SKS trigger creep

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Hi all,

Just got my second SKS, 1952 Tula refurb. Superb battle rifle but the trigger sucks, heavy, long travel and lots of grinding creep... Compared to it, my Norc. is a delight?!? I was thinking of polishing it but I still havn't figured out the parts I should polish?

Has anyone done something like this or have a better idea?

Thanks!
 
There was a series of videos posted here awhile back detailing how to do the work. I beleive you can still find the vids on youtube. Try typing in "SKS trigger job", should be there. cheers
 
I did mine. There is a spring loaded piece in the nose of the trigger guard. Knock out that pin and then a sliding rectabgualr piece will slide out. That is the sear. I packed some lapping compound into it, put it back and used my finger to move it abck and forth, to polish up all the sliding surafces.

Then I polished the two little top legs on it that the trigger rides on. The result is a long smooth pull. Much better.
 
Thanks guys, I'll try the technique and see how it goes. The video on youtube is quite explicite and straight forward.

Cheers!
 
geologist said:
My SKS has 3 stages of creep and then breaks like a glass rod. For groups I stack the trigger then take a breath, let it out halfway and then bang.
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My first sks has the "normal" no-resistance pull and as soon as it meets resistance, it breaks. My second one which I got to try last Sat., has the normal no-resistance pull and than, an additional short pull with resistance and than it breaks. Being a new comer to shooting seen, I am assuming this second pull is what is commonly referred to as "Creep" and it is not desirable and need to be fixed.

Surprisingly, once I got used to it, I found this three stage "pull" very helpful to get better groupings from the bench! I see that Geologist is expressing the same. So, I don't get it, what is there to be fixed? Why is this second pull considered a flaw and is so undesirable?
 
Home3 said:
My first sks has the "normal" no-resistance pull and as soon as it meets resistance, it breaks. My second one which I got to try last Sat., has the normal no-resistance pull and than, an additional short pull with resistance and than it breaks. Being a new comer to shooting seen, I am assuming this second pull is what is commonly referred to as "Creep" and it is not desirable and need to be fixed.

Surprisingly, once I got used to it, I found this three stage "pull" very helpful to get better groupings from the bench! I see that Geologist is expressing the same. So, I don't get it, what is there to be fixed? Why is this second pull considered a flaw and is so undesirable?
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The SKS has a two stage trigger mechanism, the first being the "no resistance" pull the moves the trigger bar forward and toward contact with the sear and the second pull that actually pushes the sear and at the end of the stroke releases the hammer.
The length of the second pull is generally referred as "creep".
This creep is not a flaw but built into the trigger as a "buffer", safety element.
Some people like more creep, others like less; a reasonable creep is desirable in terms of safety, you don't want your hammer to break at a touch of the trigger.
I personally don't see any benefit in "fixing" a military trigger group, other than making it smoother, not lighter and eliminating creep.
Smoothness is made by honing the slideways in the trigger housing and the grooves on the sear that ride on the slideways; as well as honing and lapping the edge of the sear where the hammer lip rests. Oh, and truing both sear and hammer to contact on the whole surface, that's it.
 
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