SKS trigger job

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I've been thinking of doing a trigger job on my SKS, has anybody here tried this? Was it worth doing? And is there anything I should know before doing it thats not covered in the video?




 
You absolutely should do a trigger job, particularly to ensure that there is "positive sear engagement."

To create positive sear engagement you need to shape the sear (the little piece that the guy is polishing in the video) so that when you pull the trigger, the hammer first goes back a little before releasing and striking the pin.

An SKS with neutral or negative sear engagement can accidentally go off if bumped! Mine both had negative sear engagement when I got them, and they would drop the hammer if I just bumped them on the carpeted floor at home. Scary!

After the trigger job, they seem completely safe. I can bash the butt on the ground and the hammer stays cocked.
 
jwillmoore said:
Do all SKSs Russian Chinese and Yugoslav require a trigger job?
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The only way to know is to check the individual gun. So if the question is "Do you need to check them all to see if they need a trigger job?" Then the answer is yes.

After finding that both my Russian and Chinese ones had negative sear engagement, I will certainly check any others that I acquire in the future.
 
My 53 Tula was bad, gritty and negative engagement, polished and reshaped the sear and its good. Friends 54 was great from box, just as good as mine, so its a hit and miss.
 
mdmaroon said:
The only way to know is to check the individual gun. So if the question is "Do you need to check them all to see if they need a trigger job?" Then the answer is yes.

After finding that both my Russian and Chinese ones had negative sear engagement, I will certainly check any others that I acquire in the future.
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Weird I haven't had any of min adjusted. Non of them misfired ever but again I load on the line when ready to fire and gently ease in the bolt. I guess I will need to perform an inspection
 
Wish I had found this earlier. I had a Russian sks since the early 90s and the trigger kind of felt like dragging a sled across a gravel road. Sold it last week and picked up a cz 858 to replace it.

Trevor
 
Crack Feather said:
I prefer the one that is in the stickies but then again who ever reads the stickies right???
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?603359-Helpful-hints-to-DIY-for-Red-Rifles
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Stickies are good (the trigger job is in post #5 of the linked thread), but IMO the sailorcurts vids are better. They detail more comprehensive mods, including making the trigger safer, not just lighter and smoother. In the vid in the OP of this thread, the final visual check clearly shows that there is still negative sear engagement (hammer moves forward before sear releases hammer). "It does a little bit..." he says, then "...looks very good." I'm no expert, but negative engagement is negative engagement.

My SKS clearly had negative engagement, so I did the "positive engagement" mod to the sear. It worked as advertised: Safer, smoother, but also heavier pull. Just how much heavier depends on how you do the modification. More work is required to lighten the pull on mine, but I'm not sure that I will bother, as it's not bad and it does have very little creep now.
 
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