Thank you all for the feedback and tips on the sks rifle platform. I do check the firing pin on this rifle every time I take it out to shoot and had throughly cleaned it of cosmoline years ago when I got it. This particular slam fire was most likely caused by the ammo being fired. It was loaded with soft brass boxer primers, which are not recommended for the sks for this exact reason. Being the only 7.62x39 I’ve been able to get off the shelf in the past year, I decided to test it out and found the precautionary tales to be true and will not be firing it through my sks ever again. Stick to military spec ammunition loaded with Berdan primers when shooting an sks.

Clean your firing pin and firing pin channel. Taken the punch inside the SKS tool kit, put bolt on a block of 2x4, hammer out the firing pin locking pin, hammer out the extractor pin and spring pin, clean everything to remove all the cosmoline and rust you never cleaned out, and put back together. Rifle is fine.

@neverendingmods

27 күн бұрын

Your firing pin should move freely when you shake the bolt in your hand. Always check before shooting.

@Ghost-sz2qm

23 күн бұрын

I’ve gotten a cheap sks before cause the previous owner claimed slam fire. I bough it, opened it up…. Bolt was caked everywhere with old cosmoline.

Disassemble the bolt and clean the bejeebers out of it until the firing pin can move freely. Love those SKS rifles. $100 thirty years ago got you one new in box but they were filthy and soaked in Cosmoline. All they needed was a decent cleaning.

@STdoubleDs

27 күн бұрын

This was more likely an ammo problem. The soft brass primers in this commercial ammo isn’t recommended for the sks, but it’s the only 7.62 I’ve been able to get ahold of lately. I have about 800 rounds left of wolf steel case, but I don’t want to go shooting that up. I’ve only had one other slam fire with this rifle and it was with tulammo when a primer popped and a piece of it got stuck in the firing pin channel. That was about six or seven rounds full auto lol My dad bought this rifle from a boating shop in Portland Oregon where they had a 55 gallon barrel filled with them back in 1995 for 89.99. Those were the days!

@mikefranklin1253

26 күн бұрын

I owned 6 of'm, one at a time, in the 80s. All were Chinese. I always used Chinese ammo, fmj or soft point. Never had a problem with any of'm.

I have never had that happen. Mine is Chinese and I have fired it thousands of times. Back when ammo was 2 bucks a 20 we would fire it all day and tracers at night. Great weapon. Never a problem.

The SKS is one of the coolest rifles. I bought a surplus one a long time ago for like nothing. Wish I still had it, I’m going to see what they go for now.

Срочную служил в ПВО,у нас на вооружении были СКС.Лично у меня 1954 года выпуска.Изделие не прихотливое,убойное,лично мне очень нравилось.Самое главное служил я 1984-86 гг.оно было старше меня.Каждую неделю чистил карабин,сержант за этим очень строго следил.Даже строевые упражнения с карабином мне больше нравились чем с АК.В армии Руины они точно не стоят уже,в других армиях не скажу.Хотя в Руине и пулеметы Максим были замечены на передовой.Стреляли редко но метко.Да и нам оно нужно было для самообороны,основное оружие у нас было С75,США знают что это такое,особенно лётчики.Во Вьетнаме они видели летающие телеграфные столбы.Пилоты Израиля тоже знают что это.

That doesn't look like Russian ammo at all. Brass with red lacquer is usually from the Balkans, like Serbia. 1990s Remington ammo will definitely slam fire in an SKS. The small rifle primers they used were too soft.

@STdoubleDs

27 күн бұрын

Yeah, it’s new production igman I bought a bunch of last year. I threw out all the boxes when I put it in ammo cans and those old Russian boxes were the only 7.62 boxes I had to get the satisfying dumping out shot. I’ve heard commercial brass case wasn’t recommended in the sks, but didn’t think I’d get a slam fire in the first 10 shots of that ammunition I ever put through it lol

@linkfreeman1998

18 күн бұрын

@@STdoubleDs So commercial 7.62 ammo only good for AK clones and all?

Lots of info on line regarding SKS slam fire, in 99% of the time is a firing pin issue (sticking forward/protrusion). Pull your bolt ( again lots of video on take down), soak all pieces in carb cleaner or combustion chamber cleaner, use a brush and clean, if corrosive ammo has pitted everything, you may want to replace what you can.

Have had one for 30 years and never a problem

wonderful video

Nice video man

You can install firing pin spring.

If you can consistently repeat this reliably this would be considered a feature

Mine did that too until I cleaned the cosmoline from the bolt.

Slam fires dangerous okay make sure the bolt stays nice and clean okay

You can instal a firing pin spring

None of mine have ever done that but mine are all Norinco, if that makes any difference. Should it happen, they will get a firing pin spring.

When I 1st bought 1 I cleaned the bolt by spraying carburetor cleaner through the bolt. That is how I've clean it and other bolts instead of disassembling them. Let them dry out then spray thoroughly with heavy duty silicone spray. Give it a couple shakes, let the carrier agent evaporate then reassemble. Works great. 😊

Is the ammo Berdan or Boxer primer?

The Russian semi autos do not have a firing pin return spring. Your firing pin should rattle when the bolt is shook. Most common is dried cosmolean .

@user-ni4ei1or2u

26 күн бұрын

I’ve had a slam fire on a new MAC90 the first time I dropped the bolt on a live round. Basically a open bolt style gun if the firing pin is stuck forward

A stove pipe once or twice but never had a slamfire.

I'm a little curious about where you're pointing that rifle when you're shooting it

@STdoubleDs

26 күн бұрын

The purple dragon in the sky, don’t you see it?

@johnchandler1687

24 күн бұрын

Looks like he's shooting at those tree tops, don't it?😅

This is why they started spring loading firing pins lmao

@edwardhawkey5714

25 күн бұрын

Doesn't need it

That wasn't a slam fire--that was a 2-round burst.

I've had SKS's for many years and NEVER had a slam fire. Keep the firing pin assembly clean and loose you'll never get one...

Type 56, Triangle 26 never had a slam fire.

У меня тоже СКС иногда так делает.

Certainly doesnt sit for it thats for sure

The SKS is a fine rifle, but it's not perfect. 🤷‍♂️

Everyone saying to clean it is not understanding this right no clean it less so you can do this reliably 😂

Definitely a dirty firing pin channel.. clean, and 10-40

I call bs. you milked the trigger. The ejected brass looked like sound empties being ejected. Anything for clicks.

@STdoubleDs

27 күн бұрын

Still had the trigger depressed when the second shot went off. You can hear it reset after I said slam fire. Of course the brass being ejected would be empty lol

@martkbanjoboy8853

27 күн бұрын

​@@STdoubleDsAnd undamaged casings with no cloud of smoke and debris heading for your face.

@B2k4E

26 күн бұрын

I think you’re confusing slam fire for an out of battery discharge.

@martkbanjoboy8853

24 күн бұрын

​​​@@B2k4EJust for shits and giggles, I went to a popular online 'resource thingy' under the heading slamfire. It was a fairly useless article filled with contradictions. Cap and ball, the Hungarian chap, refers to an incident with an SVT 40. The rifle had an out of battery discharge. It 'went to the trash' in his words. I am suspicious of the term being used when discussing self loading arms malfunctions. When something goes wrong with an arm on the firing line a precise limited series of cause and effect is at play, not a vague blanket term.I think the slam fire term is next to useless if not useless. My $ .02. Cheers friends.

Clean the rifle properly. The slam fire is on you.

@STdoubleDs

26 күн бұрын

I’ll be the first to admit the slam fire is my doing, but it’s not because the firing pin is clogged up. I’ve had this rifle for 16 years and have always known to kept it clean because of the possibility of a slam fire. This was induced by the ammunition having soft brass primers, not the hard steel military primers the sks was designed to fire. Commercial brass case ammunition is known to slam fired in the sks. But it’s the only 7.62 I’ve been able to get ahold of and I haven’t shot this rifle in years and wanted to take it for a spin.

:(

That's nothing. I bought one off GB where someone ground down the sear and I had full auto

Wieso ballerst du einfach in den Wald anstatt in den Hügel direkt vor dir? Woher willst du wissen dass niemand im Wald ist? Absolut verantwortungslos.

how the fk do you just fire into the tree tops?

@STdoubleDs

27 күн бұрын

They got one of them newfangled hills behind all them trees