Refurb SKS. Bolt carrier & bolt painted black

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I picked up a 51 Tula recently and I know it's a refurb - nice one at that. Various parts are coated with an enamel that flaking off with use. Not really a fan of this. Anyone have a good way of removing it?
 
One of my two SKS'es was like yours. There was even paint in the bolt, jamming the firing pin. You may want to take the bolt apart and make sure all the metal is bare...

Lou
 
Swiend said:
Does the paint need to be replaced? I figured the carriers were just painted for the look.
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the carrier and bolt should be left bare but the rest should have some protection against rust.

icanuck said:
Should have thought of that...

I won't replace the paint with anything. I've seen pictures of SKS's with bare metal bolt and carrier (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e6/Simonov-SKS-45.JPG) and like the look. Plus the idea of the paint flecks in the action doesn't sit well with me - probably won't hurt it, but still...
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maybe you should just do the carrier and bolt first, see how much work is required but dont use that as an example of what the rest of the rifle would look like bcos i bot a rifle that someone spent alot of time removing all the paint and then abandon the project , man ! it looks uglier.

i will post some pics late .

maybe we can swap rifles .
 
Won't swap the rifle, but the wife....

Bolt carrier and bolt are the only things with the paint on them. Trigger assembly, action, barrel, magazine are all blued. The flecks haven't been getting into the firing pin. I take extra care to keep that area clean as I had read about slam fires with a gummed up firing pin.
 
icanuck said:
Won't swap the rifle, but the wife....

Bolt carrier and bolt are the only things with the paint on them. Trigger assembly, action, barrel, magazine are all blued. The flecks haven't been getting into the firing pin. I take extra care to keep that area clean as I had read about slam fires with a gummed up firing pin.
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sorry , got no wife to swap. :D

usually when you have paint on the carrier and bolt , you would have paint on the rest of the rifle too so i thought you were going to remove all the paint, glad that wasnt the case .
 
I live in an area that is quite often humid, sweltering, in the summer, and supposedly we have 'salt fog', so I consider my painted SKS to be an asset - I have had enough of a problem keeping my guns rust free this summer (it was quite sweltering and hot for the last little bit), so the paint stays.
 
this carrier and bolt was started by someone else , i used circa 1850 stripper to remove paint on hard to reach places and then used the steel wire wheel on the bolt (brass wheel wont do) . the firing pin wasnt rattling freely so i chucked it and put in a new one . looks pretty nice and new .

i started on the back end of the carrier but didnt get far . you can see the paint has left some surface rust.

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curtton said:
this carrier and bolt was started by someone else , i used circa 1850 stripper to remove paint on hard to reach places and then used the steel wire wheel on the bolt (brass wheel wont do) . the firing pin wasnt rattling freely so i chucked it and put in a new one . looks pretty nice and new .

i started on the back end of the carrier but didnt get far . you can see the paint has left some surface rust.

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+2 on the Circa 1850 stripper. Messy but effective, followed up by polishing with the Dremel tool, and lots of compound.
 
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