r/canadaguns • u/Wokeforpepe • May 01 '26

Milsurps / Prohib Response to that guy with. Retrograde

Post image

Here’s my family photo. You can see how my retrograde turned out! Very nice grain structure, believe it’s walnut.

68 Upvotes

99% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

9

u/Benefit_Waste May 01 '26

Canuck fd12.... im jealous

7

u/Wokeforpepe May 01 '26

Don’t be, it’s a paper weight since the OIC. And unreliable too, likes to stove pipe on eject; I could probably fix this issue with a file as it seems the ejection port is a little too restrictive depending on how the shell flies out. But since the OIC it just collects dust. If nothing changes it’s slated for deactivation before the amnesty ends😒 what a waste of money.

2

u/Benefit_Waste May 01 '26

is it really that bad? Always wanted a magfed shotgun. Plus I'm a fanboy to bullpups lmao.

5

u/Wokeforpepe May 01 '26

Genuinely that bad. Can’t empty a magazine without stove piping every other round. It’s the ejection port clearance, the spent shell would hang onto the ejection port via the rim of the shell. Build quality its self is really meh. Take down pins came without retainers, and one simply flew out while firing and is gone to the wind. Replaced with a threaded bolt for the time being. The other take down pin is wedged in there so tightly you need a punch to remove it. It also did not come with a retainer in the pin, but the machining from factory does not align properly at all. The firearm functions, cycles, and looks cool. But that’s about it without user intervention. And since the OIC, I am not bothered enough to fix the problems since I am being forced to deactivate it by October.

I will say though that it is well balanced and feels good to shoulder, carry and shoot it. It could be a good gun. Could.

5

u/DougMacRay617 May 01 '26

Yeah they are super unreliable

1

u/MG34owner May 02 '26

Get a 590m and you are set

3

u/No-Fold904 May 01 '26

From your personal experience, are those SKS magazines any good? Most people say they suck so I’m curious?

8

u/Wokeforpepe May 01 '26

I have a collection of seven of the archangel magazines, and have never had an issue with fit or feed. They are great magazines that require no alteration to the rifle or the stock. I cannot speak to individual differences in different SKS manufacturers, but my rifle was manufactured by Izvhesk in 54 and like I said it takes these mags without issue. It’s the single most noticeable upgrade you can do to the SKS without alteration IMO and I wouldn’t go back to the fixed magazine(though I did keep it)

1

u/No-Fold904 May 01 '26

Okay, thank you

2

u/GreenMan165 May 01 '26

Personally, I really like the look of your retrograde with the bead. I dunno, looks even extra retro-ey to me, if I ever got one, that's the way I would go too. Love the smooth flat top look to it, nice collection too, very classic Canadian!

2

u/Wokeforpepe May 01 '26

Quintessential at this point! Thank you :)

2

u/Iokua_CDN May 01 '26

Lovely family photo! The Canuck bullpup oddly fits in due to the colour! If you added some brown leather wrap to a few spots, it would look even more rustic!

How do you like it anyways? I missed the bullpup train when I wanted to pick up a Keltec RDB, so the only bullpups now would be shotguns

1

u/Wokeforpepe May 01 '26

It’s Turkish junk and now a paper weight due to OIC. If anything changes I will make some modifications to mitigate its stove piping issues, and modify my retaining pin configuration. Like I said previously on this thread, the retaining pins came without the proper bead and one flew right out while firing. Replaced it with a bolt and nut. The other retaining pin due to sub par machining barely fits in the hole and requires a punch to remove. If nothing changes it’s getting deactivated come October. Praying for something to happen and courses reverse though. It was an expensive chunk of plastic and metal 😩

2

u/GroundMedium9113 May 04 '26

It looks great with the factory finish removed. Thanks for the post