SKS's

[The Right to Bear Arms]

just try to stay away from the 59/66 that gas valve is a pain

Hi bohoki,

Elaborate on this, pls.

Everyone: I'm happy that we have SKSer45 and others on CalGuns. Passion for a weapon is great. Knowledge of the market history in which it's traded is complimentary and knowing exactly where the price point should be right now, is priceless. I visited an O.C. gunshop for lunch and found a few C&R rifles that were 100-200 overpriced without DROS and taxes. Yea, not so much.

[SKSer45]

Hi bohoki,

Elaborate on this, pls.

Everyone: I'm happy that we have SKSer45 and others on CalGuns. Passion for a weapon is great. Knowledge of the market history in which it's traded is complimentary and knowing exactly where the price point should be right now, is priceless. I visited an O.C. gunshop for lunch and found a few C&R rifles that were 100-200 overpriced without DROS and taxes. Yea, not so much.

Yup

Now for this gas valve on the Yugo, was designed for the use of the grenade launcher. Basically making the Rifle into a single shot instead of a semi-automatic. Put in the g/l round, slide the grenade on top, pull the trigger and boom.

Almost like a blank the round is.



However with this device it put a ton of pressure on the valve, o-ring, and some of the small parts. AS one of our CGN he shot 900 rounds and no problems...that is nothing as Paul said and it isn't. Now 2000 rounds...now we got problems. The seal ring breaks and gas leaks out causing the rifle not to cycle correctly or having FTF. Looks something like this.







This was one of the SKS boards photos of him trying to fix it and such. But you can see how small and delicate they are.

[paul0660]

To add to that, leakage around the valve, causing a short stroke or no stroke, may not be visible. You might expect a blast of burnt gases, but it is not necessarily so.

[bohoki]

they arent supposed to have an o ring that is a field repair till you can get a new valve or gas tube

there is many ways the valve can erode a bit and also the front of the gas tube that lets gas blow by and causes short stroking

mine worked great for about 500 rounds then i started noting ever mag i would have a stovepipe

then it became stovepipes every shot then it turned into no ejection

i notice that the leather connector of my sling is very black from blow by

i have a little fix ive done but i havent tested it yet i may go for a shoot in a week or two and will report back

[comblock]

borrowed from the sks boards; THE PAPERCLIP FIX

http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=4191.0

[KAIFS]

SKS is a fine weapon. there is NO sks that is not older than 50yrs - so C&R. Yugo shoot better compared to Russian or Chinese, or at lest out of 7 I had. Yugo valve leak is a well documented occurrence and gasket is an easy fix and it does not affect function of your gun (suppose to be tight to begin with). People make mistake by oiling gas tubes and gas piston/rod parts - mistake, keep it clean and dry. what else... you can still find yugo and chinese for around $250 in decent shape up by me, $300-350 for russians. Local hardware store had 59/66a1 in cosmo still for $289ea up until 4-5mo ago (fleet farm), have not been there lately, but they do have a website. this is one of the rifles i HIGHLY recommend installing a spring/firing pin vs. leaving it free floating.
Great weapon and loads of fun!

[Mssr. Eleganté]

...there is NO sks that is are many SKSs that are not older than 50yrs

Fixed it for you.

[KAIFS]

SKS was replaced by AK, latest production year would be what.. late 50s?

[KAIFS]

and I stand corrected, since Yugoslavia was busy stamping out SKSes all along according to the chart I just saw on sksboards.

[SKSer45]

@ k. Yup last of the russkies is the 55/56 ones. One i have with no date on the dust cover just the small tula star.

If you want to be really technical... could say the early sixties as well with the sino-soviet models. Made of russian parts, machines, and advisor but on chinese soil. Some eveb have the cryrralic wrting

[PEZHEAD265]

SKS was replaced by AK, latest production year would be what.. late 50s?

The Chinese SKS are not C&R because the Chinese gov. never released records of production.

[SKSer45]

The Chinese SKS are not C&R because the Chinese gov. never released records of production.

hmmm I wonder why?

[SKSer45]

Ok well to clear it up for you SKS newbies...here is the Basic rule of thumb when Shopping for an SKS in California (note how I said CA)

Russians and Romanians, all of them are C&R long guns. Russian stopped making them in 56 and Romy's were officially ended in 1962. So your good to go on the 50 year law. So C*R and COE = take him home that day and no Dros or Face to Face cash and Carry. Just make sure the A*D book gets filled out properly. IE; DL # etc...

Assume everything else is not and there fore must go through FFL. This includes Sino-soviets, Yugos (all of em) ALbanians, and all Chinese.

Then only one I am not 100% sure is the Vietnam Bring Backs with papers. KEY WORD IS PAPERS. Since it is a war trophy and has the DOD letter might be an exempt. I will have to dig that up and let you know.

[furyous68]

But, 900 rounds is just one or two busy days. I have owned several of every type and now only own one really nice bubba'd Chinese shooter. I think that 50/66 gas valve issues are when, not if. The oversize repair valves available work pretty well, but not forever. 59/66's are heavy, not chromed, and have a feature you won't use. There are better out there.

LOL... so THAT'S why you unloaded that Yugo barreled action on me!

[paul0660]

LOL... so THAT'S why you unloaded that Yugo barreled action on me!

Sort of..........like I said I ended up with a bubba'd Chinese.

If you think were ill served, PM me. I am snippy and snarky, but not a jerk.

Yet.