Uncle Alvah
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Yesterday I tried out a used SKS that I bought.
In a nutshell, the rifle will not fire a cartridge on the first attempt.
There is a pronounced dent in the primer of the loaded round, but not as deep as the dent on a cartridge that fire successfully.
A second attempt to fire the dented round will ALMOST always bring about the desired result.
The ammo is Wolf 122 gr Steel Case.
Out of about 15 cartridges, none fired on the first attempt, most fired on the second, although I carelessly did not keep carefull tally.
This morning, I lubed the gun with Break-Free.
I had 6 "dented" cartridges from yesterday, which I loaded into the rifle, then placed a fresh round on top.
The first cartridge failed to fire, the next 6 ran thru without a hitch, and when I single loaded the ejected first round, it fired as well.
I have owned a SKS in the past that ran completely glitch free, so I was somewhat surprized and disapointed at this.
I know mil-spec primers are harder because of free-floating firepins, but I still fully expected ther Wolf ammo to function, so I'm suspecting it's the gun itself???????
Today at lunch I disassembled the bolt and cleaned the pin and body well with steel wool, Break Free. No good.
Fresh cartridge FTF, racked the bolt and but the round back in, BANG!
I'm thinking maybe these Wolf primers are HARD.....
Advice appreciated!
In a nutshell, the rifle will not fire a cartridge on the first attempt.
There is a pronounced dent in the primer of the loaded round, but not as deep as the dent on a cartridge that fire successfully.
A second attempt to fire the dented round will ALMOST always bring about the desired result.
The ammo is Wolf 122 gr Steel Case.
Out of about 15 cartridges, none fired on the first attempt, most fired on the second, although I carelessly did not keep carefull tally.
This morning, I lubed the gun with Break-Free.
I had 6 "dented" cartridges from yesterday, which I loaded into the rifle, then placed a fresh round on top.
The first cartridge failed to fire, the next 6 ran thru without a hitch, and when I single loaded the ejected first round, it fired as well.
I have owned a SKS in the past that ran completely glitch free, so I was somewhat surprized and disapointed at this.
I know mil-spec primers are harder because of free-floating firepins, but I still fully expected ther Wolf ammo to function, so I'm suspecting it's the gun itself???????
Today at lunch I disassembled the bolt and cleaned the pin and body well with steel wool, Break Free. No good.
Fresh cartridge FTF, racked the bolt and but the round back in, BANG!
I'm thinking maybe these Wolf primers are HARD.....
Advice appreciated!