Bolt racking issue on sks?

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Hey guys, quick question. I just got an sks and have it all cleaned up, but I noticed when I rack the bolt back (empty rifle) and just release it, it doesn't #### the trigger. When i let it fall back and keep a bit of back pressure on it, it cocks. Is it that there're no rounds in it? I'm going to see what happens at the range tomorrow and see what happens. Anyone else have this issue?
 
Just finished cleaning up a couple of rifles that were bought last month. One of them had the same problem. On close inspection I found that the disconnecter wasn't engaging the sear when the action was cocked. I pulled out the trigger group and if i put a small amount of pressure on it it would contact and release the hammer. I fixed the problem but laying the disconnecter against a block of wood and tapping a couple of time. This bent it down a tiny bit so it would contact the sear. When I reinstalled the trigger group and cocked the rifle, everything worked fine. Download a SKS manual and you should be able to see how the whole group went together and how it all works.
 
hairygrump said:
Just finished cleaning up a couple of rifles that were bought last month. One of them had the same problem. On close inspection I found that the disconnecter wasn't engaging the sear when the action was cocked. I pulled out the trigger group and if i put a small amount of pressure on it it would contact and release the hammer. I fixed the problem but laying the disconnecter against a block of wood and tapping a couple of time. This bent it down a tiny bit so it would contact the sear. When I reinstalled the trigger group and cocked the rifle, everything worked fine. Download a SKS manual and you should be able to see how the whole group went together and how it all works.
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Honestly I'm not sure what you're talking about lol. Is there a video or picture you can point ne to? Thanks dude
 
could be a very bad case of poor negative sear engagement. here's a test when you are able to #### it try hitting the butt against something if the hammer drops you have negative sear engagement. it would have to be very bad for the little vibration from letting the bolt fly forward to cause this.
 
Vyrtual said:
Honestly I'm not sure what you're talking about lol. Is there a video or picture you can point ne to? Thanks dude
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before you do any hammering . remove the stock and reassemble the trigger housing back into the receiver and repeat your two type of testing .

did you clean the trigger housing ? you may need to soak it in solvent over night .
 
Curtton said:
before you do any hammering . remove the stock and reassemble the trigger housing back into the receiver and repeat your two type of testing .

did you clean the trigger housing ? you may need to soak it in solvent over night .
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:agree:
Trigger group is not seated properly.
 
Thanks guys for the help! I tried the hitting the stock thing and it didn't drop the hammer. But I founda very helpful video and found that I did in fact have negative sear engagement. Thankfully I had my leatherman and filed the sear down to a positive engagement, polished with some fine sandpaper, did all the tests to see it would drop the hammer unexpectedly and it stayed put. Put it all back together and rAcked the bolt, released and the hammer stayed put. Dropped it on the stock a few times and still nothing. I think we're all good!

Thanks again guys, appreciate the help!
 
no worries good on ya for having the balls to do your own trigger job! i got lucky my sks has a very positive engagement (heavy trigger tho) glad to hear you got it figured out.
 
dweenz said:
no worries good on ya for having the balls to do your own trigger job! i got lucky my sks has a very positive engagement (heavy trigger tho) glad to hear you got it figured out.
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Thanks man. It feels about the same weight for me, but it's actually a lot smoother now lol. While I was looking to fix this issue there was another article on smoothing out the trigger I'd initially found and I did that first so in addition to fixing the sear, the pull is now super smooth lol.
I was a bit nervous since I've never even thought about doing my own trigger work, but it was actually pretty simple and fun.

And now that the stock is FINALY done being tung oiled I can actually *shoot* it lol.
 
For anyone having the same issue as me, this video series was VERY helpful and really simple to follow:
http://sailorcurt.########.com/2009/02/drum-roll-please.html
 
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