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Rohann

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I have yet to go to the shooting range and have a successful, worry-free, problem-free shoot with my SKS. I've had it slamfire and sprain my thumb, I've had it not cycle properly many times, and recently, I was shooting with a friend, and I was sitting with a benchrest. I fired a round, pulled the trigger again, and nothing. I checked the action and the front end of the casing was stuck inside the chamber. All that cycled out was a small portion of the back end of a shell, and the primer was popped out; it looked like the casing had been sliced. What happened THIS time? Is it the ammo?

-Rohann
 
Check the barrel and see if it's pinned or threaded. it's prety easy to tell if it's pinned... you'll see a drift-pin in the bushing just ahead of the receiver.
 
Take it back were you got it, as it sounds like a parts bin put together.
Real Chinese surpluss works quite well.
 
Well just because a rifle is pinned or threaded will not cause the problems you're having. The slamfire is a stuck firing pin. The issue with a pinned barrel versus threaded is the possibility of a headspace problem. Some pinned barrels(not all ) weren't seated right, causing excessive space between the chamber and the bolt face. This usually results in a lightly struck primer and no bang. I've gone through almost three crates of czech milsurp ammo and have had very few problems. I have both pinned and threaded barrels,and mixed parts as well as all matching number sks's and one is as good as the other. Unless it wasn't seated right to start with. I had one of these too. Took it back and got a different one. Your rifle must have a gremlin in it.Take it back and explain your situation. Have the shop check to see if the barrel is firmly seated all the way on. It is unlikely that the barrel will start to come off. I didn't ask what type of ammo are you using? A stuck case could be caused by a dirty or fouled chamber. I clean mine with a .45 cal wire brush. Some ammo has a varnish on them that can gum up the chamber
 
First things first if you bought it new did you clean it??? Get at the cosmo out if including cleaning out the bolt?

Next what ammo are you using?
when you had your slamfire what did you do with the gun?

SKS's are really simple guns... But you need to do basic maintenance and repairs...
 
I had the slam fire on my buddy's SKS that he left with me to play with. The cosmo had not been completely cleaned out of the firing pin channel, and after firing it for a bit it stuck with the tip sticking out. Luckily there was a good backstop 'cause I sure was not ready for a 4 round auto burst! Aftee that I learned that after you clean them to make sure you can here the firing pin rattle in the bolt.
 
I got the SKS a long while back (probably about a year), but I haven't been out shooting much due to school, work and whatnot. When it slamfired, I got the pin spring from a guy in Texas (can't remember the name), which fixed the problem completely. Overall though, I don't trust the rifle at all.

-Rohann
 
Rohann said:
Overall though, I don't trust the rifle at all.

Too bad! I love all mine. My Black Beauty will do 200 rounds(more if you have them) without a fault. With a scope I can hit a gong at 200yds fairly consistantly. My other, with an aperture sight shoots better than I can. My D is excellent, and my matching numbers sks's work flawlessly. So you got burnt. If they were all sh*t I wouldn't have bought the company!! So before you get a bad attitude ... take the F###er back and get a new one. It's pretty hard to find a better choice of rifle if you want to shoot alot. What other type of cheap firearm (non rimfire) can you spend all day at the range with and pour out the rounds? I don't see too many other full cal. rifle owners showing up with 300 rounds of ammo
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Very true, although I'm not sure I can return it after having it for nearly a year. I'll try and get another one; I'm not giving up hope for Chinese pieces of crap yet :D.
The lucky thing is, I won't be needing to shoot it as much as I get to shoot C7's now, which are definately more fun.

-Rohann
 
Rohann said:
Very true, although I'm not sure I can return it after having it for nearly a year. I'll try and get another one; I'm not giving up hope for Chinese pieces of crap yet :D.
The lucky thing is, I won't be needing to shoot it as much as I get to shoot C7's now, which are definately more fun.

-Rohann
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Nice to have taxpayers paying for your ammo, and no need for transport permits while you are on duty. :rolleyes: :D

Also give yourself a few weeks in the bush and the mud, and then tell us how the C7 does...in the SKS, and the AK, mud is a lubricant. :p

Hey if you hate your SKS so much I'll take it off your hands and properly dispose of it into my rifle safe. I'm on the Island also so I can come pick it up. :)
 
First time my kid shot his SKS, slam fired. Blew the mag & trigger group out. I was standing beside him & I caught 2 rounds to the face. Now I have 2 nice spire point scars, 1 on the forehead & 1 on my cheek. I have sold them both & now shoot CZ 858 , AR180 & AR15 with no problems.
 
And I can tell you if that had been a real Chinese issue rifle the armourer, or whole group of armourers in that section would have wished they had never been born.
 
I could go on for hours in my disgust over the lemon of an SKS I bought from LEVER ARMS a year or so ago. Experienced many of the problems posted about in this thread. ie. barrel seperation from receiver via ####ty pinned interface, bolt assemly locking forward (fail to extract, could only solve by beating on charging handle).

PS: Don't ever try to dry fire a gun at Lever before buying it, the staff will look at you like your a rube and point you to one of their many signs, in this case the "No dry-firing Sign"

I don't want to turn this into a bash Lever Arms thread, but they really do deserve it. If anyone wants further substantiation of why NOT to shop there feel free to PM me.
 
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Experienced many of the problems posted about in this thread. ie. barrel seperation from receiver via s**tty pinned interface, bolt assemly locking forward (fail to extract, could only solve by beating on charging handle).
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hey!! was that you at poco about two months ago using a rusty claw hammer to beat the charging handle back?:eek: :eek: :D :D i seriously saw a guy doing this after every round.
 
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If you're from the Island, did you get your SKS at Pullen's? If so, he's very good about making things right if there's ANY problems. My SKS-D from there did a couple of slam fires, he replaced some parts and no problems since. I did eventually sell it, to fund other purchases...
 
I bought mine back in the early 90's. Functions flawlessly.

But still, everytime I take it to the range I check the firing pin to see if it's stuck. Then I load 1, fire 1. Load 2, fire 2.

Then I bring out the stripper clips and piss off all the benchrest guys! :D
 
There are alot of horror stories goin on here; which is really too bad, cuz a properly manufactured and maintained SKS should be the ultimate in reliability; I don't want any new owners reading this whole thread and gettin g completely biased on SKS's... I can honestly say I own a few, and shoot them regularely, and have NEVER, no not once had a problem with their performance that wasn't directly caused by the cheap s*!t ammo.
(ie. misfire: primer struck)
of course mine are older production Norincos (with threaded barrel) and Yugo M66. And, like all of my collection, i very maticiculously maintain them.

Pillage and plunder
 
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