r/canadaguns • u/ooTurtle1999 • Mar 19 '26

Buy recommendations SKS….

Obviously with getting my PAL issued, my first purchase will be an SKS.

I’m thinking about the ATI because I like the “tactical” look to things opposed to how wood does.

Won’t even be buying a wood stock shotgun….

Anywho, how hard is it to make the SKS take removeable mags?

If I did it, is there any way to reverse it?

Edit: I’ll probably just snag the Alder AD500… I think it meets more of what I’m looking for. Thanks for the info to stay away from the ATI SKS

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u/Eoghanwheeler Mar 19 '26

You simply remove the trigger group and the internal magazine and then put the trigger group back in and then you can use detachable mags. To put the fixed magazine back in you remove the trigger group and then place the fixed mag back in and push the trigger group back into place.

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u/ooTurtle1999 Mar 19 '26

I thought you have to file down some part of the stock to get a mag to fit? Or do I simply throw in a ProMag?

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u/Dizzy-Wedding5769 Mar 19 '26

It depends on the gun some will take extern magazines perfectly, and someone will have problems. If you end up with a problematic one, a couple strokes of a fire will fix your problem.

On the other hand, the Russian I have experience with seems to fit the archangel mags without any modification . The bolt needs to be back when they are inserted.

The ones that are put in the ATI stocks are usually from guns with broken wooden stocks. Take that information and do with it what you will, but I’d prefer a good quality gun that I can modify myself, which is why I would suggest buying a wooden stock one and then adding an aftermarket stock.

The ATI stock is OK but the Archangel one seems to be better

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u/SirKickBan Mar 20 '26

To clarify, before you damage your SKS: You file the magazine, not the stock.

There's a point on the magazine that acts as a fulcrum, it's the 'duckbill' part that, when seated in the gun, is furthest towards the barrel. You want to very gently, just a half a millimetre at a time or so, file down the contact edges and corners until you can seat it properly.

For added precision you can use something like a coloured marker on the magazine's contact points before, then very gently try and insert it. When you meet resistance, press just a little more firmly and then pull back, and file the spots where contact rubbed your marking off of the magazine.

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u/NecessaryRisk2622 Mar 20 '26

Something I read somewhere in a legal document about modifying magazines vs modifying magazine wells to accept magazines concerns me. Can anyone help me here?

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u/SirKickBan Mar 21 '26 edited Mar 21 '26

Not a lawyer, but so long as you don't create a prohibited device, you should be good. For instance you're allowed to manufacture your own magazines with any capacity you please, so long as they aren't designed to fit into a semi-automatic weapon (edit: I'm a little incorrect here: Handguns are still limited to 10, no matter how they fire). -Which you obviously can't prove unless it physically cannot fit into semis, but the point being that the only concern is if you've created a prohibited device, which, so long as your SKS magazine remains pinned to 5, you are incapable of doing.