is easier to fix than metal in most cases. Sorry for coming off as an asshole.
JT

Team SURPAT · 06-21-2012, 05:16 PM

It's only on the dust cover on the back. I may have a quality and easy fix with some refinishing markers that my dad has used on Colt SAAs before.

Team SURPAT · 06-26-2012, 08:34 AM

My Saiga 308 looks like one of our esteemed federal agents went deer hunting with it the 2 years they had it. Odd because it was also unfired. I guess they got the wrong impression of what I was planning when I was going to "Convert" it. They made sure to fire dirty ammo through it and my WASR and leave them like that. Real pals these public servants are...

armored223 · 06-26-2012, 10:55 AM

Man you have not had good luck with the aurhoritizzz have you

Team SURPAT · 06-26-2012, 11:38 AM

Seriously, this is nuts. They went way beyond test firing it, they zeroed the POSP scope I had on it to 400 meters, the hammer looks like it came out of a well worn kit, all the metal on metal contact has been thouroughly broken in. I will post pictures since I have hands on now.

Team SURPAT · 06-26-2012, 11:40 AM

They even went so far as to REMOVE all the oil, cosmo and other fluids that were supposed to protect it. The crown has rust, this is fucked up. It also looks like they wacked it against a tree.

BillyW · 06-27-2012, 11:42 AM

pics or it didnt happen.

Team SURPAT · 06-27-2012, 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by BillyW

pics or it didnt happen.

They are coming, let me get my camera...

06-03-2012, 08:59 PM	#1
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	My SKS got scratched!!! The monkeys that handled my pristine Tula 1954 SKS put some small scratches on the finish on the left side, played with the take down cover enough to cut into the finish and worked the action enough to take the finish off of the follower. Should I bother to see if I can fix this blasphemy or should I just classify the rifle as a shooter? If it can be corrected I would love to know how... I normally don't have pristine safe queens, but the historical value and that this is the ONLY imported rifle I have seen EVER in right off the factory floor condition is why I bought it. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-09-2012, 02:15 AM	#2
Tomfoolery III% AKaholic #: 155777 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Indiana Posts: 3,533	I would make them pay to fix whatever it is they fucked up in the first place. Go to a different gunsmith and bill them for.the total. __________________ If we wish to be just judges of all things, let us first persuade ourselves of this; that there is not one of us without fault; no man is found who can acquit himself; and he who calls himself innocent does so with reference to a witness and not to his conscience. -Seneca

06-09-2012, 02:48 PM	#3
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	Sounds like a plan... __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-11-2012, 12:38 PM	#9
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	What I'm saying is the offender that stole it in the first place claimed he knew it was a machine gun when he started talking to the police and he said other guns he never stole or saw were also converted. It wasn't entirely LEOs fault, but the way they handled my property that anyone could tell hadn't been disassembled since 1954 is what pissed me off. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-11-2012, 12:40 PM	#10
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	I know a couple of AWESOME gunsmiths in my area that can probably get it taken care of in a day or two and send them the bill. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-11-2012, 01:54 AM	#7
10781618 Banned AKaholic #: 154997 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: South Posts: 232	The average cop doesn't know the difference between an AK and a SKS. Even though most carry AR/M16, they can't identify characteristics of FA or SA rifles.......

06-11-2012, 08:20 AM	#8
JTEXX53 Veteran Member AKaholic #: 93064 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hunstville, Tx area Posts: 1,482	Once you ship it off for work you're at the mercy of who's working on it. Your word against theirs. You're screwed. You can try OP, method of recovering your loss, just save yourself the time and hassle. Sorry! JT

06-11-2012, 12:41 PM	#11
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	Whats sad is the criminal that stole it handled it with more care than the ___ agency that "Inspected" it. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-16-2012, 06:51 AM	#12
Taquero07 Senior Member Bronze Contributor AKaholic #: 162842 Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: San Diego Posts: 714	pics would be nice.

06-19-2012, 08:38 AM	#13
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	You'll get them soon enough. Been wanting to post on it anyways. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-19-2012, 01:06 PM	#14
ftw13 Senior Member AKaholic #: 61201 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth TX Posts: 532	dude its an SKS,its a fifty dollar rifle that can be manufactured in a garage. i wouldn't worry about a scratch

06-19-2012, 11:56 PM	#16
Mandaree36 2nd Class Member Platinum Contributor AKaholic #: 4562 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: North Dakota Posts: 14,516	Seems to me you should be thankful you got it back. Period. I dont see any chance that any LEA is going to foot the bill for putting an SKS back to pristine either. __________________ CENSORED.. I wont check my religious beliefs at the door....to accomodate you - nor will I apologize for them... We do not ask for your poor or your hungry. We do not want your sick and tired. It is your corrupt we claim. It is your evil that will be sought by us. With every breath we shall hunt them down. Each day we will spill their blood. ‘Till it rains down from the skies приедьте и получите некоторых Вы трусы

06-20-2012, 03:49 PM	#18
armored223 Senior Member Contributor AKaholic #: 159847 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Midwest Posts: 849	Unfortuante as it is LEA are not required to handle a firearm that is part of an investigation in any particular fashion by law or department polices regardless of type, value, etc. They will not pay and a lawyer would be a waste of your time unless you think there is a case for them inspecting non stolen guns without just cause. I have heard stories of collections being seized for inspection and getting markers, chalk, and even electropenciling and carried like firewood into a vehicle. Glad you got it back...far too often recoverd firearms are melted down because the owner could not be found. Or owner didnt have serials number to report it stolen.

06-20-2012, 05:44 PM	#19
JTEXX53 Veteran Member AKaholic #: 93064 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hunstville, Tx area Posts: 1,482	You're not going to get any type damages, just get over it and move on. It's still a damn good weapon. Slighty obsesssive compulsive aren't we? Maybe shooting at some cop cars when they drive by will make you feel better, just don't try to hit the cops. You don't have enough posts here to be getting on anyones case here. Jeez! JT

06-20-2012, 06:11 PM	#20
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	I just found out one of the thiefs is claiming a Norinco SKS I also had stolen from me is his "Daddies bring back" From Viet Nam. Hard to pull that one with CAI on the side, isn't it? __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-21-2012, 09:00 AM	#22
JTEXX53 Veteran Member AKaholic #: 93064 Join Date: May 2010 Location: Hunstville, Tx area Posts: 1,482	Sorry, I apologize. My main point is, you're not going to get any resolution on your problem. I have a mint Norinco SKS purchased back in early 90's, I wouldn't be happy either, if I was in your shoes. Is the wood stock scratched or the barrel/receiver areas? Wood is easier to fix than metal in most cases. Sorry for coming off as an asshole. JT

06-21-2012, 05:16 PM	#23
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	It's only on the dust cover on the back. I may have a quality and easy fix with some refinishing markers that my dad has used on Colt SAAs before. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-26-2012, 08:34 AM	#24
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	My Saiga 308 looks like one of our esteemed federal agents went deer hunting with it the 2 years they had it. Odd because it was also unfired. I guess they got the wrong impression of what I was planning when I was going to "Convert" it. They made sure to fire dirty ammo through it and my WASR and leave them like that. Real pals these public servants are... __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-26-2012, 10:55 AM	#25
armored223 Senior Member Contributor AKaholic #: 159847 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Midwest Posts: 849	Man you have not had good luck with the aurhoritizzz have you

06-26-2012, 11:38 AM	#26
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	Seriously, this is nuts. They went way beyond test firing it, they zeroed the POSP scope I had on it to 400 meters, the hammer looks like it came out of a well worn kit, all the metal on metal contact has been thouroughly broken in. I will post pictures since I have hands on now. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-26-2012, 11:40 AM	#27
Team SURPAT Member AKaholic #: 162381 Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Okaloosa, Florida Posts: 207	They even went so far as to REMOVE all the oil, cosmo and other fluids that were supposed to protect it. The crown has rust, this is fucked up. It also looks like they wacked it against a tree. __________________ Citizen shooter WTB: Yugo AKs, SKSs and RPKs. Russian and Bulgarian AK-74s. I'm sorry, I almost gave a fuck.

06-27-2012, 11:42 AM	#28
BillyW Banned AKaholic #: 161652 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Tulsa Posts: 614	pics or it didnt happen.

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