Not impressed with my Izhevsk SKS

[st1264]

When I first got my sks I was disappointed I had the small rivet in the bottom of my magazine (not frankenpinned) and not the pin on the follower. After reading this thread I am no longer disappointed.

First couple SKS's I had were pinned this way - much better pinning method, however it was a little unsightly.

 

[volkov956]

Fraken Pin have seen it fallout of 2/3 sks so far

 

[Suther]

First couple SKS's I had were pinned this way - much better pinning method, however it was a little unsightly.

Eh. As I see it, there is one tiny little rivet in the bottom of my magazine, doesn't effect the serial #, and you dont even see it unless you look for it. Besides, this is a shooter, not a show-piece. Function trumps all.

If I had a collector-quality one, I would probably want the pin on the follower, but otherwise I'll take a small rivet any day of the week.

 

[marmot]

Can someone detail the steps required to modify a follower-pinned mag to the more functional rivet-pinned method?

 

[Tyockell18]

I recommend fixing our retarded gun laws so that we don't have to wreck perfectly good firearms for the sake of non panty pissing.

 

[st1264]

Damn, the SKS I just bought has this awful pinning method. Haven't shot it yet but I'm hoping all is well.

Finally got out to the range, SKS ran and cycled fine. I guess this pinning method can be used effectively, if done properly.

 

[kennymo]

One of mine has a little steel dowel welded on the arm closer to the pivot, no ugly rivet, and it functions 100%.

That was the best method they ever used to convert it to 5 rounds. My latest two purchased were pinned similarly to the OP's. Kept one, the other was for a good buddy. Just by chance, mine worked great but his wouldn't feed the last two rounds with any sort of reliability (in fact I don't think we ever got number 5 to load). The only difference between the two was my follower could still move freely, his was locked in place because there wasn't enough clearance between the follower arm and the pin. Some careful file and Dremel work had it running top notch fairly quickly.

 

[st1264]

That was the best method they ever used to convert it to 5 rounds. My latest two purchased were pinned similarly to the OP's. Kept one, the other was for a good buddy. Just by chance, mine worked great but his wouldn't feed the last two rounds with any sort of reliability (in fact I don't think we ever got number 5 to load). The only difference between the two was my follower could still move freely, his was locked in place because there wasn't enough clearance between the follower arm and the pin. Some careful file and Dremel work had it running top notch fairly quickly.

My follower moves freely, therefore functions fine. This must be the problem with this pinning method. When done properly, it's all good. Very happy that mine functions like it should.

 

[lone ranger]

do what I do...sell the TIN mag on GNC for 20 bucks,....take another 20 bucks out of your pocket...then buy a Tapco mag.

 

[marmot]

Just got a replacement mag in a trade on EE and I can confirm that the follower pivots freely on the new one whereas the old one is too stiff to move. I need to buy myself another dremel so I can fix the factory (numbers-matching) one.

 

[TehGunky]

Mine has the pin welded to the pivot. It will occasionally misfeed the last round in the magazine when loaded with stripper clips. If I load the round manually, no misfeeds.