- Location
- London Ontario
Is there a trick to removing the mag? I cannot get mine out.
Norinco Mag Removal
- Thread starter gregisthegreatest
- Start date
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
Take out the trigger assembly first then attempt to remove the magazine. Mine was very tight at first and had to lightly tap it from the top down with screwdriver and cloth to remove. 20x later I can remove with fingers alone but its still pretty tight.
PerversPépère
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- Shawinigan (Quebec)
Warning!
To take your fixed magazine out you have to RETRACT THE BOLT AND LOCK IT TO THE REAR first.
Unless you do that the mag will be stuck there because the MAGAZINE FEED LIPS PASS IN TWO OPPOSITE SLOTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT AND ARE CAPTIVE.
Either get the receiver cover, bolt carrier and bolt out before getting the trigger assembly out (remember: SAFETY LEVER ON) or get the trigger assembly out, retract the bolt fully to the rear and tap the mag rearward just a little while pulling outward.
That should do.
Good luck and don't pry off anything!
PP.
To take your fixed magazine out you have to RETRACT THE BOLT AND LOCK IT TO THE REAR first.
Unless you do that the mag will be stuck there because the MAGAZINE FEED LIPS PASS IN TWO OPPOSITE SLOTS IN THE BOTTOM OF THE BOLT AND ARE CAPTIVE.
Either get the receiver cover, bolt carrier and bolt out before getting the trigger assembly out (remember: SAFETY LEVER ON) or get the trigger assembly out, retract the bolt fully to the rear and tap the mag rearward just a little while pulling outward.
That should do.
Good luck and don't pry off anything!
PP.
- Location
- London Ontario
Im trying with the bolt and trigger assembly removed and no luck.
What did you tap on removing it? The 2 lips you can see when you look through the mag?
What did you tap on removing it? The 2 lips you can see when you look through the mag?
- Location
- London Ontario
It's out now. Thanks guys. I just hope I can get it back in now, lol.
- Location
- London Ontario
What does the firing pin have to do with the mag?
- Location
- London Ontario
Also, what is a slam fire?
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
slamfire
Where the round can be unintentionally fired (without pulling the trigger) when it is fed into the chamber because the free floating firing pin is stuck/obstructed in the forward position and hits the primer too hard. Never happened to me but I make sure to keep the firing pin very clean so that it rattles back and forth when you shake it.
Where the round can be unintentionally fired (without pulling the trigger) when it is fed into the chamber because the free floating firing pin is stuck/obstructed in the forward position and hits the primer too hard. Never happened to me but I make sure to keep the firing pin very clean so that it rattles back and forth when you shake it.
For some unknown reason the Russians stopped using return springs on their firing pins after a few years, and the Chinese of course copied this.
Even with a squeaky clean pin there is a fair amount of strike on an unfired primer.
(One on Left has been fired, One on the Right was next in the chamber, and is unfired).
So it wouldn't take much gunk to cause a slam-fire.
IMHO everyone who owns an SKS should perform this simple test.
As Couch-Gator mentions...pin should rattle.
Even with a squeaky clean pin there is a fair amount of strike on an unfired primer.
(One on Left has been fired, One on the Right was next in the chamber, and is unfired).
So it wouldn't take much gunk to cause a slam-fire.
IMHO everyone who owns an SKS should perform this simple test.
As Couch-Gator mentions...pin should rattle.
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