SKS Cleaning

Its the rod that damages the crown, not he brush or the handle. Many milsurp crown damage was also done with poor use of a cleaning string.
 
It takes what, 20 seconds to take it apart? And the receiver is wider than Oprah. Might as well clean it from the bolt side. But as Sherlock said, the cap of the cleaning kit doubles as a crown protector if you need to clean it from the muzzle.
 
I only use the original cleaning kit to clean my SKS's with a good bore cleaner like every 300-400 rounds and work great. However, i clean the gas tube and piston each time i use corrosive ammos.
 
smartbomb said:
a lot of them tell me to use a bore snake, and to clean in the direction the bullet is fired... yadda yadda yadda.

But I guess that's all preference eh?
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Whatever you do, don't use a boresnake. After the first use, grit and particles from the bore are embedded in the boresnake and it is like pulling a piece of sandpaper through the bore.

Even the precision shooters (who are fanatical about cleaning procedures) have some disagreement over only running the brush through in one direction. I think it can't hurt, but have to admit I don't always do it that way. Cleaning from the breech end is preferred because it minimizes possible crown damage and helps keep the bore crud from getting into the action. If you are really keen, use a bore guide to keep all the solvents and junk out of the action and force them out the muzzle.

Mark
 
my first SKS(Yugo) is on it's way and I wouldn't mind knowing how to clean it properly.

anyone have a guide or such that covers things like the gas piston?

Should I buy a oem cleaning kit for it...apparently it doesn't have one...

tia
 
I think there are plenty of guides on youtube and google showing you how to clean it.

If your gun don't come with a cleaning kit, I think you should get one just to complete the set, but for actual cleaning, you can get some better stuff than a 50 years old kit.
 
haha thats the video i used first time cleaning.. that guy makes a pretty good how to vid and hes pretty funny to..

some of those old guys that go on for hours on simple things are sooo boring
 
Google is your friend. The US army manual for the SKS is readily available online for free and tells you how to clean and maintain it pretty well.
 
RMXC51 said:
Google is your friend. The US army manual for the SKS is readily available online for free and tells you how to clean and maintain it pretty well.
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You lost me on this one.....

The US army manual for the SKS....? really, why would the US Army have a manual for the SKS

I did not know this, can you post the link, to this information
 
youtube and videos are no good to me.I'm out in the backwoods on dialup.It would be faster to take it apart and figure it out for myself than to try and DL a vid on it.
I have all the gear to clean the 40 irons I own already just thought their might be something specific to an SKS in the factory kit like takedown tools.
Likewise some specifics on cleaning...I'm pretty sure my ol' Sako doesn't have a gas piston...
 
mmattockx said:
Whatever you do, don't use a bore snake. After the first use, grit and particles from the bore are embedded in the bore snake and it is like pulling a piece of sandpaper through the bore.


Mark
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I can't see how a bore snake is any harder on a barrel then firing steel jacketed czech surplus thru it. IMHO... Just wash it every once in a while. Throw it in a old sock tie it off and fire it into the laundry.

I am sure you will mess the accuracy up more by dinging the crown with a 5 dollar steel cleaning rod.
 
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