Russian TULA SKS Safety

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So I'm a new owner of an SKS, and can't believe I waited so long to get one (I'm more of a pistol guy). I like it already and can't wait to get it out to the range, but I noticed that the safety doesn't seem to have a spring. I've read that Russian SKS's were made with two different trigger groups, one designed without a spring and one without. Not sure if this is true or not. Does anyone know what's up with the safety? I'd like to have a safety that I can trust as I would like to possibly use it as a deer rifle too, but without a spring in the safety it doesn't give me a lot of confidence as anything could push the safety to the off position or somewhere in between.

Also I don't know much about SKS's obviously. I remember years ago they were much cheaper than they are now, especially the chinese ones. But the Russian Tula Refurbs don't have a chrome lined barrel do they?

Anyways hopefully someone can help me out here. If it's possible to install a spring on the safety I would also much appreciate someone pointing me out to somewhere I could get one.
 
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seamus said:
So I'm a new owner of an SKS, and can't believe I waited so long to get one (I'm more of a pistol guy). I like it already and can't wait to get it out to the range, but I noticed that the safety doesn't seem to have a spring. I've read that Russian SKS's were made with two different trigger groups, one designed without a spring and one without. Not sure if this is true or not. Does anyone know what's up with the safety? I'd like to have a safety that I can trust as I would like to possibly use it as a deer rifle too, but without a spring in the safety it doesn't give me a lot of confidence as anything could push the safety to the off position or somewhere in between.

Also I don't know much about SKS's obviously. I remember years ago they were much cheaper than they are now, especially the chinese ones. But the Russian Tula Refurbs don't have a chrome lined barrel do they?

Anyways hopefully someone can help me out here. If it's possible to install a spring on the safety I would also much appreciate someone pointing me out to somewhere I could get one.
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Yes the early trigger groups had the safety lever with a press fit for the safety lever with no spring. The later trigger groups had them added. They started chrome lining the barrels part way through 51 but earlier ones can have a chrome lined barrel if the SKS was refurbished and a chrome lined barrel installed during refurb.
 
I have a 1956 with the tension safety, matching numbers. I guess during refurb it didn't matter too much what got tossed in there. I will say the tension safeties I have take more force to disengage then the sping types, so I wouldn't worry about them coming off during hunting.
 
Hitzy said:
I have a 1956 with the tension safety, matching numbers. I guess during refurb it didn't matter too much what got tossed in there. I will say the tension safeties I have take more force to disengage then the sping types, so I wouldn't worry about them coming off during hunting.
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Unfortunately I can't say the same. The safety is very loose. I could switch it from safe to fire with my pinky finger with minimal force. A branch in the woods would have no problem pushing the safety from safe to fire.
 
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