Just wanted to get some input on peoples average cleaning time of an SKS after using corrosive ammo with it, Just washed and scrubbed mine clean and took about 2 hours which I think is a little excessive. How long does it take you guys and what steps do you take?
Average SKS cleaning time with corrosive ammo
- Thread starter sureshot69
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Deltasilver
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30 minutes today but it sat in the garage for two weeks after the last trip to the farm - everything was a little crusty. If I do it while the gunk is still fresh I can clean it end-to-end in about 15 mins.
barrel and pistons every time. Trigger assy, mag etc maybe once a month.
barrel and pistons every time. Trigger assy, mag etc maybe once a month.
Travis Bickle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
About 20-30 minutes if I am rushing.
I strip the following: The gas assembly including the operating rod and spring, the bolt/bolt carrier, the rear receiver cover.
Dump all the pieces into an old pan full of Eds Red let them soak for the duration.
Scrub the bore with a brass brush soaked in Eds Red.
Squirt some Eds Red down the barrel with a syringe to flush out the crud.
Then start pulling out the pieces from the pan and scrubbing them quickly with a brass brush, rinse them off in the Eds Red then just dry them off with a rag.
Then just wipe down the inner receiver, chamber etc with a rag with Eds Red on it.
Eds red will turn even the most hardened carbon into a mildly tacky jelly.
Then a light coat of cheap all purpose oil on 'er and back into locker.
That's about it. I used to use hot water etc I found it to be pointless. That is all I do to clean any of my rifles. I shoot corrosive in my SKS my Mosin and my SVT-40. Never had a fleck of rust and I shoot a lot
I strip the following: The gas assembly including the operating rod and spring, the bolt/bolt carrier, the rear receiver cover.
Dump all the pieces into an old pan full of Eds Red let them soak for the duration.
Scrub the bore with a brass brush soaked in Eds Red.
Squirt some Eds Red down the barrel with a syringe to flush out the crud.
Then start pulling out the pieces from the pan and scrubbing them quickly with a brass brush, rinse them off in the Eds Red then just dry them off with a rag.
Then just wipe down the inner receiver, chamber etc with a rag with Eds Red on it.
Eds red will turn even the most hardened carbon into a mildly tacky jelly.
Then a light coat of cheap all purpose oil on 'er and back into locker.
That's about it. I used to use hot water etc I found it to be pointless. That is all I do to clean any of my rifles. I shoot corrosive in my SKS my Mosin and my SVT-40. Never had a fleck of rust and I shoot a lot
- Location
- Niagara Region, Ontario. For now
My advice: A mosin is much easier to clean, and makes a bigger bang! LOL
I hated shooting my SKS because I dreaded coming home to clean it.
I usually shoot one day, and clean my guns another, so it wasn't working for me.
I hated shooting my SKS because I dreaded coming home to clean it.
I usually shoot one day, and clean my guns another, so it wasn't working for me.
10 minutes. Hoppes #9 as usual in bore and to wipe down bolt and carrier. Water based cleaner like Windex or Spray 9 down the gas cylinder, patch dry followed by Hoppes. Hoppes on a Q-tip in the gas block, a thin smear of oil around the the mouth of the gas cylinder. No problems, ever.
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Holy sh!t you guys are fast at cleaning your guns. It can take me days before I’m 100% satisfied with the cleaning. I will normally clean the gun that night or the next day for about 1hr and black sh!t will still be coming out of the barrel. I'll leave it be until the next day and I’ll check on it to make sure no rust is starting anywhere and continue again another 1hr of cleaning and still more black #### keeps showing up on the patches. I’ll keep going until the patches are almost white. You know, when you're wiping your a$$ after taking a sh!t, you don't stop wiping your a$$ when the toilet paper has slightly less sh!t on it compared from the last wipe, you keep going until the toilet paper is pretty much white and that’s exactly how I treat my guns when I'm cleaning them. Sure it uses a lot of patches but I don't care, it needs to be clean. I’ll do the same for the gas tube as well and by the time I’m 100% satisfied, you could take a white glove, wipe it, and the glove will still be white.
30 minutes. Bring them in, plug in kettle. Disassemble both guns, (Tokarev and SKS) lay out cleaning patches and brushes. Water finishes boiling. Pour the hot water down barrels and over other exposed parts. Finish up with running the brushes then the patches. Oil up everthing and reassemble guns. Ta da. Clean and ready for next time.
2 minutes longer than cleaning any other rifle.
I take a one gallon dollar store jug of glass cleaner and glug some into the action/magazine, down the barrel, then pull off the gas tube and rive the port/tube/piston a rinse. Pull off the dust cover and rinse the internals by pouring straight out of the jug into the gun.
I then use Ed's Red solvent and a nylon toothbrush style brush and give everything a quick scrub, brush the barrel with a 30 cal brush, dry everythign with a rag, and oil with a 50/50 mix of atf and 50 weight motor oil. I have never disassembled the bolt, and even though some guys say to run it dry, i keep everythign oiled. This is not an issue if you clean the gun properly every time you use it.
After doing this, you can let it sit in the cabinet for up to 6 months for sure, possibly longer. I just went through the safe for "spring cleaning" and all my guns look exactly as they did in November when I put them away.
I take a one gallon dollar store jug of glass cleaner and glug some into the action/magazine, down the barrel, then pull off the gas tube and rive the port/tube/piston a rinse. Pull off the dust cover and rinse the internals by pouring straight out of the jug into the gun.
I then use Ed's Red solvent and a nylon toothbrush style brush and give everything a quick scrub, brush the barrel with a 30 cal brush, dry everythign with a rag, and oil with a 50/50 mix of atf and 50 weight motor oil. I have never disassembled the bolt, and even though some guys say to run it dry, i keep everythign oiled. This is not an issue if you clean the gun properly every time you use it.
After doing this, you can let it sit in the cabinet for up to 6 months for sure, possibly longer. I just went through the safe for "spring cleaning" and all my guns look exactly as they did in November when I put them away.
30-40 mins
take apart
pour hot water in the bath tub down the barrel and gas piston and then dry with cloth, usually old shirts.
use brass brush to clean the barrel
scrub everything quickly
douse everything in WD 40 and then re-assemble.
Nice and easy (and quick) works every time
take apart
pour hot water in the bath tub down the barrel and gas piston and then dry with cloth, usually old shirts.
use brass brush to clean the barrel
scrub everything quickly
douse everything in WD 40 and then re-assemble.
Nice and easy (and quick) works every time
- Location
- victoria bc
20-30 minutes
I don't. I drip some Hoppes #9 down the firing pin hole, shake it out the back end. If I can hear the firing pin as I shake the bolt, all is good. If it doesn't bounce freely I spray some brake cleaner thru until it shakes freely.
May not be the case with you, but some people may have some aluminum after market parts on their gun... Just an FYI that glass cleaners usually contain ammonia, and ammonia will wreck aluminum surfaces over time.
After shooting corrosive I totally disassemble, pour boiling water down the barrel, clean with Hoppes#9, then reassemble with a coat of gunoil. It usually takes around a hour for me. I pay extra attention to the bolt and firing pin, don't want those nasty slamfires. Hope it helps. Cheers.
