CZ-858 question...

[Sun_and_Steel_77]

I've owned two CZ-858's now as well as having a couple of spare carriers on hand from VZ-58 parts kits and all the stripper clip guides or slots seem too large for the clips.
I have always wondered why the SKS seems to grip the stripper so well while the VZ/CZ seems quite sloppy in comparison...the loaded clip seems to just "float around" in the slot and it's finicky to load.
I am using M43 Czech surplus ammo on the clips provided.
It's something that's always bothered me and was hoping someone knew the reason.

 

[shredder]

That seems odd.

My SKS and 858 are fed from the same Czech surplus stripper clips and I haven't noticed a real "loose" feeling on the 858. It loads from the stripper clips just fine. Possibly the slots are machined just a bit large on your 858"s?

 

[diemaco]

I believe the VZ-58s are designed so that the clip locks into the mag as well as the carrier.

 

[Curtton]

Czech stripper clips are made for the vz58 , the Czech do not make sks so it should fit your cz858 perfectly, I think you are using it wrong, see the stub on the side of the stripper clip? Slide that down the carrier , it should fit perfectly .

 

[thebutcher]

Interesting point to bring up, I had a CZ 858 a few months ago before I sold it and this was the same issue I had with the stripper clips being sloppy. I too wondered why that was too.

 

[TDC]

Why the f@@k are you loading a rifle with a detachable mag with a stripper clip?

Tdc

 

[mrbeil]

Why the f@@k are you loading a rifle with a detachable mag with a stripper clip?

Tdc

I use the rifle as a mag charger when I'm loading all my mags

 

[Pocisk]

Czech stripper clips are made for the vz58 , the Czech do not make sks so it should fit your cz858 perfectly, I think you are using it wrong, see the stub on the side of the stripper clip? Slide that down the carrier , it should fit perfectly .

Well that makes sense, I was wondering why the czech clips were so tight on my sks.