SKS Cleaning using Corrosive Surplus

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Hi all,

I got a refurb SKS 1952, I broke it down and gave it a good all round cleaning, I also removed the black paint from the bolt carrier.

I plan on using the corrosive surplus ammo...after a good day of shooting which areas should I concentrate on when Im cleaning the rifle afterwards?

Thanx
 
lol thanks. I’m brand new to the site and didn’t notice that. Would be nice if I could sort my search results based on date or something…
 
Used to just spray the bolt, carrier, gas piston, gas tube, and down the barrel with WD-40. Wipe the inside of the gas tube after with a pistol rod and a patch, or pipecleaners or whatever
 
Thanks for the help. It used it one day on the range and thought I did a decent job cleaning it with the stuff in a typical hoppes cleaning kit or whatever it’s called and next time I took it out every shot I take, the casing is so jammed I have to hammer down the barrel with the rod just to get it out and very next shot stuck again. I’ll try those methods and see if it helps. Thanks again
 
Braaadolph said:
Thanks for the help. It used it one day on the range and thought I did a decent job cleaning it with the stuff in a typical hoppes cleaning kit or whatever it’s called and next time I took it out every shot I take, the casing is so jammed I have to hammer down the barrel with the rod just to get it out and very next shot stuck again. I’ll try those methods and see if it helps. Thanks again
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Sounds like the damage is already done and the chambers rusted and pitted. Hope not man.

The stuff in the hoppes kit...it doesn't neutralize the salts, I think, and it doesn't flush them out either.
 
Braaadolph said:
lol thanks. I’m brand new to the site and didn’t notice that. Would be nice if I could sort my search results based on date or something…
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Don't worry about it. No reason the the link or thread to not still work 15 years later.... plenty of other forums have great information and threads that still work decades later.

But on to the topic all you need to clean corrosive is water to flush out the salt from what I've learned (recently dwelved on the topic as I also got a gun that shoots corrosiuve,WK181). When you shoot all that happens is that some salts are created, by using water you dillute the salts into the water and it flushes out. And then I blow dry everything and continue with my regular cleaning using carbon cleaners or Hoppe's 9 for the bore for example. So essentially you just need to water where the corrosive primer/gas would have touched as the first step and carry on with the normal cleaning. I have a different gun so I can't tell you exactly what parts to go for on yours but yeah.
 
scrub the crap out of the chamber with a good bore brush and good solvent, you may have to use a drill hooked up to the bore brush to get all the crap out. It's more then likely the laquer or whatever the coating they put on the surplus ammo that is gumming up your chamber.
the bolt and firing pin are very important to make sure you get clean as the firing pin can seize up in the bolt causing you to have slam fires
lots of people dump boiling water down the barrel, over the bolt/gas piston/ gas tube and then re oil everything afterwards
make sure the firing pin "rattles" when you shake the bolt so you know it's not sticking
 
Kettle full of boiling water down the barrel, the gas tube, piston etc on the day that you shoot it followed by normal oil, brush then patches.
Next day oil, brush then patches

Don't forget to take firing pin out of bolt every so often and clean all that out to avoid firing pin sticking and then slam fires
 
Oh right I forgot to specify I use boiling water to like 55recce mentions, apparently hotter/warm water helps but I dunno, I'd thnk no matter the temp it will dillute and flush. But I just boil it why not and I will put all my the parts from the BCG and gas system parts in a tub of warm hot water.

EDIT: Actually I just read someone mention the boiling water is more so that the water evaporates more quickly, makes sense now. I'll keep doing that!
 
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I bring a thermos to the range with hot water. After 100 rounds things heat up and i clean while warm.

One user mentioned flash rust from boiling water. I haven't seen that yet but something to keep an eye on I guess.
 
Rinse with hot water and a general purpose cleaner over the metal parts. Blow it off with compressed air and spray down with G96 and wipe down. A little extra love for the barrel with some Hoppes cleaner and swabs.
 
I go hot water, sometimes brake cleaner to get water off, then fluid film

Barrel

Clean whole piston, push rod action system

And bolt carrier, bolt
 
Boiling water through the barrel and gas block, followed by wd40 patch ot two, followed by normal cleaning routine.
 
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