Well first, don't use oil when removing rust. It will create a bit of a grinding paste. Second, chrome lining doesn't "come back". Your rifle has an early gas block so its obviously not chromed. Last, get your item back from that snakey douche. Its not worth $200 in trade. If you do keep it, use phosphoric acid AKA rust remover. Lots of places sell it in various forms. Birchwood Casey makes a rust and blue remover, parts stores will have similar auto body products. The pitting will remain making it much more time consuming to clean. I wouldn't touch it however, unless the guy refuses to take it back.
How bad is this rusty sks?
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I thought the 52' and later were chrome lined?
Hoppes number 9: Their conventional cleaner as well as their CFE solution. Make sure you clean this on a surface you don't care about or in your garage. I've seen their conventional cleaner melt a garbage bag. Take the bolt, handle, and any other metal part you can fit into a tupperware container you don't care about and soak it for a while. Lots of time with a rag or copper brush as others have suggested and you will get it back to about 95% I would say. I had a Chinese one I let go out of carelessness once upon a time and I saved it with about 90 minutes of work (not counting my soak time).
I saw a youtube video once of a kid in Africa straightening an SKS barrel with a rock, did a function test, did a wet function test and it didn't blow up in his face. Accuracy is another thing altogether though.
I saw a youtube video once of a kid in Africa straightening an SKS barrel with a rock, did a function test, did a wet function test and it didn't blow up in his face. Accuracy is another thing altogether though.
Yes and some 51's are too, all the later years are chrome lined. For a $200 consideration that thing should be mint, get your stuff back or at least get a $100 back. It will clean up, be gentle with the piston tube and rod but clean the bore really well also take apart the bolt assy and make sure you clean everything up well! Lots of videos around on how to do all this, however, having been rusted, she is probably only good for about 50,000 rounds before the thing is almost worn out! ;0)
Well weve been talking back and forth this morning. My shotty i sent him is still in the mail and I thought I could stop the shipping but i cant.
As soon as he found out, no news...seems like ill be stuck with it...so phosphoric acid huh?
That will take the rust and bluing off? Worst go ill just armacoat it black...
As soon as he found out, no news...seems like ill be stuck with it...so phosphoric acid huh?
That will take the rust and bluing off? Worst go ill just armacoat it black...
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Yes and some 51's are too, all the later years are chrome lined. For a $200 consideration that thing should be mint, get your stuff back or at least get a $100 back. It will clean up, be gentle with the piston tube and rod but clean the bore really well also take apart the bolt assy and make sure you clean everything up well! Lots of videos around on how to do all this, however, having been rusted, she is probably only good for about 50,000 rounds before the thing is almost worn out! ;0)
For $200 you can buy a minty one from Weimajack on the EE.
the rifle can be clean, My sks looked almost like that when i first shot corrosive ammo, i forgot to clean everything so i pour water down my barrel and that was it, and week later i had a rusty mess kinda like your rifle, it took 4 hours of cleaning but i got my sks rust free and looks new again, now i wont make that mistake again hopefully haha ive learn my lesson
There is a product called "Evapo-Rust" I'd give that a whirl first... Its slow (takes overnight) but is not toxic, and 100% safe to handle.
I use it to clean up parts on my '71 chev... works fantastic if you're patient... It does leave a black film behind on HSS, but it comes off with a scrub (you'd clean the bore after anyways
you can find it at CT in the auto body section usually
I use it to clean up parts on my '71 chev... works fantastic if you're patient... It does leave a black film behind on HSS, but it comes off with a scrub (you'd clean the bore after anyways
you can find it at CT in the auto body section usually
Post negative feedback on the trader. That is not acceptable as a non-disclosure. If it was in my collection, I'd clean it up, and give it away to a friend. That will shoot fine, maybe as good as a clean one, but it would bother me. I had someone do the same to me, and I gave the rifle to my sister, and bought another. That seller offered to take it back, and pay for shipping, so I didn't give bad feedback, but I never took them up on it.
Thanks for all your help guys. I really appreciate it. My budget is tight for firearms since my gf isnt crazy about them so I get ocd about them. Seller says he'll wait to get my shotty and decide....so the ball is in his court...dont know if i should clean it right away or wait and see his response. I just dont want it to get worse while i wait a coupls of days.
Yeah, that should earn a nice negative rating right there.
It will likely still shoot, accuracy not so much.
In my time with SKS's so far, I have found them to be in the same category as the AK-47 in terms of "will it shoot?"
Meaning, if you can get it loaded, it quite likely will fire regardless. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying to go ahead and blast the rust out but, with a bit of cleaning I'm sure it will still function correctly. Was it a good trade? not really by the looks of it.
Also, he may have gone for one last shoot, loaded corrosive and then not cleaned it before slapping it into a box for shipping where it would be highly likely that it would encounter humid/moist conditions. If this is the case, the guy you dealt with is the definition of douchebag.
What kind of shotgun did you trade?
Was it in good condition?
Rust for Rust or a rusty gun for a crappy shotgun might not be so bad but, if you sent a decent 870/500 or something like that you may want to try to get it back.
It will likely still shoot, accuracy not so much.
In my time with SKS's so far, I have found them to be in the same category as the AK-47 in terms of "will it shoot?"
Meaning, if you can get it loaded, it quite likely will fire regardless. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying to go ahead and blast the rust out but, with a bit of cleaning I'm sure it will still function correctly. Was it a good trade? not really by the looks of it.
Also, he may have gone for one last shoot, loaded corrosive and then not cleaned it before slapping it into a box for shipping where it would be highly likely that it would encounter humid/moist conditions. If this is the case, the guy you dealt with is the definition of douchebag.
What kind of shotgun did you trade?
Was it in good condition?
Rust for Rust or a rusty gun for a crappy shotgun might not be so bad but, if you sent a decent 870/500 or something like that you may want to try to get it back.
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Bottom line who sends a guy something like that, crazy IMHO. If I was doing a trade and saw that on my rifle I would have cleaned it right up before sending it out and told the guy to watch out for rust in future and keep it clean and oil for storage. Like everyone said it will clean up but wow.
X2 on the diesel, take it down to metal parts and soak them in diesel for about a week clean the gun and repeat as necessary. It will greatly reduce the cleaning effort on your part if you soak the gun well .I would stay away from running a wire brush / Power drill on the rifling,or if you do make sure you are going with the rifling not against it .It looks like someone shot corrosive ammo and did not clean that gun . It is NOT worth 200 bucks in that shape, when you can buy a new one for around the same price or less.
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Windex followed by very hot water works too... Then oil the heck out of it. It will shoot fine, and it won't harm accuracy (it IS a SKS after all).
You should certainly go back to the other party and ask for some restitution... It's not heavy rust, and I suspect the earlier offering that he took her out for one last shoot and didn't clean up is accurate... Certainly warrants some $$ or a negative rating...
The rating system on the EE only works if we are all forthright in reporting dummys!
You should certainly go back to the other party and ask for some restitution... It's not heavy rust, and I suspect the earlier offering that he took her out for one last shoot and didn't clean up is accurate... Certainly warrants some $$ or a negative rating...
The rating system on the EE only works if we are all forthright in reporting dummys!
Well guys. I cleaned the crap out of it with hoppes...most of the ruzt is gone but some parts like the front of bolt and bolt carrier show black stains that wont come out. Also, the bore shows some light pitting. I wouldnt even fire this gun. Im really pissed and theres nothing I can do but wait till he gets the shotty...he said " then ill decide"....
I traded the sks plus 200$ for a hp9 in great condition, duracoated with tacstar side saddle, magpul foreend, sheath and check rest. A hell of a good deal for him and if the sks wouldve been in good condition, id be happy....if he doesnt send it back to me or gives some more cash, ill definately be pissed and screwed. Bad feedback doesnt even cut it...i guess ill have a 200$ wall hanger...
I traded the sks plus 200$ for a hp9 in great condition, duracoated with tacstar side saddle, magpul foreend, sheath and check rest. A hell of a good deal for him and if the sks wouldve been in good condition, id be happy....if he doesnt send it back to me or gives some more cash, ill definately be pissed and screwed. Bad feedback doesnt even cut it...i guess ill have a 200$ wall hanger...
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I would not be concered at all with the gas tube. We had SKSs if Afghanistan hundred times worse then that and they shot fine
That is awesome, I love my sks even more now.
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