5 Round Stripper clips for SKS?

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I know that the gun laws that exist are crap in that they limit us down to
a pinned 5 round magazine, but I was wondering....in the interim of our fight
to get bill c-68 appealed and rid of, whether there was a fix or a manufacturer
that would be willing to make stripper clips for the five round magazine.

I have tried loading my sks's with the ten round stripper clips and you can tell
it wasn't meant to load just five at a time. It jams up, when pulling out it drops
a round occasionally, just all round pain in the but.

What my temp fix was, is to only load 5 in the stripper clip and then they slide in great
with the stripper clip coming out smoothly and unimpeded.

Can you cut a ten round clip in half and make two five rounders out of it?

Or can you buy 5 round strippers??
 
I just load 5 on each clip. Works fine. Some guys cut there's in half... personally, I think it's a waste of time, but whatever floats your boat.
 
One day the RCMP is going to insist that stripper clips be pinned at 5 rounds, so use them at 10 rounds while you can.:runaway:
 
fiddler said:
Cut them to the length of 7 rounds, then bend it up on the cut side so the 5 never fall out.
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This is more or less what I've done. Only s####y thing is they only go in one way, but it's not the end of the world. Also, the metal is fairly hard (at least with the Czech batch I had) and wanted to snap when I was bending the ends over. Bend with caution, then I hit any sharp spots with a file.
 
The Kurgan said:
I just load 5 on each clip. Works fine. Some guys cut there's in half... personally, I think it's a waste of time, but whatever floats your boat.
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Thanks, prob what i'll end up doing. I'll bet a manufacturer could make a bit of money if they made a 5 round stripper considering all the people in
Canada that own sks's
 
And an interesting thing happens if you try to feed a full stripper in with the stock magazine open, but maintaining hand pressure on the bottom on the magazine cover. You can figure it out from there.
 
I load ten onto a stripper clip with a thin plastic cable tie in the middle. That way, I can load five and then flip it. Some clips seem to be a hair too short to work but most do. If it's too short, the first round might fall off in the pouch, case, wherever. Oh, then it only has nine. Still, it works. Would like to test the interesting thing above though.
 
Put 10 in your stripper clip, mark between 5 and 6 on both sides. Cut on mark, squish slightly at end, mark squished end so you know which to insert into rifle.
Every 10 rounder makes 2 5's

Depending on what you use to cut them, you may not need to squish the cut edge.
 
I make my own. I use bolt cutters to cut them in half. Do not use a good set of tin snips, they will not be good anymore afterwards (I found out the hard way). I think they are made of spring steel which is quite hard.
After cutting them in half you sometimes have to open the ends up a bit with a screw driver as the cutting crimps it shut. The crimp helps hold the rounds in as well.
To deal with the one end only ssue I paint the cut end yellow and make sure I load them paint side up.

Works like a charm, costs nothing other than a bit of optional paint.
Be careful when cutting, they tend to fly. Put a rag or something over while cutting.
 
fiddler said:
Cut them to the length of 7 rounds, then bend it up on the cut side so the 5 never fall out.
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Adding to my earlier post. The only time I use 5 round strippers is when I'm hunting with soft points during Doe season. With the cut end bent up, you can grab them out of your pocket and always get the right end into the bolt without looking. At your favorite target range, there is no point. Just load five off the full stripper.
 
I cut mine down to 6-ish, crimp the end shut, then wrap three or four layers of coloured electrical tape around the cut end. Gives you a great visual and tactile cue to keep from fumbling things.
 
I go to the extreme making 10 round clips into 5 round clips, I measure and cut them down to the size I need, then I heat and bend a leg over, then heat and quench and the grind to a nice smooth fit so there are no sharp edges. I tend to over do things but the result is a perfect 5 round clip that functions well and looks good too.
 
I like modifying reg. 10 shot clips into 5 shot clips. Handy and fit snug in your pockets.



G.Mitchell said:
I go to the extreme making 10 round clips into 5 round clips, I measure and cut them down to the size I need, then I heat and bend a leg over, then heat and quench and the grind to a nice smooth fit so there are no sharp edges. I tend to over do things but the result is a perfect 5 round clip that functions well and looks good too.
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If you are "lucky" and have a frankenpin you can do this.


I no longer have issues and can load 5 rds with no drop off.
You could I guess do the same thing to a follower pin. Just tweak the length somehow to allow just the 5.
This in now way alters the legality of the 5 rd limit. Even if the set screw is removed as the height is not changed.
 
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