Newly minted and proud gun owner with a few sks questions.

xxtruthxx

xxtruthxx

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Hey guys;

As I received my RPAL in the mail the other day I did the most sensible thing I could think of and went and bought an sks and whole bunch of ammo.
The rifle was used and cleaned, however I took the liberty of breaking it down and inspecting it for my self. I took pictures of anything I thought might be important and of the areas I had questions on.

I wanted to post theses pictures so that the CGN wisdom may be able to point something out to me that I would never notice and advise me in the correct direction regarding any issues. I don't know where it came from, if it's been refurbished or much of anything else about the rifle to be honest. Ive had it out once just to see if it fired and functioned and it did very well in my amateur opinion. Took it home and cleaned it again within an inch of it's life again.

Bought here in sault ste marie at the local shop with a half case (770 rounds) of surplus ammo for a respectable 400 dollars.
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Most, but not all numbers match this (25591)
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I bathed the trigger group befor I used it and used hoppes No 9 oil on it after words (judiciously)
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Now here I have a question. After I cleaned the piston I was still left with the small pits on the shaft. I guessed it was from the previous owner not cleaning it after using corrosive ammo.
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The gas port seems pretty gunky. I tried cleaning this thing a best i could with the kit it came with and the one I bought. This was the best I could do. If any one knows a good procedure to get rid of the crap let me know please.
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Love this rifle. It's a good start. Next is a nice side arm for some action IPSC stuff, then I will pop my AR cherry.

Would like to find some people locally to go shooting with. Applied for membership at our club so here' hoping.

Meny thanks to those who add advice.

Tom.
 
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xxtruthxx said:
Hey guys;

As I received my RPAL in the mail the other day I did the most sensible thing I could think of and went and bought an sks and whole bunch of ammo.
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Excellent, good choice.:cheers:


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Now here I have a question. After I cleaned the piston I was still left with the small pits on the shaft. I guessed it was from the previous owner not cleaning it after using corrosive ammo.
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The gas port seems pretty gunky. I tried cleaning this thing a best i could with the kit it came with and the one I bought. This was the best I could do. If any one knows a good procedure to get rid of the crap let me know please.
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I would try some fine steel wool and oil on the gas piston, it should remove most of that without any problems. For the gas port I would try soaking that in Hoppe's #9, it usually does a good job on carbon fouling for me.


Mark
 
Sino Soviet type 56 I'm guessing, the stock sure looks like Chu wood. Any markings on the receiver cover? For the gas port, a Q-tip soaked in Hoppe's will clean it right up.
 
It is a Yugoslav m59. C series. No doubt about it. Not Chrome lined as all Yugoslav are. Not a Chinese. Not sino-soviet. Not russian. The serial number format and wood type are unique to M59s.

With no chrome lined barrel be sure to keep it religiously clean if shooting corrosive.

Please for the love of all things red rifle, do not customize or bubba it. It is beautiful the way it is, and if you got it for anything less than 300 bucks you are already well ahead of the curve. Seeing as you spent $400 and got half a crate of ammo, you are well under 300 on the gun. Marstar was selling their last batch of m59s for 400 and up for the gun alone.

Hoppe's to clean it. Avoid steel wool unless necessary.

With the numbers not matching it has most likely had some refurb done, but that isn't a detraction for the yugos. Not many of them floating around, not like the Russians or Chinese. According to marstar, no more are to be found anywhere.

You grabbed a good first SKS. A very good grab. It took me quite a lot of looking to find my m59.
 
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Your first SKS is a god damn Yugo M59?

you lucky bastard, I still need one of those. My M59/66 is getting lonely, she can't speak Chinese or Russian.

As fenceline said, the barrels on Yugo SKS rifles are not chrome lined. This is not at all a problem provided you clean it well after shooting corrosive. Please treat her well and for the sake of all that is holy, please don't bubba or tapco it. I'm sure you'd be able to sell it here on the EE for the price of a new Chinese SKS and some tapco furniture if you really wanted to do that.

It's your rifle and all, but these M59's aren't exactly common.

But, most importantly: You have a beautiful rifle. Welcome to the sport, the SKS cult, and have fun!
 
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When I have baked on carbon in the gas system I use Mpro7 bore gel liberally coated and let it soak for 5 or 10 mins then brush with bronze brush. An old bore brush will work in the gas block.
 
Wow! That sure is a lucky find. Would love one of those for the collection but can't justify the purchase right now. Congrats on a fine first firearm and welcome to your new addiction.
 
You got lucky, thats not like most of the millions of Russian and Chinese versions available that most of us have.Congrats and enjoy.
 
See, I knew this was a good place to get some good, friendly advice. I don't care what uncle Charlie says, you guys.... (& gals) are a great bunch.

Well i'll be, a yugo you say. That is quiet interesting actually.When I break it down next ill take more pictures of any other markings for identification and, at the recommendation of the community and in the interest of heritage I'll leave it in as found condition. All I need now is trigger time. Lay down my first 1000rnd before I make any more decisions or financial burdens:rolleyes:

Meny thanks

Tom
 
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Classy first gun, Tom.

There's alot of potential in an SKS. You may wish to keep this one original, but looking into another for modification is worth your time. They are accurate and reliable, cheap and easily upgraded.
 
I Tapcoed my SKS but it didn't function better then when it was original. It was much heavier and the bolt wouldn't hold open on the last round. The bolt would also sometimes get stuck half way and id have to smack it like a Russian mail order bride to get it to shut.
 
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I Tapcoed my SKS but it didn't function better then when it was original. It was much heavier and the bolt wouldn't hold open on the last round. The bolt would also sometimes get stuck half way and id have to smack it like a Russian mail order bride to get it to shut.
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I'm impressed with the site that you're able to say that last part.
 
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