When I look back at my old history and I found me replying to you, I wasn't sure if your PFP is what I think it is. And it is what I think it is. Haha.
Thank you all for the feedback and tips on the sks rifle platform. I do check the firing pin on this rifle every time I take it out to shoot and had throughly cleaned it of cosmoline years ago when I got it. This particular slam fire was most likely caused by the ammo being fired. It was loaded with soft brass boxer primers, which are not recommended for the sks for this exact reason. Being the only 7.62x39 I’ve been able to get off the shelf in the past year, I decided to test it out and found the precautionary tales to be true and will not be firing it through my sks ever again. Stick to military spec ammunition loaded with Berdan primers when shooting an sks.
That is complete nonsense. What is your sources for this? Free floating firing pin is used in so many platforms, including ar-15. And boxer primers are extremely common in the us. Which lead me to believe its just you. Check your firing pin and dont blame the ammo.
@@brucewayne3892 The difference between the SKS and the AR platform is that the SKS was designed to fire hard, berdan primed ammunition and the AR was designed to fire soft, boxer primed ammunition. This is why some commercial AR’s have a hard time reliably firing steel cased ammunition, because the hammer can’t strike the hard burdan primers with enough force. And firing soft, boxer primed ammunition in the SKS can cause a slam fire or popped primers. This has been a known safety issue using commercial, boxer primed ammunition in the SKS for decades. This rifle is squeaky clean and I checked if the firing pin was free before I shot it. This happened in the first 6 shots of commercial, boxer primed ammunition I have EVER put through this rifle and it turned out the cautionary tales were true. I only did it because I didn’t want to dig into my stockpile of steel case wolf ammunition and this brass stuff is the only ammunition I can get off the shelf nowadays. Learn from my mistake and don’t go shooting boxer primed ammunition out of your SKS.
The SKS is one of the coolest rifles. I bought a surplus one a long time ago for like nothing. Wish I still had it, I’m going to see what they go for now.
Lots of info on line regarding SKS slam fire, in 99% of the time is a firing pin issue (sticking forward/protrusion). Pull your bolt ( again lots of video on take down), soak all pieces in carb cleaner or combustion chamber cleaner, use a brush and clean, if corrosive ammo has pitted everything, you may want to replace what you can.
When I 1st bought 1 I cleaned the bolt by spraying carburetor cleaner through the bolt. That is how I've clean it and other bolts instead of disassembling them. Let them dry out then spray thoroughly with heavy duty silicone spray. Give it a couple shakes, let the carrier agent evaporate then reassemble. Works great. 😊
Срочную служил в ПВО,у нас на вооружении были СКС.Лично у меня 1954 года выпуска.Изделие не прихотливое,убойное,лично мне очень нравилось.Самое главное служил я 1984-86 гг.оно было старше меня.Каждую неделю чистил карабин,сержант за этим очень строго следил.Даже строевые упражнения с карабином мне больше нравились чем с АК.В армии Руины они точно не стоят уже,в других армиях не скажу.Хотя в Руине и пулеметы Максим были замечены на передовой.Стреляли редко но метко.Да и нам оно нужно было для самообороны,основное оружие у нас было С75,США знают что это такое,особенно лётчики.Во Вьетнаме они видели летающие телеграфные столбы.Пилоты Израиля тоже знают что это.
I have never had that happen. Mine is Chinese and I have fired it thousands of times. Back when ammo was 2 bucks a 20 we would fire it all day and tracers at night. Great weapon. Never a problem.
He has early Russian sks. Chinese sks is copy of late Russian sks. Problem of double fire is solving in late sks, they made a disconnecter in a trigger mechanism.
I’ll be the first to admit the slam fire is my doing, but it’s not because the firing pin is clogged up. I’ve had this rifle for 16 years and have always known to kept it clean because of the possibility of a slam fire. This was induced by the ammunition having soft brass primers, not the hard steel military primers the sks was designed to fire. Commercial brass case ammunition is known to slam fired in the sks. But it’s the only 7.62 I’ve been able to get ahold of and I haven’t shot this rifle in years and wanted to take it for a spin.
