Sks spring loaded firing pin

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I tried to search for this but couldn't find anything. I was just wondering if anyone knows where I can get one of those murray's spring loaded firing pins for a 1951 Russian Sks.
 
My question is why do you feel you need one? The SKS "bump fire" problem is solved by simple maintenance of the firearm and if you talk to a lot of guys on here I think you might be hard pressed to find someone who maintains their SKS and has had this problem.

The other point I want to bring to your attention is that these spring loaded firing pins can actually do more harm than good when it comes to shooting surplus ammo. The problem arises because surplus ammo has a much harder primer than commercial ammo so the spring loaded firing pin can actually not allow a hard enough strike to fire the round. All I am saying is that you should weight if this is an "upgrade" you really need, or just a solution to a problem that isn't very prevalent.

Just my 2 cents of course
 
I agree mostly.

some people think it's a gimmick... they maintain their rifles religously and never have a problem.

other people install this thing and generally seem pretty happy with it.

for 10 bucks or whatever it costs, pick it up. try it. try the original. stick with whichever one works for ya.

really, even if this springy loaded pin actually does nothing at all, but does give you peace of mind, i'd call that 10 bucks well spent.
 
i sent my bolt to murrys in texas and he insatlled it and sent it back in 3 weeks i chose to go that was becasue the firing pin was stuck in the forward position even after i cleand it out and put it back together i am happy with it has a brand new firing pin and cam with a extra spring as wel great service call murrys and talk to him about and see what route you want to go
 
Thanks for the quick responses I'll just keep it clean. It's not hard to do. And thanks for the info about the surplus ammo I haven't heard about that before. So why spend the money when it's not needed.
 
Ridge_Fridge said:
My question is why do you feel you need one? The SKS "bump fire" problem is solved by simple maintenance of the firearm and if you talk to a lot of guys on here I think you might be hard pressed to find someone who maintains their SKS and has had this problem.

The other point I want to bring to your attention is that these spring loaded firing pins can actually do more harm than good when it comes to shooting surplus ammo. The problem arises because surplus ammo has a much harder primer than commercial ammo so the spring loaded firing pin can actually not allow a hard enough strike to fire the round. All I am saying is that you should weight if this is an "upgrade" you really need, or just a solution to a problem that isn't very prevalent.

Just my 2 cents of course
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never had a problem with it not firing surplus and gone through abot 500 rounds since got it
 
don't waste your money

The "problem" that the spring loaded pin is meant to "solve" is a mantainence issue. IF you let the firing pin tunnel get filled up with crap the rifle will malfunction wheteher you have the spring loaded pin or not. the rare case where the spring pin actualy solves the issue is when the stock pin is out of spec (this is rare). save your money for more bullets.
 
Or...... the sprung pin is for using non surplus commercial ammo with softer primers. For 10 bucks, I bought one. I plan to use ammo other than surplus. And if sprung pins are super bad or a waste, why do so many of the Sino SKS's have them from the factory? And yes, I have had issues with the sprung pin and surplus ammo. Just change out the pin. takes 30 seconds.
 
You will notice however

That while early sks had spring loaded pins they were discontinued in later models because they are not necessary. They are the answer to the question that no one asked.
 
If you're going to shoot commercial ammo, and don't want to take apart your bolt often and clean the firing pin to make sure it won't slam-fire, then get the Murray's spring loaded firing pin. The firing pin channel would have to be ignored for years in order for the spring not to bring back the pin, and it makes the gun safer. If you're going to shoot surplus ammo, then don't get it. It's too soft to handle tons of surplus hard-primered rounds. You'll just have to take apart the bolt and everything else on top of the SKS and clean it right after shooting, if you want to avoid rust. For commercial ammo, it's cheap insurance against slamfires. The Soviets, by the way, didn't scrap the spring loaded firing pin after the first 2.5 years of production because it wasn't necessary, they scrapped it to save a few cents per SKS! They didn't have the revenue of the U.S., but still wanted to play world power, and if a few of their soldiers died from accidents it was no big deal for them. Stalin murdered 20 million of his own people before WW2, he made Hitler look like an amateur!
 
Thanks for all the replies, I'm just going to keep it clean and maintained it's better practice anyway. Plus this is my first rifle since I got my license which I haven't had for very long and I enjoy taking it all apart and cleaning and maintaining it.
 
jcpal said:
i sent my bolt to murrys in texas and he insatlled it and sent it back in 3 weeks i chose to go that was becasue the firing pin was stuck in the forward position even after i cleand it out and put it back together i am happy with it has a brand new firing pin and cam with a extra spring as wel great service call murrys and talk to him about and see what route you want to go
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Most of the time, that sticking firing pin after cleaning is caused by improper firing pin orientation. There's an "upper side" on these, especially the Chinese ones; reverse it and presto! instant slam-fire.
PP.
 
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