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New to me sks. Questions?

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April 08, 2023, 09:20 AM
1flynDO
New to me sks. Questions?
Ok so I disassembled and cleaned it ordered some ammo.

I believe it is a yugo. No star or arrows. RZ or TRZ on the stock. Multiple numbers on the rifle all in the C25k range. Like C24259. No grenade launcher. Knife bayonet.

So I am thinking it is a yugo?
April 08, 2023, 10:10 AM
RogueJSK
Yes, sounds like you have a Yugoslavian M59. Those don't have the rifle grenade launcher like the later M59/66 and M59/66A1. They're also less common than the /66 models.




Unless it's a /66 model where someone has removed the grenade launcher, which was sometimes done for sale in states where launchers are verboten, or later by Bubba who just wanted their SKS to be lighter. But in that case it'd still have the gas cut-off on the gas tube and provisions for mounting the flip-up grenade ranging sight, plus the muzzle would protrude out several inches past the front sight. That would look similar to this:


1.TRZ is a commonly seen Yugoslavian arsenal refurbishment stamp. 1. Tehnicki Remontni Zavod = Technical Repair Institute #1, a military small arms repair facility in Čačak, Serbia.


April 08, 2023, 08:50 PM
1flynDO
Rouge I was hoping you would chime in. I know you are the CR guy on here for milsurplus. I wanted to say thanks. Seems like a nice rifle the price was right free. Got it from a lady I worked with who's husband passed. Looks like a 59.
April 09, 2023, 08:53 AM
old rugged cross
sweet, congrats. I am still looking to add one.



"Practice like you want to play in the game"
April 09, 2023, 10:22 AM
marksman41
RogueJSK - and anyone else knowledgeable about the SKS - is slam-fire a great concern with non-surplus ammunition and are the Murray's firing pins and bolt work some must-haves for these rifles?

https://murraysguns.com/sks-firing-pins/



April 09, 2023, 06:29 PM
PCWyoming
Usually with non-surplus ammo slam fires are not a concern - just keep the free floating firing pin channel clean and grease free.

I was shooting some surplus TulAmmo and the primers would flow into the breech face.

I had Murry do the firing pin spring and SKS Neck & Throat modification. No problems with surplus or commercial ammo so far.

I will be interested in Rogue's input.

PC

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April 10, 2023, 10:38 AM
RogueJSK
Slamfires aren't a concern on a SKS whose bolt isn't packed with grease or whose firing pin isn't broken. It's one of those issues that is massively overblown through internet echo chamber reposts.

There are a large number of other widely-produced rifle designs with floating firing pins (including the ubiquitous AR15s, AK47s, FALs, M1s, and M14s, and even the 870/1100/1187 shotguns), and people aren't rushing out in droves to "upgrade" all those "dangerous" firing pins on any of those guns.

But if giving Mr. Murray $50 for his replacement firing pin makes you feel better, then I guess one could view it as relatively cheap insurance against a rare - but not impossible - malfunction. (Though it thereby introduces a source of another potential malfunction if the new firing pin spring were to break and impede proper firing pin travel.)

Personally, I don't bother.


April 10, 2023, 11:10 PM
marksman41
Good info. that I didn't know. That's why I asked before doing anything other than cleaning.



April 16, 2023, 08:31 AM
nukeandpave
I couldnt get my bolt apart to clean the firing pin channel properly so I put the bolt in a gallon ziplock bag (to contain the splatter) and blasted it with brake cleaner.
April 29, 2023, 10:42 PM
SIGWALLY
Take the bolt out and shake it back and forth hard. If you hear the firing pin moving it is good to go. If not than check.
April 30, 2023, 05:46 AM
19tass
quote:
Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Slamfires aren't a concern on a SKS whose bolt isn't packed with grease or whose firing pin isn't broken. It's one of those issues that is massively overblown through internet echo chamber reposts.

There are a large number of other widely-produced rifle designs with floating firing pins (including the ubiquitous AR15s, AK47s, FALs, M1s, and M14s, and even the 870/1100/1187 shotguns), and people aren't rushing out in droves to "upgrade" all those "dangerous" firing pins on any of those guns.

But if giving Mr. Murray $50 for his replacement firing pin makes you feel better, then I guess one could view it as relatively cheap insurance against a rare - but not impossible - malfunction. (Though it thereby introduces a source of another potential malfunction if the new firing pin spring were to break and impede proper firing pin travel.)

Personally, I don't bother.



Good info. Thanks for posting!