SKS Question!

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Hello Everyone,

I happen to have recently picked up a laminated SKS, and it is a wonderful carbine. The only issue I am concerned with is I cannot (ok, laugh if you will) tell if it has a chromed bore or not. The muzzle has no run over of any chrome material, and the bore does not look extremely shiny. Odd, as it is a Tula 1952. Were all SKS chromed from that manufacturer/year? What do I do if my bore is not chromed? (I bought 1200 rounds and would like to use them!) Also, what is the best for removing the corrosive residue left behind by this Czech military surplus ammo?

Yours,
Drachenblut
 
As for the chrome bore I can't help you out on that much, but for the residue, what I like to do is just pour some boiling hot water down the barrel, and gas tube. Then some patches of Hoppes Solvent, followed by Hoppes Oil. Other than that, enjoy your SKS and shoot the heck out of it! :)
 
If you look at the muzzle end (crown), it will have a shiny silver ring on the inside if it has chrome bore. If there is no shiny silver ring, then it is not chrome lined.
 
The only thing you have to do to remove the corrosive residue is clean your rifle right after you get home from shooting it.

Clean it the way you normally would.

I use Hoppe's #9 and it works great in both my SKS'.
 
Chrome lining doesn't mean very much if you clean it properly. It would be cheaper to buy another SKS with the lining if thats what you really wanted. Keep in mind that these rifles worked very well with everyday use in the hands of uneducated peasants. If you clean them, they work. If you don't clean them it will rust, and not just the barrel.
 
Put some bluing on the barrel. If it does'nt stick it's chromed. Don't know of anywhere that chromes already made barrels. If your's is not chromed it would be cheaper to buy another SKS that's already chromed.
 
I've heard the non chromed ones can be more accurate than the chromed ones. I wouldn't worry at all about chromed or non-chromed.

My muzzleloaders all have non-chromed bores and after many years of use of pyrodex I have no rust... BECAUSE I use hot water (with a little liquid dish soap) and it removes all the salts from the powder. Once that's done, just go about cleaning it as you would any gun.
 
Well, I've used hoppies before, it did squat. I need an actual anti-corrosion product that is not for BP as the chemicals made are, to my knowledge, not the same.
 
fiddler said:
If you clean them, they work. If you don't clean them it will rust, and not just the barrel.
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I blew 500+ rounds of the surplus through my sks over the course of a month, never cleaned or oiled it. Left the rifle sitting for 3 more months then finally took it apart to clean/oil it. Had a few tiny specs of rust in the chamber and a small amount inside the gas tube. It cleaned off quite easily and did not affect the operation of the rifle. Everywhere else was totally fine with not a hint of rust. Unless you're shooting in the rain or storing your rifle somewhere damp, IMO the rust issue is overblown. If you clean your SKS even half as religiously as the guys on this forum say they do, you will never have a rust problem, chrome barrel or not.
 
fiddler said:
Chrome lining doesn't mean very much if you clean it properly. It would be cheaper to buy another SKS with the lining if thats what you really wanted. Keep in mind that these rifles worked very well with everyday use in the hands of uneducated peasants. If you clean them, they work. If you don't clean them it will rust, and not just the barrel.
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I didn't know that uneducated peasants were issued millitary weapons.......I thought they were issued to the millitary personell of the Russian Army, and I am sure they would have been well versed on how to keep their firearm well kept.....

I can imagine if they were not, there would not be a barrel left worth putting a round down it, they would all be rusted and corroded shut....

just my thoughts....
 
fiddler said:
Chrome lining doesn't mean very much if you clean it properly. It would be cheaper to buy another SKS with the lining if thats what you really wanted. Keep in mind that these rifles worked very well with everyday use in the hands of uneducated peasants. If you clean them, they work. If you don't clean them it will rust, and not just the barrel.
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Interesting

I didn't know that peasants were issued millitary weapons.......I thought they were issued to the millitary personell of the Russian Army, and I am sure they would have been well versed on how to keep their firearm well kept.....

I can imagine if they were not, there would not be a barrel left worth putting a round down it, they would all be rusted and corroded shut....

just my thoughts....
 
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Ftaview said:
Interesting

I didn't know that peasants were issued millitary weapons.......I thought they were issued to the millitary personell of the Russian Army, and I am sure they would have been well versed on how to keep their firearm well kept.....

I can imagine if they were not, there would not be a barrel left worth putting a round down it, they would all be rusted and corroded shut....

just my thoughts....
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When the Germans invaded Russia, anyone with two arms and two legs was turned into a soldier, and very little training. I doubt they knew anything about rust, corrosion, or salts, and most probably could not read nor write. They were issued solvents, oil and were told to clean it everyday. Many were not issued weapons, they were to remove them from the fallen men who fought in the defensive wave that was ahead of them.

Sure there were lots of well trained soldiers, but not nearly enough. In 1941-1945, 6.8 million Russian soldiers were killed, and a total of 26 million including Russian citizens were killed. They took anybody they could get, education and experience were no longer factors. It was indeed a peasant army.

If it was difficult to clean a rifle, they would be rusted and corroded shut, and we would not have them today. Peasants or otherwise, rifles were cleaned everyday.
 
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Yeah, be nice!! Keep in mind, that if you went to todays standards, most of us would be in the "uneducated peasant" class :)
 
fiddler said:
When the Germans invaded Russia, anyone with two arms and two legs was turned into a soldier, and very little training. I doubt they knew anything about rust, corrosion, or salts, and most probably could not read nor write. They were issued solvents, oil and were told to clean it everyday. Many were not issued weapons, they were to remove them from the fallen men who fought in the defensive wave that was ahead of them.

Sure there were lots of well trained soldiers, but not nearly enough. In 1941-1945, 6.8 million Russian soldiers were killed, and a total of 26 million including Russian citizens were killed. They took anybody they could get, education and experience were no longer factors. It was indeed a peasant army.

If it was difficult to clean a rifle, they would be rusted and corroded shut, and we would not have them today. Peasants or otherwise, rifles were cleaned everyday.
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Ahhh...............we're talking about rifles made 4 years and up after WWII here.
 
Woodbeef said:
Ahhh...............we're talking about rifles made 4 years and up after WWII here.
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I don't know if your average Soviet conscript soldier took all the care and pride in his weapon that your average CF guy does. He probably did enough to keep his superior from b*tching at him, and that's about it. Im sure, one of the reasons they run Mosins, SKS', and AKs. (Not to mention the expense factor)
 
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