Something I didn't know about SKS's

Remedial gun handling 101 -

A) do not follow the bolt, it's designed to operate under spring tension so allow it to do so.
B) the IA drill for "click not bang" is either: tap the magazine, rack the bolt (see above), and fire the gun, AKA Tap, Rack, Bang. Or cant the gun, check the bolt, #### the bolt (see A) fire the gun, AKA Cant, check, ####, fire. No other procedures are safe, or indicated.
C) do not fark with your firearm - especially the trigger group: no lighter springs, no polishing hardened surfaces, no home brew trigger jobs, because you aren't as smart as you think you are.
 
rubberdown said:
Thats what I tell everyone that I take to the range with any of my guns, they need to slam shut, its how they are designed to run.
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Newbies tend to want to ride the bolt down like they might hurt it, but it won't load properly without the full force of the return spring to push the bolt forward. Let it slam from all the way back. It likes to slammed like a cheap bar whore :)
 
What the video described is precisely the design of the SKS. It's his actions and their sequence that is unnatural.
No one in their right mind would slowly ride the bolt carrier and squeeze the trigger at that exact point in travel before pushing it the rest of the way. At least not when loaded.
 
fiddler said:
Newbies tend to want to ride the bolt down like they might hurt it, but it won't load properly without the full force of the return spring to push the bolt forward. Let it slam from all the way back. It likes to slammed like a cheap bar whore :)
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If the gun worked properly, it shouldn't fire unless the bolt is fully forward. What newbies might do has nothing to do with it.
 
Juster said:
If the gun worked properly, it shouldn't fire unless the bolt is fully forward. What newbies might do has nothing to do with it.
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You are correct, but thats not what im talking about. the bolt needs to slam all the way forward without resistance from the shooter to load properly. Newbies always make this mistake while first time loading it.
 
Bubba Yugga said:
I think the later trigger group with the rebound disconnector will prevent this behavior.
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No disrespect to you, but it would not fix this malfunction. The rebound disconnector only prevents the transfer bar from contacting the sear while the hammer is down. Once the hammer is reset, the rebound disconnector does nothing.

A properly functioning SKS trigger should not allow the trigger transfer bar to contact the sear before the bolt disconnector is clear of the hammer. If anyone else has this issue, get your trigger group fixed. THIS IS NOT NORMAL
This guy seems to have confused being able to follow the instructions on a forum for his trigger job, with actual expertise on SKS function. This video leaves me with so many questions, like,

- Is this his only SKS? How does he not know that this is not normal?

- Does he have a blade of impractical length fixed to his plate carrier somewhere?

- And, what is actually wrong with his trigger group? I'm leaning toward it being the tip of the bolt disconnector being a bit too long, maybe improper fitting during refurb replacement, or mismatched during import. Either that, or the trigger transfer bar is bent. Does anyone who has actually examined (or better yet, repaired) a malfunction state like this want to chime in?
 
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