Subj : Re: SKS
To   : MOONDOG
From : JIMMY ANDERSON
Date : Fri May 29 2020 01:52 am

-=> MOONDOG wrote to JIMMY ANDERSON <=-

 MO> My concern over the very worn rifles is whether it's only external wear
 MO> or if there's serious internal wear.  In the 1990's there were warnings
 MO> about SKS's coming in the country with firing pin spring (or something
 MO> like that) missing, and cautioned that you should load two rounds the
 MO> first time you fire it to verify it doesn't slam fire when the bolt
 MO> closes.

Yeah I would probably break it down before I shot it, just because I'm
interested.

I just ordered a part for my wife's newest gun - a SUB 2000. I'm getting
her a two finger charging handle and while I was there - mcarbo.com - I
was watcing the video on their 'trigger kit' and polishing of the various
internal parts for my S&W M&P Shield .40 that is my daily carry. I decided
to get the trigger kit, plus their polishing kit (dremel bits that are 
polishing pieces, along with their polishing "goop" that they sell).

I need to polish the feedramp on my Browning SA-22, so again looking 
forward to finally getting an SKS and tearing it down!

 MO> My brother collects Mausers, and he received one that appeared to be
 MO> transitional between the WWI pattern and WWII K98 model.  The firing
 MO> pin would stick on occasion, so pulling the trigger would either result
 MO> in a hang fire or may not fire at all.  We stripped the bolt down and
 MO> cleaned it thoroughly, however my guess was parts either need to be
 MO> further fitted, or replaced completely.  In the past, any gunsmith
 MO> worth a hoot would have a cox of spare bolt parts, or knew how to
 MO> machine and polish parts.  Nowadays, most will do the same thing a
 MO> customer could do and take a chance on getting parts from Gun Parts
 MO> Corp.

I'm not scared to do basic cleaning/polishing/replacing of parts... That's
what youtube is for. ;-)




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