MyGreenGuns
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I wonder who thought up the idea of "demilitarizing" them by making them dangerous? Couldnt they have plugged the chamber with JB weld instead of drilling holes in them?
I wonder who thought up the idea of "demilitarizing" them by making them dangerous? Couldnt they have plugged the chamber with JB weld instead of drilling holes in them?
THEY WERE NEVER INTENDED TO USE SOFT PRIMED AMMO. this issue never came about until domestic companies got in on the 7.62x39 market."There was also a case several years back of Norinco SKS's slamfiring due to free-floating firing pins."
All SKS's have free floating firing pins, which is the only real design flaw in my opinion but that is easily remedied by sending the bolt to Murray's Guns in Bowie Texas which I highly recommend.
*** does that mean? Will this bad boy go full auto? If so, I dam sure am not taking it back.
I couldn't imagine the cost totaled by recalling the chicom for retro-fit of a part they don't need and were not designed for. it is not the guns fault for slam fires so spending $60 to fix what ain't broke is stupid, the fault is it the American made 3 cent primer. to recall a million rifles and spend billions to "fix" them is retarded, the focus should be on the American manufacturers who failed to do their research and upgrade from a 3 cent primer to a 4 cent primer.I've never heard of a Norinco SKS recall.
The Chinese SKS always had a floating firing pin, never came with the spring, to the best of my knowledge. None were recalled for a retro fit.
I got my first Norinco in '88 (genuine government surplus), subsequently bought two more ("tourist" models) in the '90s.
Since Norinco is a huge conglomerate & they were producing the later "tourist" SKS at more than one plant, and Norinco didn't sell directly or import them into the US themselves, it would have been extremely difficult to do any kind of a recall, and extremely expensive, considering the numbers of Chinese SKS rifles that were coming in to this country.
Denis
Some guy just called and said that they wanted all people that bought an SKS from them, (the one I got for $199) back. They said do not fire it, as it is a demilitarized firearm. *** does that mean? Will this bad boy go full auto? If so, I dam sure am not taking it back. I already put 200 rounds through it.
He said that I would get a letter in the mail, and he could not go into great details, but I needed to get it back to them ASAP. Anyone else get a phone call? When I get the letter, I will post it up on here. This is strange to say the least.
Seems to me the caller DID know. Or at least had been told the right thing to say. See?...but it would have been nice if the first caller knew why he/she was calling me to ask for my rifle back. Had that been the case it would have eliminated this entire thread because post #1 would never have happened
Now, the OP didn't know what that meant, and it seems didn't ask.They said do not fire it, as it is a demilitarized firearm.
Actually, they, and every other FFL you ever deal with, will have all the info about what you bought for at least the next 20 years (by law).What bothers me the most is, they still have all my info from a gun I bought 5 months ago. What else are they tracking? Should I pull out my tinfoil hat?
Husker Fan said:You own it. Tell them if they want to buy it back from you, you'd be happy to sell it to them for $350.