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I have a russian made sks and shoot corrosive rounds.Wondering if anybody heard of using windex to clean the parts of the rifle? I heard it nutrelizes the corosive salt that causes damage to sks if not properly cleaned. I have also seen a bit of rust in the gas chamber after pulling out the pistonWhat can I do to prevent this?When the gas chamber is cleaned out can I put a little oil in there for when I store it .Any help is appreiciated!!!!:shotgun::ar15::redface::redface:
 
Don't use windex I've tried this and just about everything else on my SKS if you have no actual gun oil WD-40 will work. Personally I'm a fan of G-96 gun cleaner/lubricant. but any good gun oil should work as long as you clean it thoroughly and oil it you shouldn't have any problems.
 
The best way is to pour boiling water down the barrel and gas chamber to flush the salt. You can wipe the inside of the receiver,the piston and the bolt face too. The heat from the water will dry part instantly. After, you can clean as normal with bore cleaner,oiling very lightly to finish. After flushing gas chamber, wipe the inside with a cleaning patch, do not use oil.
 
lucky07 said:
put all the oil you want in the gas tube. Won't affect anything so don't worry about giving it a good coat if you've sen rust in there. Make sure it's real dry before oiling it tho.
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If you put oil in the gas chamber, make sure you get it ALL out of there before you fire it. Its a dry gas system.
 
svt1940 said:
The best way is to pour boiling water down the barrel and gas chamber to flush the salt. You can wipe the inside of the receiver,the piston and the bolt face too. The heat from the water will dry part instantly. After, you can clean as normal with bore cleaner,oiling very lightly to finish. After flushing gas chamber, wipe the inside with a cleaning patch, do not use oil.
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I am a cheap bugger. So for my gas system I use brake cleaner. Get's ride of the carbon build up and dry's without leaving an oilly residue. Although I have used WD40 in a pinch when I ran out of CLP.
 
Brake cleaner works awesome. I use it in the gas chamber and bolt.

When I first got the rifle it had been abused, so I let everything soak in solvent, but I made damn sure I got it all cleaned up after.
 
lucky07 said:
put all the oil you want in the gas tube. Won't affect anything so don't worry about giving it a good coat if you've sen rust in there. Make sure it's real dry before oiling it tho.

why no oil in the gas system svt1940??
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Because my SKS must be ready to use anytime:D I only oil gas system if the rifle is to be put in storage for a very very long time.
 
i enjoy waiting 2 weeks minimum before cleaning my sks after shooting corrosive ammo, it teaches you how to really clean a gun. your suposed to have your piston rusted in place right?
 
You can use a dab of graphite grease to coat the piston' head and spread it on the walls of the gas tube. It won't hurt anything and will avoid rust and seizing.
On the VZs, there's a small square groove all around the piston head circumference. i always fill it with graphite or heavy lithium grease. It works great and eases cleaning.
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A little oil (a light coating) is ok but don't over do it. There was a post on one of the American forums last year of a split gas tube on an SKS. Fluids don't compress - if there is more oil in the tube than can be forced thru that little gas hole when the action cycles it could be bad.
 
lucky07 said:
Why is it not usable is if ain't completely dry?.. oil burns up if your shooting like a madman, just goes through the system if your not shooting too much...

I don't get ... probly never will.
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Oil + shooting like a madman = gummed up and sticky gas system. Firearm doesn't cycle to well... At least that was the problem I had when I got mine.
 
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