how to make an sks better?

Now that everyone is finished, 'busting your chops', I'm going to suggest that - at the very least - you add a vastly improved, 'Kivaari Trigger', and a much safer, 'Murray Firing Pin'.

http://www.kivaari.com/

http://www.murraysguns.com/

My other suggestion would be to leave the original magazine on the gun; and don't modify anything else that removes one of the original serial numbered parts. SKS carbines are, also, really tough to mount a scope on. It CAN be done; but, many of them are rarely. 'dead nuts' accurate.

If this is, also, something that you want to do ask Tom Prince or Ben Murray to help you out with the installation. Me? I broke all the rules and glass-bedded my SKS receivers. Not really sure how much difference this made at the target end of things; but, my receivers were always nice 'n tight.

(If you're getting sub 3" groups @ 100 yards with your SKS, you're doing well! I used to be able to shrink my groups down to, about, 2 1/2 inches - Maybe slightly less.)

You dont need to make it better, its fine the way it is. If you plan on buying a tapco AKA crapco stock for it, you might as well sell it so a collector can appreciate it and buy an AK. You will end up dumping the same amount of money into it and actually have a rifle that works right.

All of the scope mounts, detachable mags, and telescoping stocks are junk, and instead of improving your rifle, all you end up with is a crappy AK/AR imitation rifle that cost you about 800 to make. Not to mention most of those crappy modifications dont work right (especially the detachable mags, my buddy didnt know any better and converted his SKS to take detachable mags, he ended up parting it out because he couldnt fix it, it literally jammed every 3 rounds).

But, if you feel the need to swap stocks, at least save the original.

Better for what exactly? Recoil buffers are good for almost all firearms. You can buy a removable mag with a larger capacity, but many people have reliability issues with those, so dont throw your fixed mag away. If you want a different stock, id say to get the dragonov or monte carlo style that ATI or Choate makes. Maybe a scope or bipod.

I wouldnt recommend tapco or folding stocks, front grips, lasers, eotechs, or anything of that nature. Many peple try to turn SKS's into AK's or AR's, but they can never be.

I agree with Glock Doctor. I have tried several scope mounts and nothing out of the box works well. The SKS was not made for a scope. If you desire to have detachable magazines, use metal ones. I had problems with the plastic styles. I am playing around with one I have. I bought a different stock that has rails on the front. Just for fun, I am going to mount a pistol scope on the front rail. SKS are not tack drivers, but for 100m, they are good guns. Don't use the Chinese ammo. It doesn't have quality control. Good luck! You can e-mail me if you desire to discuss this or other firearm matters. Have a good day!

Get a good stock, better trigger, and mainly, get a better barrel.

SKS barrels are specifically engineered to shoot ten inch groups at 300 yards. (not good enough for hunting).

If you spend $1000 or so, you might be able to get it to where you can hit a six inch target once out of two shots at 300 yards over iron sights - thats good enough for hunting!

The SKS is clunky looking and the finish is crude, but ya gotta like the reliability.

Nothing is wrong with a SKS rifle the way it was originally produced. I see a lot of people spend lots of money on accessories that their firearm doesn't need. Instead of wasting time and money on your rifle, waste it on yourself. Buy some extra ammo to practice with, take a rifle class. The rifle can't improve as much as you can.

Deploy the bayonet.

you can modify it to accept removable mags. A different stock might also improve it, if you can find one.

muzzle break or a suppressor improves all rifles. Buy a dragunov stock ?? :)

mount a high intensity torch on it or torch/laser