Hi Everyone,
I new at this, just bought my first rifle. Decided to go with an sks as I heard for the price they are an excellent buy. I got a 1954 Russian model at Canadian Tire, never fired, non-refurbished, I took it apart, cleaned up all the cosmoline, fully restored the stock to a beautiful finish, but had a hell of a time trying to get the firing pin's retaining pin out. After reading a bunch of forums and I ended up leaving it alone as I was getting nowhere. I flushed it out using boiling water with simple green and then many rounds of brake cleaner. Which seemed to do the trick the firing pin seemed to be moving freely better than most videos I've seen on youtube no problem whatsoever. So I went out to the firing range loaded up 5 rounds and soon as i let the bolt close it slam fired! Scared the hell out me! It really caught me by surprise, Good thing I had it point down range and was on top of that. It didn't slam fire after that but when I got it home I decided the pin has to be taken apart for further investigation. As that is dangerous. One thing I noticed is the retaining pin looks slightly crooked compared most pictures vids I've seen. Almost as if when it was manufactured someone put it in wrong. I've tried everything and I can't get the pin to budge. And now after taking it out the one time, I cleaned it up again, and even though it seems to move well every once in a while it sticks, like it's getting caught on something. I'm super frustrated. SO much time and effort wasted, and at thsi point my money as well. Is there maybe somewhere I can just buy the whole assembly online? I looked on ebay and nothing? All these vids I see of guys with a hammer and a punch are ridiculous. They make it look so easy, there is no way mine is coming out that way. and Believe me, I've wailed on it. So any advice? All input greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
I new at this, just bought my first rifle. Decided to go with an sks as I heard for the price they are an excellent buy. I got a 1954 Russian model at Canadian Tire, never fired, non-refurbished, I took it apart, cleaned up all the cosmoline, fully restored the stock to a beautiful finish, but had a hell of a time trying to get the firing pin's retaining pin out. After reading a bunch of forums and I ended up leaving it alone as I was getting nowhere. I flushed it out using boiling water with simple green and then many rounds of brake cleaner. Which seemed to do the trick the firing pin seemed to be moving freely better than most videos I've seen on youtube no problem whatsoever. So I went out to the firing range loaded up 5 rounds and soon as i let the bolt close it slam fired! Scared the hell out me! It really caught me by surprise, Good thing I had it point down range and was on top of that. It didn't slam fire after that but when I got it home I decided the pin has to be taken apart for further investigation. As that is dangerous. One thing I noticed is the retaining pin looks slightly crooked compared most pictures vids I've seen. Almost as if when it was manufactured someone put it in wrong. I've tried everything and I can't get the pin to budge. And now after taking it out the one time, I cleaned it up again, and even though it seems to move well every once in a while it sticks, like it's getting caught on something. I'm super frustrated. SO much time and effort wasted, and at thsi point my money as well. Is there maybe somewhere I can just buy the whole assembly online? I looked on ebay and nothing? All these vids I see of guys with a hammer and a punch are ridiculous. They make it look so easy, there is no way mine is coming out that way. and Believe me, I've wailed on it. So any advice? All input greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.