[Stauble]

i just got a new yugo SKS. as i was takin it apart and gettin to know my gun i relized that after id open and close the bolt, i couldnt find a way to relese the trigger without dry firing the gun. i ordered a manual for it, and it doesnt say anythin bout how to open the bolt, and not dry fire it.

so then is it ok to dry fire the gun?
i was always taught never to do this and am a bit wary of starting to.
any info on how to resolve this problem would b apprecitaed

[DMK]

It has a pretty hefty firing pin. I dry fire mine all the time and never has a problem. Pick up a spare firing pin if you're worried about it.

http://www.aimsurplus.com/acatalog/SKS_Parts_Accessories.html

[orangeninja]

Why would leaving it cocked bother you? It's designed to be left so and it has a manual safety next to the trigger.

[iamkris]

An arm designed for military use by peasant armies...uh, I think it's going to survive being dry fired.

[Red_SC]

It won't hurt anything on the gun by leaving the striker cocked. But, if you want to drop it, dry firing won't hurt it either. I've dry fired mine hundreds of times with no ill effect. Some of my rifles and handguns I've done thousands of times, and the only effect I've ever had was the trigger getting smoother. Most modern guns can be dry fired, just don't do single shot shotguns or some rimfires. There may be others, but any of my pumps, autos, or bolt actions, I don't worry about it. I think a lot of dry fire has helped my shooting more than anything else.

[RTFM]

Stauble your OK.
Just make SURE there is not live round present in the rifle, and dry fire away.

As said before this is a crude weapon given to and used by peasants and the great unwashed. There is little you could do to it that has not been done before.

I dry fire/practice with mine all the time.
*hint* open the magazine so when you cock it the bolt is not held open so you can continually cycle and fire the weapon for practice.


RTFM

[orangeninja]

I resent the SKS being called crude. An AK is crude...an SKS is much slicker than an AK....how about "delightfully unrefined". That's better.:D

[DMK]

Why would leaving it cocked bother you? It's designed to be left so and it has a manual safety next to the trigger.I've gotten into the habit of checking the camber, then closing the action and dry firing my guns, pointed down range of course, before putting them in the gun case to go home, just to make doubly sure they are unloaded.

I also dry fire my guns before putting them away in the gunsafe to relax the tention on the hammer spring during storage (pistols get de-cocked). There's some guns I may not fire again for a year or more.