[Gunmaster45]

Originally Posted by mpe2010

It is a 1953 Soviet SKS, it is all original except for the handguard over the gas tube which was replaced with a tapco handguard which has a rail on it.

http://www.tapco.com/products/sks/in...&productId=194
it is like this one.

Sounds like a good investment. Much like the M1 Carbine, the top piece of the handguard has a habit of getting loose and sliding around. Getting a new Tapco rail top cover sounds pretty sweet. Personally I'd find a nice synthetic stock for it to match the gun and improve the ergonomics. Just not the Dragunov stock. Positions the gun incorrectly, totally throws off the sights. Might not be a problem with a red-dot though.