How common are slamfires on an SKS?

I have multiple cheap Chinese made SKS and have had issues with one rifle. It tends to go full auto on its own. That rifle has seen 3000-4000 rounds of milsurp ammo. Needless to say, that SKS is now retired :)
 
BCshooterFMJ said:
Anyone got a trick to getting the pin on the bolt out? Mine just wont go.
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Drill a small piece of 2x4, place the bolt on it with the pin over the hole. Put an auger punch on the pin and hit her HARD with a hammer until you get her going (some penetrating lubricant on both sides the night before can't hurt can help) and once you got her moving even 1mm, you can switch over to a regular pin punch and get it out.

westcoastshooter said:
I have multiple cheap Chinese made SKS and have had issues with one rifle. It tends to go full auto on its own. That rifle has seen 3000-4000 rounds of milsurp ammo. Needless to say, that SKS is now retired
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Clean it out properly and keep it clean and the issue disappears... Funny how that happens :cool:
 
Dsiwy said:
Things that people do wrong with SKSs "this is not the guns problem"

1- storing it with the hammer released

2- not taking apart the bolt and cleaning the cosmo off the FP

3- Putting a round in the chamber and closing the bolt on it

4- reloading with soft primers

5- letting there FP rust
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What's wrong with storing it with the hammer released?
I've always dry-fired it prior to putting it away, most force of habit, no actual reason.
 
NintendoDuckHunt87 said:
What's wrong with storing it with the hammer released?
I've always dry-fired it prior to putting it away, most force of habit, no actual reason.
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Absolutely nothing as long as you keep it clean. If you keep it with the hammer pressing on the firing pin and if you have some crud in there, there is a remote possibility of you getting the pin stuck in the forward position.
 
I had my first "slam fire" if you can call it that, I fired about 400ish rounds down the pipe and mine was going into battery with out firing but then when i pulled the trigger it would do 2-3 round burst's some time's! now i only threw 50 rounds down range and then said to my self time for a bolt cleaning! I think my issue was 1) leaving lube on it from storage and not drying it off as their was a lot of powder residue on the bolt more than their is regularly 2) This time I used ear swabs and removed some more cosmo that was up near the top end of the firing pin channel. as everyone has said clean it and it should be fine i think mine will go a while before i need to strip down the bolt again if i remember to wipe excess lube off lol!
 
Slamfires in an sks are 99 times out of 100 caused by gun owners not cleaning the firing pin channel out. You have to hear the firing pin rattle in the bolt to be sure it is clean. Don't think for a second that the Russian army doesn't know what it is doing when it comes to guns. If the Russian army thought that the rifle NEEDED a spring loaded pin to be reliable they would all have them. Don't be afraid to drive the firing pin retainer out of the bolt to clean it. Use a big ball peen hammer and a good drift. The sks is a fine rifle that is only inexpensive because there are so many around.
 
westcoastshooter said:
I have multiple cheap Chinese made SKS and have had issues with one rifle. It tends to go full auto on its own. That rifle has seen 3000-4000 rounds of milsurp ammo. Needless to say, that SKS is now retired :)
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I volunteer to adopt the poor old beast and get it all cleaned up to use again ;)
 
If you guys think I don't clean my guns, you're on glue. They get meticulously cleaned after each time I take them out. I may be new to the forum, but I'm not new to guns.
 
When I bought the 6-pack of Chinese SKS, they all got degreased. I now use brake clean to clean the firing pin and channel. No oil. This is 1 SKS of the now 8 I own that has the slam fire problem.
 
Yeah you definitely need to clean it especially during the *cosmoline* removal stage punch the pin out,and pull the firing pin out of the bolt, clean under the extractor while your at it, what I did was spray solvent in the channel, and then push patches through the firing pin hole with a paper clip. :-0
 
Here is a video on taking the bolt apart for those unsure. You do have the hit that pin hard, don't be shy. If you have never taken it apart, you will be surprised how dirty it is in there.

 
dragonbait said:
You do have the hit that pin hard
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not true actually. as i recently discovered, you can actually just use the base of the cleaning kit tube and the punch to tap the pin out with very little effort. but anyhow there's no harm in whacking it hard with a hammer, it just comes out faster. Just wanted to mention that for the off chance you may get stuck somewhere needing to clean the extractor and firing pin with nothing suitable around to use as a hammer.
 
Somerset Bar said:
There is an upgrade kit that adds a spring to the firing pin to reduce the possibility of slam fires. My 1950 sks had a factory spring, but they went floating pin after 51' or something like that.
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i never had a slamfire UNTIL i bought murrays spring loaded firing pin...which ruined my bolt and now i get slamfires all the time even with the stock firing pin back in

the spring loaded firing pin caused punch primers which got pulled chucks of primer out and into the bolt causing run-aways and slam fires and wore the firing pin hole larger than it should...now stock it causes punched primers now and then which lead to a slamfire...
 
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