I purchased a "new" Chinese SKS,(not a "D" and it doesn't say "Norinco") my first one. I took it out of the box, took it apart, cleaned it up, reassembled it and took it to the range the next day with some surplus ammo to test it out. Here's what I did and what happened:
Set up a proper target @ 25 yrds., raised red range flag; put on eyes and ears, took the gun out of the case, follow ACTS and PROVE, put on safety, then loaded 1 round into the magazine, chambered the round, released safety,test fired from a bench; fires fine,trigger seems smooth, shell ejects well. Sights are close to right on - probably my inexperience at fault there. Repeat steps as above with 2,3 and then 4 rounds in the mag. I'm liking this gun
(but boy that surplus ammo stinks like skunk farts!
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Tried to load 5 rounds into the mag., but they all won't go. So I unloaded the mag. checking the chamber to make sure I hadn't mistakenly chambered a round,checked the mag and barrel for obstructions- nothing, engaged bolt, release safety, pull trigger-it clicks fine; then I closed the mag., loaded 4 rounds, chambered a round, took off safety, pulled the trigger and it wouldn't pull. Double checked the safety- it's off; try again- it won't pull. Put safety back on, unload the mag., eject unfired round, PROVE safe.
Tried this again with 2,and 3 rounds in the mag. and it fired fine. Sometimes it fires fine with 4 rounds in it, sometimes it does not. It will not accept 5 rounds in the mag. and I'm not going to force it. There was no indent on the primers of the bullets which didn't fire (makes sense) and the same bullets fired well when used 1,2, or 3, in the mag.
Maybe I'm doing the loading procedure in the wrong order (I did not get an operator's manual with it so I read it off the 'net), or is this indicative of a more serious problem? I don't mind being limited to 4 rounds, no big deal there, but when you pull the trigger, the gun should fire every time. I'm not knocking the gun, just confused. Any suggestions ? Thanks for your input.
Set up a proper target @ 25 yrds., raised red range flag; put on eyes and ears, took the gun out of the case, follow ACTS and PROVE, put on safety, then loaded 1 round into the magazine, chambered the round, released safety,test fired from a bench; fires fine,trigger seems smooth, shell ejects well. Sights are close to right on - probably my inexperience at fault there. Repeat steps as above with 2,3 and then 4 rounds in the mag. I'm liking this gun
(but boy that surplus ammo stinks like skunk farts!)Tried to load 5 rounds into the mag., but they all won't go. So I unloaded the mag. checking the chamber to make sure I hadn't mistakenly chambered a round,checked the mag and barrel for obstructions- nothing, engaged bolt, release safety, pull trigger-it clicks fine; then I closed the mag., loaded 4 rounds, chambered a round, took off safety, pulled the trigger and it wouldn't pull. Double checked the safety- it's off; try again- it won't pull. Put safety back on, unload the mag., eject unfired round, PROVE safe.
Tried this again with 2,and 3 rounds in the mag. and it fired fine. Sometimes it fires fine with 4 rounds in it, sometimes it does not. It will not accept 5 rounds in the mag. and I'm not going to force it. There was no indent on the primers of the bullets which didn't fire (makes sense) and the same bullets fired well when used 1,2, or 3, in the mag.
Maybe I'm doing the loading procedure in the wrong order (I did not get an operator's manual with it so I read it off the 'net), or is this indicative of a more serious problem? I don't mind being limited to 4 rounds, no big deal there, but when you pull the trigger, the gun should fire every time. I'm not knocking the gun, just confused. Any suggestions ? Thanks for your input.
