Can you tell me how to reinstall this clip in my SKS?

[Fremmer]

Hi everyone. Doing annual maintenance (oil) on my guns. Got the SKS out, remembered that years ago, the stripper clip (excuse my incorrect terminology) was removed from the gun. I actually managed to find the clip in the garage, but I have no idea how to reinstall it. Can you help me out with instructions on how to correctly reinstall the clip? Pic below, and thanks!

 

[rcmodel]

Take the trigger assembly out of the stock.

The original MAGAZINE will hook right back into the receiver.

Put the trigger group back in place to keep it there.

rc

 

[jim in Anchorage]

I had no idea SKS's where ever sold in box's

 

[Fremmer]

RC, will you kindly tell me how to get the trigger assembly out? This is the problem with letting a rifle sit for so long.....

And Jim, I think that's the importers box; I bought it in 1995 or so at a gunshow for $120 IIRC.

 

[P5 Guy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKllAKFy3i8

Not rc but here is a youtube video for disassembling and reassembling.

 

[Scooter22]

Nice Russian. I'll bet it's value went up 3-5 time what you paid.

 

[Fremmer]

Not sure about the value, it's been shot only one time. I know I couldn't afford to buy it now.

Thanks for the video, I'll work on the mag tonight after I get my boys to bed.

 

[9mmepiphany]

Nice Russian. I'll bet it's value went up 3-5 time what you paid.

I would hope so, I got mine for $175 and kick myself for missing the ones for $100

 

[jimmyraythomason]

I had no idea SKS's where ever sold in box's

My first SKS was a Norinco. I bought it in 1989 and it came in a box with accessories.

 

[Mosin Bubba]

The trigger group is easy to get out, but kind of a pain to get back in. You'll see a button at the back of the trigger guard, just push that down with a screwdriver and it should come right out. Hook your magazine back on. Then to put the trigger group back, put the rifle upside down (trigger guard facing up) on something soft, make sure everything is lined up, and push down HARD until you hear a click.

 

[MilsurpShooter]

I've always done better with pictures then youtube videos for some reason so hopefully this helps http://www.gunpics.net/russian/sks/sksdis.html

 

[Pilot]

I had no idea SKS's where ever sold in box's

My two Russians were sold in boxes, one is a KBI import like the OP's. Same box. I bought them both in the early 90's. Still have them, and have kept them original.

 

[illinoisburt]

Had factory boxes for all the new production Norincos I handled in 1990-91 (some had Styrofoam blocks cut for the rifle and all accessories, some had folded cardboard to hold things in place in the box). All the Russian ones I saw were military surplus which had been re-packaged by importers or distributors, much like other milsurps are still sold today.

The market for SKS rifles was strange. When the new production Chinese guns were still arriving, the stores around me in west central Illinois were selling them as fast as they arrived for $79 with all the goodies. I missed the weekend sale at the local Farm King when they were eligible for a $20 new gun coupon. At the same time I remember an FFL at our local rifle club out sorting, test firing and sighting in a crate of Russian rifles he bought. Had them for sale for $65, touting the Russian lineage and milled trigger groups but folks in the area were wary of buying them because they were from 1950-1960's. Why get an old, possibly beat up and abused gun when you can get a brand new one with a warranty for the same or very little more money?

Once Clinton banned the Chinese guns and ammo, interest in the SKS seemed to wane and even though the Russian guns were still coming into the country there just wasn't much change in pricing. What makes it interesting was all the worry how this rifle was crippling the US firearm industry by flooding the country with cheap guns. There were a bunch of magazine stories asking if the SKS would replace the Winchester 30-30 as "America's deer rifle."