Spring Loaded Firing Pin

ckxtreme

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A couple questions for the seasoned SKS'ers.

1. Would anyone know where I can get a spring loaded firing pin locally to the Edmonton area.

Failing that:

2. Would anyone know where I could get one from a Canadian dealer? I checked Marstar, etc, and I can't find anything on their website.

Failing that,

3. Can I get it shipped to Canada from a US Supplier without border hassle?

Sorry if this is a redundant topic. It's just I have the gun apart at the moment for Cosmoline cleaning, and if at all possible, I'll put in a spring loaded firing pin at the same time.

PS: If you're local to the edmonton area and have a spare one, I'll buy it off you ASAP!!
 
ckxtreme said:
A couple questions for the seasoned SKS'ers.

1. Would anyone know where I can get a spring loaded firing pin locally to the Edmonton area.

Failing that:

2. Would anyone know where I could get one from a Canadian dealer? I checked Marstar, etc, and I can't find anything on their website.

Failing that,

3. Can I get it shipped to Canada from a US Supplier without border hassle?

Sorry if this is a redundant topic. It's just I have the gun apart at the moment for Cosmoline cleaning, and if at all possible, I'll put in a spring loaded firing pin at the same time.

PS: If you're local to the edmonton area and have a spare one, I'll buy it off you ASAP!!
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sksman.com in the US should have it and will ship to Canada BUT If you clean the bolt and the firing pin completly free from cosmoline,you wont have any problems. Just be careful when reassembling to be sure that the retainer dont jam the firing pin, the pin should rattle freely if you shake the bolt,spring loaded firing pin is not required. My 2 cents:)
 
Ok, so I feel like I'm on the outside looking in on this but I guess I was one of the lucky ones who had "the problem" with slam fires, and a bad problem it was. I pulled the bolt apart many times armed with all of the info I gathered from all of the great people on this site. I tried it completely bone dry and many degrees of oiled, all still with the problem. I don't know if I had a bad pin or what. So I ordered a spring loaded from SKSman and never had a slam fire since. Sorry guys but I highly recommend it.
 
mcbain said:
Ok, so I feel like I'm on the outside looking in on this but I guess I was one of the lucky ones who had "the problem" with slam fires, and a bad problem it was. I pulled the bolt apart many times armed with all of the info I gathered from all of the great people on this site. I tried it completely bone dry and many degrees of oiled, all still with the problem. I don't know if I had a bad pin or what. So I ordered a spring loaded from SKSman and never had a slam fire since. Sorry guys but I highly recommend it.
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A bad firing pin can happen, whatever bend or rough. Small burr can be polished away. All i can say is in case nothing cure a slam fire issue, a spring loaded 1 should do. Since i never had slam fire with my sks's i wont bother changing part. Glad that you have solved your issue:)
 
I guess you gotto do what works best for you. I've owned SKSs since the late 80s and have never had an issue with the firing pin or bolt. I've put tens of thousands of rounds through them without problems and always clean them the same way. I'm not suggesting that the spring kits don't serve a purpose, but I've never needed them and feel confident in my cleaning methods. If it rattles freely then its clean enough to shoot.

That said, if you have a bad pin or bolt, you might as well get the spring kit at the same time when replacing parts.
 
Well... I just spent the last 4 hours cleaning every last nook and cranny possible, and the gun is back together (she'll get some nice pictures soon, and I'll post them here when I do).

I did pay special attention the bolt & pin, and it does rattle quite freely in there.... and having yet to shoot the gun (at all), that's what scares me a bit.

How does a free moving pin, when you release the bolt carrier and it slams into the breech, not have the momentum to just keep going when the bolt stops moving? Examining the gun with the action open, the pin comes out if I simply tilt the gun downwards. Tilt it upward, goes back in.

I guess I don't know enough yet.
 
ckxtreme said:
Well... I just spent the last 4 hours cleaning every last nook and cranny possible, and the gun is back together (she'll get some nice pictures soon, and I'll post them here when I do).

I did pay special attention the bolt & pin, and it does rattle quite freely in there.... and having yet to shoot the gun (at all), that's what scares me a bit.

How does a free moving pin, when you release the bolt carrier and it slams into the breech, not have the momentum to just keep going when the bolt stops moving? Examining the gun with the action open, the pin comes out if I simply tilt the gun downwards. Tilt it upward, goes back in.

I guess I don't know enough yet.
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Its the way the firing pin must act. A slam fire occur when the firing pin is jammed foward in the bolt. Since your float freely, when the bolt will go foward, the inertia of the pin will not hit the primer strong enough to make the gun goes bang, and i you use surplus ammos, the primers on thoses are harder. I shot many commercial ammo in my sks and he as the free firing pin and i never get any slam fire. Dont worry shooting your sks, firing pin is free and clean? no oil? Then you are good to go:)
 
Make sure there are no burrs or rough spots on the pin or bolt. Some people use sharp objects to clean parts where they shouldn't. Also, make sure the firing pin is not upside down.
 
fiddler said:
Make sure there are no burrs or rough spots on the pin or bolt. Some people use sharp objects to clean parts where they shouldn't. Also, make sure the firing pin is not upside down.
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Upside down? Backwards?

When I put the firing pin back in the bolt and was set to hammer back in the retaining pin, I looked through the hole where the retainer pin sits in and rotated the firing pin until the hole was free of obstruction. All the videos I've seen just say... hammer in the pin, they dont say line it up so the retainer goes back in easy.. just hammer it back in.

I felt the way I did made more logical sense. I even tried to put the pin in backwards on purpose.. just to see if inattention could screw it up, but it wouldnt fit.

So.. off to the indoor range tonight after work with some commercial rounds (the indoor range doesnt allow FMJ's.. for some obvious reasons). We'll see how it goes.
 
ckxtreme said:
Upside down? Backwards?

When I put the firing pin back in the bolt and was set to hammer back in the retaining pin, I looked through the hole where the retainer pin sits in and rotated the firing pin until the hole was free of obstruction. All the videos I've seen just say... hammer in the pin, they dont say line it up so the retainer goes back in easy.. just hammer it back in.

I felt the way I did made more logical sense. I even tried to put the pin in backwards on purpose.. just to see if inattention could screw it up, but it wouldnt fit.

So.. off to the indoor range tonight after work with some commercial rounds (the indoor range doesnt allow FMJ's.. for some obvious reasons). We'll see how it goes.
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Happy shooting! Enjoy:D
 
Just got back from the range. Man, that is a fun gun to shoot. commercial bullets, no slam fires. Fairly good accuracy despite the old iron sights, just about dead on grouping out of the sardine can. Granted this was at 40 yards, but with my eyesight, I dont think I can see much out at 100+ yards without a scope.. lol.

I could shoot the thing all day. recoil is almost negligible. I put 60 rounds through it, and I might go back after dinner.
 
ckxtreme said:
Just got back from the range. Man, that is a fun gun to shoot. commercial bullets, no slam fires. Fairly good accuracy despite the old iron sights, just about dead on grouping out of the sardine can. Granted this was at 40 yards, but with my eyesight, I dont think I can see much out at 100+ yards without a scope.. lol.

I could shoot the thing all day. recoil is almost negligible. I put 60 rounds through it, and I might go back after dinner.
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:cool::)
 
Chuck it in a lathe and ....

Chuck the firing pin in a lathe and take .001 or .002 off of the surfaces that bear against the bolt body and break the sharp corners. Then give it a polish and all good. That spring loade d pin is a gimmick IMO.
 
mg4201 said:
Chuck the firing pin in a lathe and take .001 or .002 off of the surfaces that bear against the bolt body and break the sharp corners. Then give it a polish and all good. That spring loade d pin is a gimmick IMO.
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I started to get pireced primer pockets on the 1 I got from SKSMAn. It started to slam fire because it started to make little circle cut out's from the primer & some of them got stuck between the firing pin and the spring. What a mess.
 
Well after firing it a good number of times over the last couple days and not having an issue yet, I think I'll just stick to how Simonov designed it for now.

I haven't put any corrosive ammo through her yet, but I figure if all you have to do is give it a thorough cleaning, then whatever.

Afterall... these things break down in like 14.8 seconds... and who doesn't like polishing their guns?? LOL.
 
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