CLEANING AN SKS
- Thread starter sksnujack
- Start date
Check out www.surplusrifle.com , great site for information on cleaning and stripping down milsurp rifles. Their sks section is pretty good.
- Location
- Ontario, Kanada
USE THE 'SEARCH' BUTTON AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND TRY TYPING THINGS SUCH AS 'SKS CLEANING' OR 'SKS', ETC. AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, TAKE CAPS LOCK OFF!
- Location
- Tucson, Arizona
Just keep in mind, that while the bore may be chromed, the gas cylinder IS NOT.
skeetgunner
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- Location
- Burlington
sksnujack said:
try using the word AND, between search terms, ie: sks AND cleaning AND cosmoline
Cut the guy some slack guys! You jump on a newbie, and he'll just disappear! Welcome to CGN sksnujack! 
Despite themselves, most of us here on CGN are a great bunch of fellows.
If you want to search CGN, click on the "search" tab at the top of the page and that'll bring you to the search page where you can search by keyword or by author. You also have the option of limiting your search to specific forums within CGN.
However, I believe you'll find the info you're seeking at this link: http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/cleaning/hs.asp Most SKS have chrome lined bores that resist corrosion from "corrosive" mil-surp ammo. However, its always a good idea to practice good maintenance practices no matter what you're shooting!
Good luck with it and hope to "see" more of you on CGN! :wink:
Despite themselves, most of us here on CGN are a great bunch of fellows. If you want to search CGN, click on the "search" tab at the top of the page and that'll bring you to the search page where you can search by keyword or by author. You also have the option of limiting your search to specific forums within CGN.
However, I believe you'll find the info you're seeking at this link: http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/cleaning/hs.asp Most SKS have chrome lined bores that resist corrosion from "corrosive" mil-surp ammo. However, its always a good idea to practice good maintenance practices no matter what you're shooting!
Good luck with it and hope to "see" more of you on CGN! :wink:
Are you using that czech surplus stuff that comes on 10 round stripper clips?? That seems to be pretty dirty stuff if you ask me, I also just shot about 300 rds last outing and boy did it take awhile to clean. You'd never know that the gas piston was chromed (I assume that's what the shiny part is) and pretty much everything is covered in a nice layer of black grime. Any other questions just ask away.
I would highly reccomend it. On http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/index.asp , at the right hand side under the maitenance heading there is a link that leads you to dissasembly and reassembly instructions for the sks bolt. They're quite good, but if you ask me when anybody says that it takes a light tap to knock out the firing pin they've got to be kidding. It takes the use of a large hammer and several whacks at it...unless I'm doing something wrong :roll: .
Happy Dude, those cleaning instructions on the website are if you are shooting non corrosive ammo are they not? i had a guy at the range tell me to use soapy water first then go throught the steps on that web page when shooting corrosive ammo. is that correct? ive also heard to use windex instead of soapy water.
After shooting corrosive ammo, some people will tell you that hot soapy water is best, other's will say that using windex is just fine, and I'll be that there'll be a few out there that say you don't have to do anything special after shoooting corrosive ammo. I'm not sure about the cleaning instructions on the surplusrifle website, but their assenbly/dissasembly guides are pretty darn good.
For cleaning, I like to spray the barrel, gas tube/piston, bolt pieces ect down with windex, wipe it off, and in doing that it jump starts the cleaning process as you're wiping off a lot of grime. I then take some nice boiling water to those same pieces to wash away the windex. If I have a lot of time sometimes it will be soap and water, other times just the water. Then dry the pieces off and lightly oil some of them (LEAVE THE BOLT UNOILED, crud in the firing pin channel can cause the firing pin to stick and thus lead to some nice unpleasant slam-fires :shock: )
Try doing generic searches on this website, the forums on the surplus rifle website, dedicated sks weboards (forget the link right now), or even just on google about cleaning rifles after shooting corrosive ammo. You're bound to get some pretty varied answers but most are going to involve windex or hot water. Hope this helps.
For cleaning, I like to spray the barrel, gas tube/piston, bolt pieces ect down with windex, wipe it off, and in doing that it jump starts the cleaning process as you're wiping off a lot of grime. I then take some nice boiling water to those same pieces to wash away the windex. If I have a lot of time sometimes it will be soap and water, other times just the water. Then dry the pieces off and lightly oil some of them (LEAVE THE BOLT UNOILED, crud in the firing pin channel can cause the firing pin to stick and thus lead to some nice unpleasant slam-fires :shock: )
Try doing generic searches on this website, the forums on the surplus rifle website, dedicated sks weboards (forget the link right now), or even just on google about cleaning rifles after shooting corrosive ammo. You're bound to get some pretty varied answers but most are going to involve windex or hot water. Hope this helps.
Remember the Issue with Corrosive ammo is that the Primer Leaves Salts in your barrel and other parts, Mositure is attacted to the salt and Volia Corrosion.
I'm guessing if your using something that will get rid of Salt IE. Soapy Water, It will work. The main issue is getting rid of the salt. Then when you get everythng all clean you can Oil it up with your favourite Gun oil and it will be protected from moisture.
Someone on the board said not to ue Windex for some reason I can't remember, This is why I posted in the Ammo forum "Where's all the Non-Corrosive ammo gone?" so i wouldn't have to worry about all this BS.
C'mon we're a 1st world Nation and We're all scrambling for Czech 1980's Surplus corrosive ammo, where's the Good stuff??
I'm guessing if your using something that will get rid of Salt IE. Soapy Water, It will work. The main issue is getting rid of the salt. Then when you get everythng all clean you can Oil it up with your favourite Gun oil and it will be protected from moisture.
Someone on the board said not to ue Windex for some reason I can't remember, This is why I posted in the Ammo forum "Where's all the Non-Corrosive ammo gone?" so i wouldn't have to worry about all this BS.
C'mon we're a 1st world Nation and We're all scrambling for Czech 1980's Surplus corrosive ammo, where's the Good stuff??
