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I know SKS fans love their rifles: cheap ammo, low recoil, fun to shoot, reasonable accuracy, reliability, history, etc.
My research has show two areas of concern that, quite frankly, are pretty large areas of concern for me:
1) the floating firing pin and the possibility of slam fires if the bolt is not kept squeaky clean. This is especially concerning with all the grease, etc. that so many of these military rifles seem to be packed with.
2) the trigger, both in terms of trigger pull weight, length of pull, and the internal geometry of the hammer and sear.
With those two concerns in mind, what say you? Still a good buy? Has anyone NOT purchased an SKS due to these concerns? Anyone had those concerns and still bought the rifle, finding no such problems?
BTW, if I do get one, I'm interested in a Russian Tula from the mid-1950's.
My research has show two areas of concern that, quite frankly, are pretty large areas of concern for me:
1) the floating firing pin and the possibility of slam fires if the bolt is not kept squeaky clean. This is especially concerning with all the grease, etc. that so many of these military rifles seem to be packed with.
2) the trigger, both in terms of trigger pull weight, length of pull, and the internal geometry of the hammer and sear.
With those two concerns in mind, what say you? Still a good buy? Has anyone NOT purchased an SKS due to these concerns? Anyone had those concerns and still bought the rifle, finding no such problems?
BTW, if I do get one, I'm interested in a Russian Tula from the mid-1950's.