- Location
- Vancouver Island BC Canada
Many of you know that some older SKS have a friction type safety lever and the newer ones and Chinese ones have pretty much the same safety switch but inside is a safety spring. With the friction type you have to apply steady force to turn the safety on or off. With the type that has the spring you only have to turn the safety lever so far before the spring activates and the lever will flick on or off witch ever way you are operating it.
I have a 1951 Russian SKS with a friction type safety lever. I received a Chinese trigger assembly in the mail recently to remedy some weak hammer strike issues I have been having. This assembly has the safety catch spring in it. I could very well imagine that if I were using more than one sks some day and if out of habit I were to apply steady force to disengage a safety catch spring type of safety lever, the finger could easily hit the trigger unintentionally. Just something to be aware of when using someone else's and another testament to the importance of muzzle direction at all times.
I have a 1951 Russian SKS with a friction type safety lever. I received a Chinese trigger assembly in the mail recently to remedy some weak hammer strike issues I have been having. This assembly has the safety catch spring in it. I could very well imagine that if I were using more than one sks some day and if out of habit I were to apply steady force to disengage a safety catch spring type of safety lever, the finger could easily hit the trigger unintentionally. Just something to be aware of when using someone else's and another testament to the importance of muzzle direction at all times.
Hammer down, safety off... Never really bothered with it with my SKS' either.. Only got into the habit due to the safety rules for some shoots we do at the club.
