Posted on 01/25/2012 11:34:38 AM PST by jboot
OK, fellow FReepers, I've got a question. I recently purchased a Yugoslav Type 59 SKS. This is the original Yugo SKS, nearly a carbon copy of the Soviet weapon, not the later 59/66 with an integral grenade launcher. It's been around the block many, many times, but it still shoots as good as an SKS can be expected to shoot (which is to say just OK). I am planning on doing a full conservation project with it, because it has lots of nice cartouches and rack numbers. Moreover, it was finished with what appears to be dark brown shoe polish! Apparently such rough-and-ready finishes are common on Eastern Bloc guns.
But none of that is the issue.
What is wrong is that it *appears* that the cap of an old cleaning kit is stuck in the stock. If you look into the hole in the butt you can see a concave, featureless steel hemisphere about 3 inches down in the hole. It is wedged tight and I can't move it either out or in. It bugs me because it doesn't look like any SKS "pill" cleaning kit cap that I've ever seen. I am concerned that this thing isn't part of a cleaning kit at all, but might be some kind of "follower" or baffle to entrap the spring. I am unwilling to damage the part on the outside chance that it is correct.
Has anyone ever worked on one of these SKS's and have any experience with this? Could this thing be a correct part? I'd post a photo, but I haven't taken any yet...
Good deal.....glad ya got it out. You have fun , stay safe , shoot straight !
always good stuff to learn and grin about on a gun thread here at FR.
Russian C&Rs have other fun surprises. Did you know that shellac melts at under 200 degrees Fahrenheit? And that melted shellac can catch fire? I found out while shooting my Mosin Nagant M44 at the range. The handguard flamed up real good about forty rounds into a sustained fire session. The other folks there got a good laugh...and they were happy that I took a break from shooting that M44...it sounds like a 105mm when fired indoors.
Awesome! Thanks for letting us know exactly WHAT you did. Now if I ever run into the same problem, I’ll follow suit!
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