got my first SKS but have a question

[plinker 777]

Omg No-one has told him about the dishwasher trickWTF?

No No not really it's a horrible joke........Don't do that. There's a vid of a F$#ked up M1Garand floating out in cyberspace somewhere.

 

[huntinguy]

Hah I saw mention of that in the sticky on how to clean the sks. Ill stick with hot water and varsol

 

[huntinguy]

All done. Used regular strength brake cleaner and some hot water. The brake cleaner was amazing, just have to get the stock cleaned. Now I oiled it up and done!

 

[huntinguy]

Wait a minute. The cleaning rod isn't long enough to clean the barrel!? Isn't that weird.

 

[supernova]

Its not designed to push the brush and jag all the way through, thats why the jag is so rough. It pulls the patches back up the bore. Its normal

 

[huntinguy]

this may sound stupid, but all i have is a bore rod and brush, nothing else, whats a jag? and, when using the the metal cap on the muzzle, the brush wont fit through it, but the bore rod will...it all seems mismatched! hahah..

 

[shredder]

The metal cap on the muzzle is known as a bore guide. What it does is keep the metal of the cleaning rod away from the muzzle, where if the muzzle is nicked (the area known as the crown of the muzzle) it can affect the accuracy.

A "jag" is a piece that a cleaning patch is wrapped around to so the patch will clean the grooves in the rifle. It's usually not needed if you have a bore brush, which the SKS normally comes with in the cleaning kit.

 

[huntinguy]

Sweet. Thanks! What's also kinda cool is all the numbers match and the stamp on the receiver is tula factory, but on the stock you can see a faint outline of the izhesk stamp

 

[shredder]

It's good to have a matching numbers SKS!.

 

[supernova]

You use every piece of the cleaning kit. Slide the muzzle guide over the cleaning rod first, then screw on the brush or jag. The jag has flats on it that fit into the cleaning kit tube to tighten it, then the other end of the cleaning rod is slid into the holes in the tube. Use the pick to slide through the opposite holes to lock the rod into the tube. The tube is used as the handle.

 

[huntinguy]

I definitely don't have a jag. Just a brush. No biggie. I just used my other cleaning kit anyway. Now that its all back together I hope it functions properly.

 

[huntinguy]

Ok one more. So when opening the bolt I noticed by opening the mag I can close the bolt. But how do I close it afrter loading without opening mag?

 

[fnrob]

Ok one more. So when opening the bolt I noticed by opening the mag I can close the bolt. But how do I close it afrter loading without opening mag?

You simply pull back on the bolt and release to close it, after loading the rifle. The reason the bolt stays open after opening when the gun is empty is because of the bolt hold open mechanism, which is activated by the magazine's follower. The ammunition, once loaded into the magazine, will keep the follower from activating the BHO, until the magazine is emptied.

 

[huntinguy]

awesome! thanks!!

 

[7mmlefty]

Make that commie gun sweat some cosmo out with rapid fire... Light her up.

Let us know how accurate she is!..