Recently purchased a norinco SKS from milarm. Stripped the entire rifle down and cleaned it with brake clean, oiled put back together. When i had the bolt out i noticed when you pushed on the piece at the back of the bolt (unsure of proper name) that the hammer hits that pushes the firing pin forward, the firing pin itself would only move maybe a a milimeter or two out of the front of the bolt face. That seemed to be its maximum travel. Wondered if that would be enough to set off primers properly. When i took the gun out shooting along with my CZ-858 and czech ammo, the SKS would not fire off a single round, just barely dent the primers. The same rounds would fire fine in the CZ afterwards. Could i have put the gun back together wrong? Do i need a new firing pin? Is there gunk in the bolt that I cant see and need to dissasember the bolt (how do i do this) ? Should i just take the gun back to Milarm, seeing as how they are now out of SKS's all together. Thanks guys for your help.
SKS no go. Need help
- Thread starter gutinater
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In the milsurps videos YouTube section of our knowledge library , there are several videos on the SKS covering complete stripping and assembling, amongst other topics. View some of those and see if they help or not
Yuoslavian Service Rifles (click here)http://www.milsurps.com/yt.php?playlist=14
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heavyBullet
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The fun thing about the SKS is the ease of taking it all apart. Your firing pin should move freely in the bolt, so if you shake it, you should hear it rattle. If it does not, you need to clean it up some more. Taking the firing pin out to give it a good cleaning is pretty easy.
Just lightly punch out the firing pin retaining pin, and remove the firing pin. Remember how it comes out so you do not put in in backwards when re-assembling it. Clean it all up, and leave it nice and dry. Re-assemble, and the firing pin should be free and rattle when shaken.
Just lightly punch out the firing pin retaining pin, and remove the firing pin. Remember how it comes out so you do not put in in backwards when re-assembling it. Clean it all up, and leave it nice and dry. Re-assemble, and the firing pin should be free and rattle when shaken.
nothing wrong with your sks.
the cosmo in the bolt is freezing up and prevent the firing pin from moving forward.
you need to completely disassemble the bolt and clean it thoroughly, use a q-tip in the firing pin tube . do not put any oil on the firing pin.
the cosmo in the bolt is freezing up and prevent the firing pin from moving forward.
you need to completely disassemble the bolt and clean it thoroughly, use a q-tip in the firing pin tube . do not put any oil on the firing pin.
saskgunowner101
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I remember the firing pin seeming to be quite sticky on my sks when I first got it. A soak in solvent, manually push the pin back and forth, and more soaking was all mine took to get the rattle.
Still_free
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I baught one and it is a must if you shoot civilian rounds ( like remington or federal) due to the free floating firing pin, the standard firing pin may accidently set off a primer when the bolt closes, the murray one avoid that problem,
for gutinater, DID YOU PUT THE FIRING PIN BACK ON THE RIGHT SIDE, firing pin are not reversible, if you reassemble the gun with a firing 0pin backward it wont work
The first time you fire it, load one round in the magazine, point the rifle safely down range and chaber the round, if it slam fires then at least it's safe. Otherwise fire the round.
Next time load two in the magazine, point it down range and chamber the first round. Fire the first round and keep the rifle pointed safely downrange. If it slam fires on the second round you're still safe.
After that you're good to go if you haven't experienced a slam fire.
Next time load two in the magazine, point it down range and chamber the first round. Fire the first round and keep the rifle pointed safely downrange. If it slam fires on the second round you're still safe.
After that you're good to go if you haven't experienced a slam fire.
Do *NOT* make the mistake of shoving a patch down the firing pin hole in the bolt thinking you can push it back. I ended up using a torch to heat a nail up red hot several times to burn the patch out. A Q-tip is a good idea, but remove the bulk of the cotton. If it pulls off when pulling the Q-tip out, you might pull the cotton ball off. Or just use a pipe cleaner...
The bolt disassembles very easily. Once apart let it soak for a half an hour or a hour in an old butter tub of varsol then run a Q-tip in there. Leave the pin dry when reassembling. Mind you, I had oil on mine and it worked ok in the winter. (My gun oil of choice is G-96. Been using it for 23 years)
The bolt disassembles very easily. Once apart let it soak for a half an hour or a hour in an old butter tub of varsol then run a Q-tip in there. Leave the pin dry when reassembling. Mind you, I had oil on mine and it worked ok in the winter. (My gun oil of choice is G-96. Been using it for 23 years)
