Russian SKS45 long thread.

THX-1138 said:
ok, Im trying to figure out what one piece of the cleaning kit is called and actually used for (I tried to use search, but I cant find it)

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can anyone tell me what the third thing down in this picture is? it reminds me of a grinding wheel dresser, and since its screws on to the end of the SKS cleaning rod, I assume its for ramming down the barrel. Is it some kind of unusual patch holder?
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You guessed right.

It is supposed to be some sort of patch holder you wrap the patch around.

BTW, it is better not to use the steel cleaning rods that came with the rifle.

I use a Dewey nylon coated rod with brass jags and loops, and try to protect the crown as much as possible.
 
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the cap of the cleaning kit also double as the rod guide? It fits over the muzzle and protects the crown from rod rub.
 
j-man said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't the cap of the cleaning kit also double as the rod guide? It fits over the muzzle and protects the crown from rod rub.
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I was wondering what the hole in the cap was for.... works just like you said :)

now I wonder what the holes in the side of the cleaning kit are.....
 
THX-1138 said:
I was wondering what the hole in the cap was for.... works just like you said :)

now I wonder what the holes in the side of the cleaning kit are.....
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You put the cleaning rod through the big holes and push the punch from the kit through the little holes and though the holes in the round thing at the end of the cleaning rod (sorry for the convoluted explanation). This turns the cleaning kit case into a handle for the cleaning rod.
 
paulz said:
You put the cleaning rod through the big holes and push the punch from the kit through the little holes and though the holes in the round thing at the end of the cleaning rod (sorry for the convoluted explanation). This turns the cleaning kit case into a handle for the cleaning rod.
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ahh, that sounds like a better handle, I was just using the punch on its own in the cleaning rod, but the punch fell out every time I'd let go of it (like when I was looking to see how far up the bore the brush actually was when I ran out of cleaning rod)
 
Steel rods are better than aluminum, actually. Aluminum will get carbon grit embedded along it's length and will actually wear your muzzle oblong over time. Steel rods actually are less abrasive.

Personally, I use a graphite rod with a triple-ball bearing handle to clean my guns. They get the total spa treatment at my house! :)
 
Here is the basic components of the cleaning kit supplied with the SKS:



Here is how it is put together, with the tool body and drift punch are used as a handle, the tool cover is a muzzle guide, then the jag or brush attached to the end of the cleaning rod:



Remember that the cleaning rod can only be removed from the carbine when the bayonet is placed down 90 degrees to the barrel.
 
They originate with the Mosin Nagant rifles and carbines. They are still used today with the Kalashnikov. Every Soviet/Russian soldier has the ability to maintain their issued weapon. That round bottle has two compartments, one for oil and one for bore cleaner.

I still remember carrying the FNC1 in the '80's with a simple pull through and oil bottle stored in the butt (just like the SMLE my great uncle had in WW 1 and my dad in WW 2), with one complete cleaning kit shared by a section. Wonderfully absurd, I thought.

Hopefully the lads with the C7 have a better scale of issue.
 
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I am going crazy waiting! I already bought a few refurbs from Al Simmons. I noted my hand select was supposed to be here friday but is still at the sorting plant and should be here monday.

After all this waiting I hope it is all matching like some I have seen, especially since I ordered really early last year.
 
I used the issued cleaning kit for my gun when I cleaned it.

I figured why not? It's how the russkies would have cleaned it anyway.

I'd also like to say that those of you happy with your guns should fire an email out to marlin @ frontier telling him so.

Jebus knows how much hassle the guy had to go through to get the guns. A little reognition isn't too much to ask.
 
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