madcoon429
Uncle Frodo
Hello, fellows;
It is not often I get time to post or even read, but I'd like to introduce myself as a 43-y/o currently residing in the exclusive
Chesapeake Ranch Estates in Lusby. I've been a shooter for quite a few years now, have been married for 20 years, and have two kids, 19 and 16. I'm a member of Sanner's Lake Sportsman Club in Lexington Park, a yearly (they need the money) NRA and GOA member. My 16-year-old son seems to have inherited my love of things that go bang and make holes in things, and I just gave him my first gun, a 20-gauge shotgun. More info will follow as I post more and read more; I'm not much for intros. I'm just going to grab the bull by the horns and toss my questions out. Here goes:
I bought an SKS in Florida back in '94. It's a Chinese model, and when I bought it, it was wearing a Ram-Line synthetic Monte Carlo stock, but with the original wooden upper hand guard on the gas tube. The first time I disassembled it, it became clear why-some minor tool scratches gave it away. The shop owner told me how nasty the gas port was when he got the rifle(of course, the shop had cleaned it up by then). The previous owner had attempted to remove it, but never had figured out how. I heard an account of gobs of black gunk on the piston and all through the tube. In spite of that, the rifle turned out to be a remarkably good shooter- I actually managed sub-2 MOA for five rounds more than once with it, once I got a scope on it.
But I digress...
A couple of years ago, I bought a synthetic folding stock from Cheaper Than Dirt, and, not caring for the feel of it, put the Monte Carlo back on, this time removing the wooden handguard and replacing it with the synthetic one from the folder. Good so far.
Recently, my son became interested in the folder. Of course, the folder came with a lock block installed to make it "legal"
, which could be removed/replaced with a foldable block. On a recent trip to Virginia to camp, where I knew there was a USDA range nearby, I decided to bring the SKS. Having read earlier in various catalogs about "compliance" parts
, I decided to play CYA and leave the lock block in place.
Now, dealing with things as they are currently, before Osama bin Obama gets his way, my question has to do with compliance. What is it, what does it mean? I read when I ordered the folding stock that an SKS had to have a certain number of "compliance parts" to make it "legal" as a folder. My memory tells me that an SKS has to have a minimum of six "compliance" parts in order to use certain parts on it. Now that the Clinton ban has lapsed, or, shall we say, has been put on temporary suspension pending the Obama mama bear to Clinton's cub, is any of this still in force, and if so, what do I have to have in order for the SKS to be "compliant"? I do know that "compliance" parts have to be USA-made, but that's about all I know.
Can anyone give me a clue or three?
Thanks.
It is not often I get time to post or even read, but I'd like to introduce myself as a 43-y/o currently residing in the exclusive
Chesapeake Ranch Estates in Lusby. I've been a shooter for quite a few years now, have been married for 20 years, and have two kids, 19 and 16. I'm a member of Sanner's Lake Sportsman Club in Lexington Park, a yearly (they need the money) NRA and GOA member. My 16-year-old son seems to have inherited my love of things that go bang and make holes in things, and I just gave him my first gun, a 20-gauge shotgun. More info will follow as I post more and read more; I'm not much for intros. I'm just going to grab the bull by the horns and toss my questions out. Here goes:I bought an SKS in Florida back in '94. It's a Chinese model, and when I bought it, it was wearing a Ram-Line synthetic Monte Carlo stock, but with the original wooden upper hand guard on the gas tube. The first time I disassembled it, it became clear why-some minor tool scratches gave it away. The shop owner told me how nasty the gas port was when he got the rifle(of course, the shop had cleaned it up by then). The previous owner had attempted to remove it, but never had figured out how. I heard an account of gobs of black gunk on the piston and all through the tube. In spite of that, the rifle turned out to be a remarkably good shooter- I actually managed sub-2 MOA for five rounds more than once with it, once I got a scope on it.
But I digress...
A couple of years ago, I bought a synthetic folding stock from Cheaper Than Dirt, and, not caring for the feel of it, put the Monte Carlo back on, this time removing the wooden handguard and replacing it with the synthetic one from the folder. Good so far.
Recently, my son became interested in the folder. Of course, the folder came with a lock block installed to make it "legal"
, which could be removed/replaced with a foldable block. On a recent trip to Virginia to camp, where I knew there was a USDA range nearby, I decided to bring the SKS. Having read earlier in various catalogs about "compliance" parts, I decided to play CYA and leave the lock block in place.Now, dealing with things as they are currently, before Osama bin Obama gets his way, my question has to do with compliance. What is it, what does it mean? I read when I ordered the folding stock that an SKS had to have a certain number of "compliance parts" to make it "legal" as a folder. My memory tells me that an SKS has to have a minimum of six "compliance" parts in order to use certain parts on it. Now that the Clinton ban has lapsed, or, shall we say, has been put on temporary suspension pending the Obama mama bear to Clinton's cub, is any of this still in force, and if so, what do I have to have in order for the SKS to be "compliant"
? I do know that "compliance" parts have to be USA-made, but that's about all I know.Can anyone give me a clue or three?
Thanks.
