I own five sks rifles russian tula, russian ishevesk, 60s chinese factory 26, yugo 5966, a norinco model d the factory ak mag conversion, and a norinco. Bayonet attached, for sale by fazi firearms on gunsamerica 974214234. Arsenal refurbishment almost always included the fitting of a new barrel. Russian golden tiger ammunition is being used, the gun is faithfully cleaned and parts for a spring retained firing pin are now in the mail.
In this video i show you how you can quickly and easily replace your sks firing pin with a murrays sks firing pin. The original russian sks design did not have a free floating firing pin but this design was dropped by the russian and overseas manufactures. The original russian designed sks had a retract spring on the firing pin so if the rifle in question was indeed a russian model, the firing pin is either broken or severly gummed up. The sks slamfire epidemic, or slamfire schmamfire the. The thick sections of the vertical bars represent the selling prices for each day.
On the top of the cover it has a circle, triangle inside the circle and an arrow inside the triangle, then under is the date 1954r. Many sks models already have it, but if yours doesnt you can buy. Sks slam fire registered users do not see the above ad. When people mention russian or communist bloc weapons, they automatically think of the ak47, but before the ak47 changed the world, there was the samozaryadnyj karabin sistemy simonova or sks for short the sks is a gasoperated, semiautomatic rifle chambered for the russian 7. Caught a slamfire on my norinco sks type 56 with the pivothead. The type 56 carbine not to be confused with the type 56 assault rifle is the chinese version of the sks. I investigate the possibility of slam fires in the sks rifles due to the free floating firing pins as well as some of the other rifles that use a free.
Cleaning and removal of oil from all parts will be. It is also available for all late1951 and later russian skss along with all chinese, albanian and romanian models. Norinco sks chinese is the cheapest, while russian sks is the most valuable. Thin green bars represent the price spread for all listings for each day. If it was another countrys copy, it could benefit from an aftermarket pin with the retract spring. Get a great deal with this online auction for rifle parts presented by property room on behalf of law enforcement or public agency client. Ive witnessed one slam fire from an sks and it was a friend of mine who never cleaned his guns. The 5660 software makes it easy to program panels from a remote location or locally when directly connected to the panel. Murrys guns linked above has a spring solution for this problem if you have an sks with a free floating firing pin. The sks is just notorious for it because some models have a free floating firing pin so seems to do it more frequently then other semiauto weapons. If it was another countrys copy, it could benefit from an aftermarket pin. To be clear these are not necessarily mods, but things you should have as an sks owner.
Includes top barrelcover assembly, unmarked bipod and a 9. The blue line is the 30day moving average of the selling price. Hard to catch, but the increased sound and recoil of the slamfire is notice. Help us gain knowledge by entering your chinese sks into the survey located at the chinese sks guide. This condition can occur as a result of parts wear, or more commonly a manufacturers defect such as having a freefloating firing pin. High quality, replacement firing pin uses the original, pre51 russian design to eliminate the potential for accidental slamfires and uncontrollable fullauto. I got a new to me sks from a store and shot about 100 rounds at a range. Typically solved by adding a spring to the firing pin or incorporating a firing pin block.
The sks is a classic semi automatic rifle that was designed in 1943 by sergei simonov. I put the safety on, flipped it upsidedown, opened the mag, laid in a halfdozen rounds, closed the mag, flipped the gun back up, doublechecked the safety on, pulled the bolt back to chamber a round, let go, and bang. I think i may finally have the bandwidth problem solved and have more storage space for additional pages. Sks bolt disassembly and reassembly how to prevent slam fires.
If the cause is a firing pin that is stuck forward, then yes. Thanks to all that donated to help keep this site up. I was just told by an employee at an lgs whose name rhymes with fold best sun loom that they dont sell skss because they are prone to slam firing as a result of sear breakage. While we do not yet have a description of the sks file format and what it is normally used for, we do know which programs are known to open these files. P42 original russian military sks 45 with laminated stock. Sks slamfire registered users do not see the above ad. The 5660 silent knight software suite allows you to upload receive data from a panel to a pc or download send data from a pc to a panel.
This is the list of the top accessories you can purchase for your sks. The sks rifle is a simple gas operated auto loader with some very strong attributes in its favor. What is the average price for a russian sks rifle 7. Your personal data will be used to support your experience throughout this website, to manage access to your account, and for other purposes described in our privacy policy. I really dont think the russian made sks is much better, it is more the collectors market driving the prices at the prices given, the russian is the better deal right now. High quality, replacement firing pin uses the original, pre51 russian design to eliminate the potential for accidental slamfires and uncontrollable fullauto operation associated with the current production, freefloating type firing pin. Early type 56 rifles are very similar to the russian sks45, with a milled trigger. The sks was designed to replace the aging mosin nagant as continue reading history of the sks. A real russian sks is a rarity, and carries a premium pricetag.
For sale or trade is a russian sks built in 1955 or 1956 at the tula arsenal and then later refurbished at the arsenal before being exported to the us. On top of that, he told me that the rifles were not designed to be used for more than 20 minutes at a time. The gun will behave just like it should with the exception of the slam fire. Russian sks price lowered northwest firearms oregon. So i have an sks surprise and on my last two outings i had slamfires.
Sks rifle internet movie firearms database guns in. See the list of programs recommended by our users below. Windows for second life firestorm viewer the phoenix. Unintentional discharge of a firearm that occurs as a result of an impact releasing the weapons firing pin and potentially firing loaded ammunition. I have never had a slam fire with my chinese sks, but i was leery of the possibility. The slam fire i had was in an m, and i owned plenty of skss over the years.
Type carbine place of origin soviet union production. We develop and distribute an open source viewer for accessing virtual worlds. A major climate report will slam the door on wishful thinking. If it is caused by a thin primer and an unsupported firing pin, then no. A lot of people lump all chinese sks in the same group, but there are different variants of them remember china has been making these much longer, and in greater production runs than the tula arsenal did, since until recently they were still an issued military rifle for them. Sks slam fire problem even when bolt and firing pin is clean. Thank you for your time, and thank you for watching my video. After the first one i did the usual cleaning but found that the firing pin would on occasion stick when i shook it. In chinese, it is named type 56 semiautomatic rifle chinese. Normal topic hot topic more than 15 replies very hot topic more than 25 replies locked topic sticky topic. For all its glory and simplicity few rifles have been surrounded by more confusion than the humble sks. Unfollow russian sks to stop getting updates on your ebay feed.
Generally the sks rifle is worth between 2 and 300 dollars, in original configuration. Just to offer a counter point, i have a chinese sks i bought from marstar, 100s of rounds through it, no issues. I didnt think about it much until that round went of with the muzzle pretty close to my ear. Sks actually stands for samozaryadnyj karabin sistemy simonova, which is a mouthful, so i hope you dont mind if i just call it the sks from here forward. Windows for second life firestorm viewer the phoenix firestorm project inc. Sksfiles exclusive announcement the sksfiles comprehensive chinese sks survey v2. Even the bolt looked clean from the outside, but as youll see, what was found on the inside of the bolt and stuck to the firing pin, caused serious slam fire problems. So i sent my bolt and bolt carrier off to murrays in texas to have the firing pin replaced and the carrier machined. Russianmanufactured sks rifles durable hardwood stock surplus rifles. Clearly, this number pales in comparison to the estimated 36 million mosin family bolt action rifles that preceded the sks45, and the estimated 75 million ak. Russian sks semiauto rifle w hardwood stock cabelas. This video is of a customers sks that looked relatively clean overall.
Make sure you wipe the stock off if it gets on the finish. Monetchikov, in his book history of russian automatics, cites a production figure of 2. Some are more important than others no particular order to the list, but they all have one thing in commonall sks owners i have continue reading best sks accessories. In this video i will demonstrate how to disassemble and reassemble an sks bolt as well as suggest methods on how to help prevent slam fires. The ipcc is likely to say that even the most optimistic scenario for climate change. However, the romanian skss were limited production for their internal police forces, and when the supply of those dry up, the collector price will start soaring. I went for sending it to them rather than just replacing the firing pin with a spring model. The slam fire i had was in an m, and i owned plenty of sks s over the years. Every day thousands of users submit information to us about which programs they use to open specific types of files.