SKS Question

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Greetings just wanted to get some insight from the experienced.
I am definitely interested in getting a SKS for fun factor alone however
i have been seeing alot about this slamfire issue.
Now is there a spring loaded pin mod that can be gotten to upgrade the free floating masses out there.
Or am i worryiing for nothing and prey to propaganda

Thanks
 
I'm pretty sure there is somthing out there like you described but you shouldn't need it. As long as you keep the bolt reasonably clean slam fires won't be an issue. You can also take the bolt apart fairly easily and really give it a good cleaning if you need to.
 
Should be in "Red Rifles".

There are spring loaded pins for sale, but as long as you keep yours clean there should be no issues. SKSs also had spring loaded firing pins from 1949-1951 (part way through the year they changed to free floating IIRC).
 
This should be posted in the red rifle section.

Slam fire issue is not as wide spread as poeple say. It is a minor issue since cleaning the firing pin channel should be done. My first SKS did not have the spring loaded firing pin adn I had no isues with it. The guy that now owns it still has not had an issue.
 
My SKS firing pin was rusted forward every time I took it to the range, I just dropped some oil in there and pushed it back in. No slamfires after 6k rounds before I traded the gun for a 1200 Defender.

Of course the internet will tell you not to oil the firing pin and you need to put windex down the barrel because the ammonia neutralizes the corrosive salts (lol) but it's an SKS. This gun can survive 3rd world battle conditions and still be more reliable than AR's / m14's etc.
 
I've never had a slam fire out of mine, I cleaned the bolt when I got it to make sure it was good to go, and no problems yet after 1000+ rounds. As far as I know my friend hasn't had an issue with his yet either, we bought them at the same time over 2 year ago.
 
I got the stainless firing pin with spring and lightly sprayed it with G96, I only shoot non-corrosive ammo and once in a long while, so I wanted to know my SKS is good to go and won't have any issues any time I pick it up. The stainless firing pin with spring is NOT recommended for corrosive ammo with hard primers, it'll deform the tip of the pin...it's made for modern non-corrosive cartridges. The other thing I did was the Sailor Curt trigger improvement, polishing everything and putting a mild positive engagement on the sear, as well as adding the lighter springs. The lighter springs make for a lighter, decent trigger pull along with the other mods, but can cause light strikes (misfires) with hard primer corrosive ammo.
 
Ya the one I experienced was the only one I've witnessed. And that was clearly a preventable situation had I cleaned the bolt out since the firing pin was stuck protruding from the bolt by the grease. First mag I ran through it.

I've had SKS rifles for 17 years now and shot a lot of rounds (way beyond counting now) and that was the only time.
 
slam fires can be virtually eliminated by a thoroughly cleaning cosmoline with kerosene or another solvent. True, there is no FP spring on the standard SKS bolt, but i have never had an issue with it. If you like, tapco makes an excellent drop in replacement that has a FP spring in it. it is around 60$
 
Ya exactly. I learned the hard way. And just to be clear (so nobody takes my previous post as being "something to try"), SKS is not meant to fire that way so firing like that is very, very dangerous. Cartridge could potentially be detonated outside of the chamber. Totally uncontrolled.

Rare condition, highly unlikely, clean it before you fire you're good.
 
All the people on here that are saying to clean it are right, it all comes down to maintaining it properly. When I heard about slam fires I had to see it for myself, I tried everything and couldn't get it to malfunction in any way, not to say it can't or won't, just be mindful when using this or any other gun. I think the mythbuster tried to get an SKS to fire using decibels and low and high pitch frequency - needless to say they couldn't get a misfire either.
 
I have recently purchased a nice Russian SKS from Weimajack and when I stripped it I was pleasantly surprized to find that during the refurb the firing pin was replaced with a spring loaded one.. very cool.. No slam fires for me..

RDG
 
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