New to me...SKS

[db1959]

ooops

Thanks jason765 but I have found what I needed.

I just had it slam fire. I loaded 20 rounds in the mag, racked a round in the chamber, went to fire and nothing. I noticed the bolt hadnt fully closed so I gave it smack with the palm of my hand and "bang" it fired off a round. (I had it pointed down range and at the lower part of the backstop.) I felt a stinging in the palm of hand and noticed a good portion of flesh missing. Dont worry about the missing flesh though, I found it on the knurled knob. Guess I wont be golfing for a few days.

I wont be firing the SKS until its fixed.

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[paperboy]

Scrub that baby....If you ever want to try different sights try Tech-Sights. They make a world of difference in accuracy and you don't have to make any permanent changes to the rifle...

 

[Yukon227]

Yuck! I bet that hurt. I laid my hand open with a pistol once. Not fun at all

 

[db1959]

The rifle was cleaned before I shot it earlier today. It's the junk magazine thats causing the problem. I'm picking up the original 10 rounder Monday.

It did and still does hurt. I also bruised the crap out of my palm. If only I had been wearing my gloves....lol. What really sucks is that it hurts to much to shoot or golf, two of my favorite stress relievers.

 

[db1959]

Scrub that baby....If you ever want to try different sights try Tech-Sights. They make a world of difference in accuracy and you don't have to make any permanent changes to the rifle...

WAIT! Are you telling me to scrub my wound? Wouldnt that hurt even more?

I'll look into the Tech-Sights, the Murrays Firing Pin Kit and a Tapco 20 round mag.

 

[JoshuaW]

Clean Clean Clean

The following link is a good source. SKS are great guns f[STRIKE]or the price.[/STRIKE]

http://www.surplusrifle.com/sks/cleaning/pdf/skscleaninghs.pdf

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Yuck! I bet that hurt. I laid my hand open with a pistol once. Not fun at all

Slide bite is horrible. Never again.

 

[MidwestMuzzleloader]

Nice correction, they are great guns and they are a part of history (which I love). I am going to have to look into the tech sights referenced above.

 

[TRAPPERDAN]

I bought one way back when for $90, looked rough, but took it apart completely, lubed it loaded it shot 100 rnds through it and never missed a lick, surpriseingly accurate. GOOD LUCK!