sks problem

KEVGUY;
"These rifles are known to be problematic. Personally, I would never own one just due this unrealibity."

Are you really serious ?? The world has seen millions of these rifles made, they are likely one of the most robust military work horses ever built....

What are you basing your opinion on ?
John
 
VALMET 7.62;
"mine came from a crate packaged in the blue boxes and his was in a plastic bag with what looked like the same ammo.. "

You have likely indentified the problem....
The ammo in plastic bags that has been circulating is repackaged/salvaged ammo.... We turned down such ammo last year.... Some of it was rusty, some had been wet, etc, etc.... It was cheap but we simply do not import ammo which is not in its original sealed packaging....
John
 
johnone said:
VALMET 7.62;
"mine came from a crate packaged in the blue boxes and his was in a plastic bag with what looked like the same ammo.. "

You have likely indentified the problem....
The ammo in plastic bags that has been circulating is repackaged/salvaged ammo.... We turned down such ammo last year.... Some of it was rusty, some had been wet, etc, etc.... It was cheap but we simply do not import ammo which is not in its original sealed packaging....
John
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Wel that's nice to hear... I just opened a case of "slightly" cheaper ammo i just got and notied the plastic wrapping on the ammo, packaged in individual 10 round clips... was thinking "WTF" and now I see this...
Have to wait for my SKS to show up, still will be waiting for a bit, now expecting my 1200 round case of ammo to go "click"... :bangHead:
I even wondered why it was 1200 rounds instead of 1120... will be giving a range report when possible...
 
CDNJackpot said:
If the firing pin moves freely and doesn't "spring" back i would assume it's the usual free floating pin. I have one of each and you can definitely tell which is spring loaded. Like some people have suggested, it could likely be the ammo. If it is indeed the pin it's a cheap, easy fix regardless. Good luck. I love the SKS's. Mine have ALWAYS been reliable.
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I should have said it moves freely to push it forward and springs back. So I am assuming its a spring loaded one?
 
Woodbeef said:
Is it a Russian or Chinese SKS? Only a 1949-51 Tulas came with the spring firing pin. Did you put the recoil spring in correctly,squiggly end in the bolt?
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Its a russian one, and Im pretty sure its a spring firing pin as when I push it it spring back. Yes the recoil spring was put back with the squiggly end in the bolt.
I am not sure what year it is. It says on my registration paper its a 1945 but I don't know how true that is.
 
1911_shooter said:
Its a russian one, and Im pretty sure its a spring firing pin as when I push it it spring back. Yes the recoil spring was put back with the squiggly end in the bolt.
I am not sure what year it is. It says on my registration paper its a 1945 but I don't know how true that is.
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The year should be stamped on the rear cover. If no date appear, look at the left side on receiver for a small star wich mean that you likely have a 1955 or 1956 sks. Of course refurb SKS can have a lot of mixed up part so sometime its hard to know the exact year.
 
kevguy said:
Sorry to hear about your situation. These rifles are known to be problematic. Personally, I would never own one just due this unrealibity.

Can you return the firearm maybe and get yourself something like a Ruger if you budget allows it?
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For someone who never own a sks, you seem to know alot....... You should do your homework before making such conclusions!
 
svt1940 said:
The year should be stamped on the rear cover. If no date appear, look at the left side on receiver for a small star wich mean that you likely have a 1955 or 1956 sks. Of course refurb SKS can have a lot of mixed up part so sometime its hard to know the exact year.
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Its stamped 1950 on the rear cover, so from which I read it would be a spring firing pin also.

Thanks
Ashley
 
lol the SKS...unreliable....lol....like, man, shes a veary simple set up. All I can say is, three crate's of surp ammo...and a few soft points and she still go's bang every time...un reliable...HA...
 
OH and Kevguy....We can always try stuffing every orifice of YOUR body full of cosmo and sticking you in a box for 10-20 years...Un pack you and see how well you work?
 
Thanks everyone!!

Thanks for all your suggestions, I managed to get out today and give her another go and she worked flawlessly. I am very happy now that I managed to get her to shoot. Had some fun shooting watermelon and eggs!

Thanks again
Ashley
 
I have 2 Russians and one ChiCom-never had a single misfire, jam or slamfire in any of them. (unreliable my ass!!!) I concur that the problem may lie in the firing pin. It's an easy job to drift out the retaining pin and clean all the cosmo out from the assembly. All of mine (especially the ChiCom) were liberally caked in that crud, although this would usually cause a slamfire, and not a misfire.
 
kevguy said:
Sorry to hear about your situation. These rifles are known to be problematic. Personally, I would never own one just due this unrealibity.

Can you return the firearm maybe and get yourself something like a Ruger if you budget allows it?
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Hmm I can't even think of any russian rifle that would be unreliable by any means when used to be in the hungarian army we used to use the charge handel as a kick start like on a motorcycle, chuck it as far as u can so the rookies can crawl for it and guess what the 40-50 year old amd65 still went boom every time.
 
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