BigGameHunter
Regular
Well after several years of dissappointment and monkeying around, things might be coming together.
Back Story. I bought a Nork SKS from SIRMAILORDER (Now Cabelas). It appeared in great shape however I decided the first thing I would do (without firing it of course) a crate of ammo. Since then I have rarely got the shellac steel cased crap to do anything but lock the action up to the point of using a rubber mallet to open it.
I have soaked it completely in solvents to get cosmo off it and there is not a trace. I have ran it wet dry both nothing. I did a bit of chamber polishing nothing. I polished the piston nothing.
Well there it sat for 2 years. Finally a couple days ago I decided to give it one more field strip. Smooth everything out, use an air compressor to duly make sure no deposits claimed real estate inside of any more nooks. I rebuffed the chamber once more, rebuffed/polished the piston hole again. cleaned everything once again and put it back together. Took it out and since I wasn't very optimistic I only brought 40 rounds. Well I have to say loading them 5 at a time from the stripper clips I had no malfunctions. The only time I did was when I handloaded the 2nd to last 5 2 of them jammed (double feed and stovepipe type jams). Still I threw the last five in with the stripper and shot them 1-2-3-4-5 and they cycled perfect.
My question is undoubtably the ammo have something to do with it as before only wolf would work and this would not at all. Today this was all shellaced and it had a 95% rate which for me for the SKS is very good especially with bad ammo. I still have around 800 rounds from the box as I gave a lot away. Maybe it is still salvageable now that the gun is working a bit better.
I also think that if it had new springs put in and it was arsensal refinished. If it only had 200 rounds through it its still might need to break it and maybe that is why it is working better too a combo of polish and working the parts. Also it ran much better with very minimal lube. They don't like the oil it seem at least the finish on the chinese ones. Its like its self lubricating. Anywas any ideas would help as to what I can do to get this thing running 100 percent.
Also I cleaned it with windex/hot water then solvents and oil then dried it. I was told that is what caused some of the early internal pitting in my piston as the crate is corrosive primers. Should I get new parts? I did polish them adn the pitting now is to a minimal. Anyways enough rambling.
The reason I have posted something like this before (a year and 2 years ago) is because everyone told me it was hopeless and to just sell it off to them for cheap and they would fix it but through determination and small victories it seems like I am at least getting somewhere with it. Thanks again to anyone who does help.
Back Story. I bought a Nork SKS from SIRMAILORDER (Now Cabelas). It appeared in great shape however I decided the first thing I would do (without firing it of course) a crate of ammo. Since then I have rarely got the shellac steel cased crap to do anything but lock the action up to the point of using a rubber mallet to open it.
I have soaked it completely in solvents to get cosmo off it and there is not a trace. I have ran it wet dry both nothing. I did a bit of chamber polishing nothing. I polished the piston nothing.
Well there it sat for 2 years. Finally a couple days ago I decided to give it one more field strip. Smooth everything out, use an air compressor to duly make sure no deposits claimed real estate inside of any more nooks. I rebuffed the chamber once more, rebuffed/polished the piston hole again. cleaned everything once again and put it back together. Took it out and since I wasn't very optimistic I only brought 40 rounds. Well I have to say loading them 5 at a time from the stripper clips I had no malfunctions. The only time I did was when I handloaded the 2nd to last 5 2 of them jammed (double feed and stovepipe type jams). Still I threw the last five in with the stripper and shot them 1-2-3-4-5 and they cycled perfect.
My question is undoubtably the ammo have something to do with it as before only wolf would work and this would not at all. Today this was all shellaced and it had a 95% rate which for me for the SKS is very good especially with bad ammo. I still have around 800 rounds from the box as I gave a lot away. Maybe it is still salvageable now that the gun is working a bit better.
I also think that if it had new springs put in and it was arsensal refinished. If it only had 200 rounds through it its still might need to break it and maybe that is why it is working better too a combo of polish and working the parts. Also it ran much better with very minimal lube. They don't like the oil it seem at least the finish on the chinese ones. Its like its self lubricating. Anywas any ideas would help as to what I can do to get this thing running 100 percent.
Also I cleaned it with windex/hot water then solvents and oil then dried it. I was told that is what caused some of the early internal pitting in my piston as the crate is corrosive primers. Should I get new parts? I did polish them adn the pitting now is to a minimal. Anyways enough rambling.
The reason I have posted something like this before (a year and 2 years ago) is because everyone told me it was hopeless and to just sell it off to them for cheap and they would fix it but through determination and small victories it seems like I am at least getting somewhere with it. Thanks again to anyone who does help.
