SKS making strange noises? Video included

fat tony said:
You can only do so much troubleshooting without test firing your firearm with live rounds.

If you are concerned with people seeing you firing a potentially defective firearm, it's easy, ep. since you life in B.C. Drive out somewhere on crown land & try it with nobody around for a ways. Enjoy your SKS :)

Edit: maybe some clearance problems between the wood & your trigger group (unlikely, but it could happen).
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I would not take it out and fire it. This issue can be fixed on the bench first, the current state of the disconnector might cause double firing. You need to disassemble the trigger mechanism and inspect the sear and spring, the disconnector and trigger lever (some on here have called it the trigger bar). Only then will you know what condition the parts are in and if it has been home smithed.
 
Looks like the trigger bar may be bent down a bit to me. Although I'd be willing to bet it works perfectly fine. #### the bolt back and see if the hammer falls o.k. once the bolt is forward again. Then try the same thing but keep the bolt back to make sure the sear isn't being pushed by the trigger bar.
 
fat tony said:
This is going to be a three handed operation, because you have to hold the trigger back, depresss the holding opening device, and let the bolt and carrier go forward, but there is not much danger of the carrier slamming forward & hurting your fingers (this can happen with a Swedish AG42/b rifle), but you have an SKS, so no worries there.
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Or just leave the magazine open/unlatched because it is what causes the bolt to hold open on last shot...?
 
Well after watching a few SKS trigger group disassembly videos and seeing that I lack a proper vise and punch set, plus the fear of marring the finish on a rare SKS I decided to take it to the local gunsmith, Weber & Markin. After showing them the trigger group and demonstrating the problem I was met with "I wouldn't worry about it" and "What do you want me to do about it?". I explained that all of my other SKS' don't make this noise so perhaps something is bent and i'd like it remedied. I even disassembled a Chinese SKS at home before going to see how the trigger group should function so I somewhat knew what I was talking about. I guess i'll looking in to getting a pin punch set and disassemble it myself. This wasn't the first time that i've been met with arrogance at W&M and I doubt i'll be returning there.
 
I had spring problems with my trigger group. They were toast. I ordered a Chinese trigger assembly from Lever Arms in Vancouver and kept the original as a spare and replaced it's springs with the help of a fellow CGNer who provided them. The price of the Chinese group was only $60. It came with much better springs. It fits a Russian gun but you do have to grind around the anchor latch (for lack of terminology) hole. It needs to be thinned and tapered a little so that it will click down over that latch as the Chinese trigger group housing is a little thicker. It's easy. It's also nice to have spare parts.
 
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