Yugo sks at the range, any ideas what is causing this to happen?

[G O B]

Most SKS fubars are caused by more damned cosmoline coming out of
some damned where!

 

[BRD@66]

Not-an-SK guy wondering if one end of the spring is smaller diameter than the other, thus having an outer end & an inner end?

 

[Sam7sf]

Not-an-SK guy wondering if one end of the spring is smaller diameter than the other, thus having an outer end & an inner end?

Don’t recall that being the case.

Really…most likely it was reassembled without it. Mechanically it speaks for itself. The housing would have to have a serious burr to catch that spring. It’s possible! I have fixed burrs in yugo sks’s before.

 

[Spcwolf]

Don’t recall that being the case.

Really…most likely it was reassembled without it. Mechanically it speaks for itself. The housing would have to have a serious burr to catch that spring. It’s possible! I have fixed burrs in yugo sks’s before.

The spring is and was present. I took it out and flipped it around. Sent another 2 magazines full and it didn’t do it.

 

[Moonpie]

Loose nut behind the trigger?

 

[Sam7sf]

The spring is and was present. I took it out and flipped it around. Sent another 2 magazines full and it didn’t do it.

Was anything in the hole? Lol

But seriously was anything like a burr or cosmo spoodge in that housing?

 

[Spcwolf]

Loose nut behind the trigger?

Just a right wing nut.

 

[Spcwolf]

Was anything in the hole? Lol

But seriously was anything like a burr or cosmo spoodge in that housing?

I will take it apart later and take a look. I spent a ton of time decosmoling this rifle.

 

[Army 1911]

Gasoline is a great solvent for cosmoline.

 

[Spcwolf]

Gasoline is a great solvent for cosmoline.

I used carb cleaner and shop rags on all metal parts.
Completely stripped the wood, sanded it a little to make it smooth. Then put boiled linseed oil back in it.

It’s a very nice yugo sks.

 

[Sam7sf]

I used carb cleaner and shop rags on all metal parts.
Completely stripped the wood, sanded it a little to make it smooth. Then put boiled linseed oil back in it.

It’s a very nice yugo sks.

I did the same with my yugo.

 

[Spcwolf]

Here is the rifle

 

[rotor]

Make sure the firing pin moves freely in the bolt as SKS are notorious for slamfire. Plenty of steel ammo around and Bulgaria providing plenty.
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[hornetguy]

Here is the rifle

That's actually kind of nice looking wood.... my Norinco got an extension put on the buttstock, so that my thumb would not bang into my nose every time I pulled the trigger....apparently, at 6' 2" my arms are a little longer than the average Chinese soldier's.....
I then put the metal buttplate off my Swedish mauser on it, and painted the stock black. 30-ish years later it still looks pretty good.

 

[Spcwolf]

That's actually kind of nice looking wood.... my Norinco got an extension put on the buttstock, so that my thumb would not bang into my nose every time I pulled the trigger....apparently, at 6' 2" my arms are a little longer than the average Chinese soldier's.....
I then put the metal buttplate off my Swedish mauser on it, and painted the stock black. 30-ish years later it still looks pretty good.

The wood looked bad originally, it was choked with old oil and the cosmoline.
I used citristrip https://www.lowes.com/pd/CitriStrip...beeyS_DSdfGQMtvv_uxoCIAwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

This stuff works great, just make sure you use the proper chemical rated gloves.
I then gave it a bath in acetone to remove the acid after scraping as much of it off as I could with a paint scraper.
I then let it dry out in the garage hung up for about 2 days. Sanded it down a little bit. Then added BLO. It turned out very well.

 

[hornetguy]

The wood looked bad originally, it was choked with old oil and the cosmoline.
I used citristrip https://www.lowes.com/pd/CitriStrip...beeyS_DSdfGQMtvv_uxoCIAwQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

This stuff works great, just make sure you use the proper chemical rated gloves.
I then gave it a bath in acetone to remove the acid after scraping as much of it off as I could with a paint scraper.
I then let it dry out in the garage hung up for about 2 days. Sanded it down a little bit. Then added BLO. It turned out very well.

Yeah, the grain really came out nicely. The stock on my Norinco looked like stained birch... I turned it black.

 

[hornetguy]

Here's a couple of pics to show how much I added to the buttstock, and one of the mauser metal buttplate. It's gotten a little beat up over the years, but I'm surprised how tough the rattle-can spray paint turned out to be... The wood I used was from a chunk of a silver maple tree that we cut down in our front yard after the blight got it. The chunks sat out in the alley for a few years, and I decided to whittle part of it down to use as an extension. I trimmed the stock down to square it up. It worked out pretty well.... no more thumb to the nose.

 

[Spcwolf]

Here's a couple of pics to show how much I added to the buttstock, and one of the mauser metal buttplate. It's gotten a little beat up over the years, but I'm surprised how tough the rattle-can spray paint turned out to be... The wood I used was from a chunk of a silver maple tree that we cut down in our front yard after the blight got it. The chunks sat out in the alley for a few years, and I decided to whittle part of it down to use as an extension. I trimmed the stock down to square it up. It worked out pretty well.... no more thumb to the nose.

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yeah I wish the stock was about 3-4 inches longer myself. I am considering just getting a aftermarket stock to fix this issue. I need to get more comfortable shooting it some how, I really like the rifle so far.

If anyone has a tapco stock set laying around I would be interested.

 

[Spcwolf]

Ok I took it back to the range, I was ringing steel with tul ammo from 150-300 with very little effort. I have to admit I actually enjoy this more than my AR.
I should have bought this rifle years ago and bought several thousand rounds of ammo when it was just given away.

But for now tul ammo is only 8.99 a box at academy for 20. And my rifle seems to like it.

 

[Spcwolf]

I may look into getting some SKS tech sights. They give an adjustable aperture that will make shooting probably better. I also have a front sight adjustment tool that can adjust elevation. This should be interesting.