Malice
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I have a ton of stripper clips for my Chinese SKS. They work, sort of. You have to wrestle them in, and they go in slowly. Someone help me out here. Do I need to oil the clips? Is there a trick? Whats the deal?
SKS strippers
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Assuming you are using the stock mag, the stripper clips work pretty much as you'd expect. Bolt carrier locked back by the mag follower pushing up the stop. Insert stripper clip all the way down to follower, then run them down and out the bottom with your thumb pushing down the top cartridge near the base. Hold bolt carrier knob back a little, remove clip and let the carrier move forward smartly. Someone else may suggest better technique, but this has worked for me.
I may just have been lucky to have a chinese sks and chinese stripper clips. You may have some out-of-spec clips or manufacturers compatibility issues. Only reason I would put anything on the clips would be to prevent rust.
I may just have been lucky to have a chinese sks and chinese stripper clips. You may have some out-of-spec clips or manufacturers compatibility issues. Only reason I would put anything on the clips would be to prevent rust.
Mauserguy
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I had the same problem ten years ago and came to two conclusions. First, a little lubricant is a good thing. If you don't like oil, you can use wax. The cartridges will ride on lubricated strippers very nicely.
Secondly, most SKS strippers have a reinforcing piece that joins both sides of the clips at each end. As the cartridges ride down in the clip, they will run into this reinforcing piece and catch on the rim. My solution was to use a pair of pliars and gently bend that reinforcing piece slightly outward. This will prevent the cartridge rims from catching on it.
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Secondly, most SKS strippers have a reinforcing piece that joins both sides of the clips at each end. As the cartridges ride down in the clip, they will run into this reinforcing piece and catch on the rim. My solution was to use a pair of pliars and gently bend that reinforcing piece slightly outward. This will prevent the cartridge rims from catching on it.
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itgoesboom
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No real need to oil them, except a very, very, very thin coat to prevent rust. Oil can damage the primers, and thats not a very good thing.
There is a trick to loading using the strippers.
When you insert the loaded stripper clip, and you are ready to load the rifle, using the tip of your middle finger, pull upwards on the tip of the top round, while pushing down on the base of the top round.
This unbinds the rounds, and allows them to load much quicker and smoother.
I.G.B.
There is a trick to loading using the strippers.
When you insert the loaded stripper clip, and you are ready to load the rifle, using the tip of your middle finger, pull upwards on the tip of the top round, while pushing down on the base of the top round.
This unbinds the rounds, and allows them to load much quicker and smoother.
I.G.B.
Commissar Gribb
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*had a brief yet odd vision of scantily clad women holding SKS's*
Lucky
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I'll see your SKS stripper and raise you a Kalashnikov stripper.
...Oh, you meant...
...Oh, you meant...
Mauserguy
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The advice on pulling up on the bullet to unbind the cartridges is valid, just in my experience it is kind of hard to do, but then again, I can't walk and chew bubble gum at the same time. Oil can kill primers, but most 7.62 primers are sealed, but nevertheless it is a good point. Wax is good.
Regarding the stripper comment, I have been looking for a business opportunity. Maybe I can market a line of posters...
Mauserguy
Regarding the stripper comment, I have been looking for a business opportunity. Maybe I can market a line of posters...
Mauserguy
Commissar Gribb
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redstar arms sells a poster of their girl holding an AK.
I've got it on the wall of my dorm room
I've got it on the wall of my dorm room
3 gun
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I've found some of the new clips on the market are a bit to curved. The round being loaded can go to far forward and hang up on the front on the mag. They work fine if you keep some forward pressure on the clip while pushing the rounds down. I save these for play time at the range. Good clips won't rock back and forth enough to let the problem happen, so I save those for matches. It took a little time at the range finding out which ones worked right and which needed special handling, but it was worthwhile.
This phrase brings an entirely too unpleasant picture. Lonestar.45
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All strippers are not created equal. Seriously.
I had a good batch from Tapco and nearly all loaded trouble free, then the next batch was terrible and most were difficult. The ones I found used at a gunshow probably work the best, with zero problems. They aren't all that expensive, I'd get some from different sources and weed out the good ones from the bad. You'll know the good ones, the rounds just slide right off into the mag with little effort.
I had a good batch from Tapco and nearly all loaded trouble free, then the next batch was terrible and most were difficult. The ones I found used at a gunshow probably work the best, with zero problems. They aren't all that expensive, I'd get some from different sources and weed out the good ones from the bad. You'll know the good ones, the rounds just slide right off into the mag with little effort.
Eightball
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Lonestar .45 has the right idea, and I second that. The strippers I bought from a gun show work fine, with maybe 3 or 4 (out of 20 for $6) requiring a bit more 'persuasion' to get the rounds out. The others work well.
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