Hey guys, I got a new SKS. every part of it is so so stiff. trigger is heavy a creep. The bolt is heavy and sometimes it just does not fully closed. The rifling is so sharp and as new as my 50 rounds Savage 308. All those are fine for me, but the trigger hammer spring is way too strong. Every time when I dry fire it I can feel whole rifle is shaking. It sounds much louder than some other SKS in the store. After I put a scope on it, I am able to clearly see the vibration of reticle. My question is: does it influence my accuracy? How many loops of spring should I cut?
Is my SKS hammer spring too strong? how to lighten it?
- Thread starter bonan
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Uhhhh... no offence but without giving a description way better than that, my strongest and wisest advice would be to put the wire cutters in a safe space out of your hands for a bit.
That should give you time to determine if the spring is actually too strong, which is insanely unlikely, or if it is just a normal power spring and something else is loose, which is possible, or maybe nothing is wrong at all...
Just give it a minute of thought before you go hacking away at parts that have to be replaced lol.
That should give you time to determine if the spring is actually too strong, which is insanely unlikely, or if it is just a normal power spring and something else is loose, which is possible, or maybe nothing is wrong at all...
Just give it a minute of thought before you go hacking away at parts that have to be replaced lol.
justinb1981
Regular
- Location
- Hamilton, Ontario
You'll see better accuracy with commercial ammo. If your scope rail is on your dust cover it could be a bit loose too. The scout mounts or full length rails are much sturdier
- Location
- Vancouver Island BC Canada
Light springs = click but no bang.
They were'nt made to be a target grade firearm . but you should be able to get way better groups than that. I have shot a Yugo sks with a POS scope mounted on the left side of the reciever at 50 yards with Barnael ammo or however you spell it and I was able to get all shots to group as one. after two reloads and the barrel started to warm up they started to string .- wander.
the guy who owned the rifle had a gunsmith drill and tap the side of the reciever which takes some of the value away from the Yugo sks but he mounted a quailty base on the side. the POS scope was a 3x9 power if I remember right. don't cut any coils off your hammer spring. just shoot it. if you take your time you will get used to it.
the guy who owned the rifle had a gunsmith drill and tap the side of the reciever which takes some of the value away from the Yugo sks but he mounted a quailty base on the side. the POS scope was a 3x9 power if I remember right. don't cut any coils off your hammer spring. just shoot it. if you take your time you will get used to it.
Its an SKS, heavy everything to begin with. Remember heavy springs work all the time, light springs work if everything is clean, lubed and running perfectly. The trigger will get better with a few hundred rounds through it. Not great but better. Remember these were built to work no matter what, mud, snow, ice, poorly trained soldiers, minimum maintenance. Minute of man accuracy at 100 meters. Never had any problems with mine always feeds, always shoots, always ejects. Accuracy has improved with use both on my part and the rifle itself. Remember it is a very basic military firearm not a high precision sniper rifle. The SKS ROCKS.
