Are there any pictures/documented instances of an SKS kabooming? I've always thought they were incredibly strong, and safe guns
Sks catastrophic failures
Zachary Wright
Kayden Thompson
nyet rifle fine
Jonathan Bailey
no
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Joseph Hughes
Is it because the SKS is unbelievably strong, or because people don't reload 7.62x39 often, so theres less of a chance to fuck up and overcharge the ammo
Daniel Evans
>had my Norinco SKS for 10 years
>had ONE misfire caused by me chambering the same round over and over probably 30+ times (the ammo was cheap thus the primer was easily "indented" by the free floating firing pin, so when the hammer dropped, the firing pin couldn't get enough "impact" on the primer to set it off)
That's literally the only "malfunction" I've ever had with the thing. And it wasn't the gun's fault.
Love the fucking SKS.
Gabriel Young
I had read an article relating of an incident with a failure to extract a live round and the subsequent racking of the bolt drove the next round into the primer. I don't know if there's any truth to it though.
Logan Cox
i have had mine fail to feed while shooting rusted steel case ammo.
Dominic King
Shitty but the gun didn't explode
I'm talking about catastrophic failures that results in death/finger loss, not a falure to feed or other minor failures
Hudson Evans
then you probably wont find anything.
this is the worst that i could see hapening and i doubbt it would cause much harm other than gas burns/ light shrapnel from OOB detonation.
with eye protection on i doubt much harm would be had.
Gavin Lee
>I'm talking about catastrophic failures that results in death/ finger loss
I doubt such incidents are possible unless someone is being an asshole with the gun (intentionally obstructing the bore and firing it, etc.)
Why the concern?
Logan Cruz
Because when I google "AR 15 explodes" I see pages of mangled guns, but when I google "sks explodes" I see jack shit
Aiden Bailey
Carter Wood
I've fired a pressed round from my AKM out of my SKS. (Bullet pushed into powder) it was so over pressured the casing flew twice the distance as a standard round. I did stand and think it over, being alone in the middle of nowhere in Alaska...
Bentley Scott
Maybe SKS > AR-15
:)
Kevin Rogers
doublefeeds can cause fingerloss or death. second round acts as firing pin and hits the chambered rounds primer. theres dumbasses that hurt themselves with mosins doing that
Aiden Nelson
Why do you think they were used in Vietnam?
Hunter Edwards
Because it's what they got from China
Wyatt Cruz
Never had any problems with mine, the rifle is fine desu
Easton Sullivan
They have a chance to slam fire if not cleaned at all.
Daniel Gonzalez
the SKS is stupid
Jason Young
If you fire it too much the sear can wear down and it will slamfire.
Jonathan Clark
Maybe you're right
Ian Robinson
Because there's countless photos of NVA and VC using them. Are you retarded?
Leo Thompson
Both honestly
The SKS is overbuilt as fuck for what it is, keep in mind we were just coming out of an era where every rifle was in a full sized cartridge and about 9Ibs for a rifle with a 5 round magazine was the norm, people weren't just going to make a 6Ibs 7.62x39 rifle out of the gate.
Christopher Nguyen
"SKS explodes" is just normal operation
Daniel White
Probably had something to do with the 30 round detachable magazine I have 2 and they didn't/don't cycle correctly.
Aiden Reyes
Hijacking this thread to discuss two things:
1. are there any detachable mag solutions that arent shit? how hard is the machining work to make AK mags fit? I fucking hate duckbills and I hate using the SKSs mag release
2. how are the front sights attached? are they pressed or welded? I'm thinking about trying to modify my norinco sks into a paratrooper model
Bentley Brown
This happened. The shrapnel from the ruptured case went into the kid's abdomen (he was firing the gun from the hip at the time, possibly trying to bump fire) and he bled out on the way to the hospital :(
Jaxson Hall
that is not why sks slamfires user
Colton Phillips
You're stupid.
Julian Cooper
Bubba stop
Owen Cruz
Periodicly inspect and lubricate the firing pin, and you will be fine.
Jordan Campbell
chinese SKS with glass on it at a shop up the road for $250.
should i grab it?
Elijah Jenkins
yes