problem with firing

anthonyjtefft · 01-21-2008, 12:32 AM

yeah i used my sks for deer hunting this year and i was standing in the middle of a blizzard and attempted to shoot at a deer when my gun did not fire twice. does anyone know why this could have happened. my buddies sks did the same thing.

res45 · 01-21-2008, 06:12 AM

A little more info might be helpful,type of SKS,any modifications done to them,ammo type used. A little more detail explanation of just what occurred I see you said it didn't fire the second time but did the first time. did the action clear the first round then go click on the second or what?

anthonyjtefft · 01-21-2008, 11:30 AM

it is a yugo sks and it has a tapco t6 stock scope mount and bipod but that is it. mine never fired and buddies hasn't gone off like 3 times. i don't know if it is b/c of wet or cold or what. buddiesis all stock. please help.

anthonyjtefft · 01-21-2008, 11:31 AM

he was using wolf bullets and i had remington.

squirrelbaster · 01-21-2008, 02:16 PM

if was extreme cold i think its posible for gun lube to freeze and couse fireing problems, not saying thats what happened, just throwing it outthere for others to comment on

Cyrano · 01-21-2008, 04:01 PM

squirrelbaster has a point about freezing lubricant.

When I was in high school and college, I played trumpet and was also the Master Bugler. The normal lubricant for brass instruments is denatured kerosene.

I recall a Thanksgiving Day football game where it was so cold (like zero F.) that the brass instruments all froze up when we were in final show rehearsal. The valves and slides wouldn't move. We fixed them by going into the school and thawing the instruments, then taking them apart and drying all the parts with paper towels. One of the assistant directors was a musician in the Army Reserve and had seen this problem before. He sent someone to go buy half a dozen cans of Pam cooking spray. We thought he was insane, but we lightly sprayed all the moving parts and reassembled the horns.

We didn't have a single one freeze up on us again, even thoughwe were out in the cold for four hours that day.

You could try that. Otherwise, give some thought to cleaning the piece, wiping it completely dry and then just before you head on out, wiping the moving parts down with a silicon cloth Because silicon is a dry lubricant, it won't freeze in the cold. Worth a shot, at any rate. I can't say it will work for sure because it doesn't get that cold around here during hunting season; not down into the single digits and subzero, anyway.

anthonyjtefft · 01-22-2008, 12:20 PM

it was about 25 degrees that the action and everything worked and the firing pin hit the bullets but no boom. any suggestions?

jmp8927 · 01-22-2008, 06:03 PM

I shot my SKS the other day in cool weather(around 40) and I noticed it felt a little different. Not much though. It worked perfectly though.

Zephri · 01-22-2008, 08:21 PM

You could try cleaning the firing pin channel, maybe there's some dried up cosmoline in the front of it preventing the firing pin from moving foward all the way.

N2914J · 01-22-2008, 08:57 PM

I went to my buddies vacation house this weekend, and shot 120 rounds through my SKS. The daily average was well before freezing, and on Saturday, it hit 14 degrees. My SKS functioned great, even in rapid fire. I'd recommend a tear down, good cleaning, and reassembly. Zephri has a good point. There was a nice blob of cosmoline in my firing pin channel when I got it.

01-21-2008, 12:32 AM	#1
anthonyjtefft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0)	problem with firing yeah i used my sks for deer hunting this year and i was standing in the middle of a blizzard and attempted to shoot at a deer when my gun did not fire twice. does anyone know why this could have happened. my buddies sks did the same thing.

01-21-2008, 06:12 AM	#2
res45 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 258 Trader Rating: (0)	A little more info might be helpful,type of SKS,any modifications done to them,ammo type used. A little more detail explanation of just what occurred I see you said it didn't fire the second time but did the first time. did the action clear the first round then go click on the second or what? Last edited by res45; 01-21-2008 at 12:26 PM.

01-22-2008, 06:03 PM	#8
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,092 Trader Rating: (0)	I shot my SKS the other day in cool weather(around 40) and I noticed it felt a little different. Not much though. It worked perfectly though. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

01-22-2008, 08:21 PM	#9
Zephri Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN. "The city where nothing happens." Posts: 1,021 Trader Rating: (1)	You could try cleaning the firing pin channel, maybe there's some dried up cosmoline in the front of it preventing the firing pin from moving foward all the way. __________________ "All rifles need a sharp pointy object on the end!" http://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l195/zephri/

01-22-2008, 08:57 PM	#10
N2914J Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 391 Trader Rating: (0)	I went to my buddies vacation house this weekend, and shot 120 rounds through my SKS. The daily average was well before freezing, and on Saturday, it hit 14 degrees. My SKS functioned great, even in rapid fire. I'd recommend a tear down, good cleaning, and reassembly. Zephri has a good point. There was a nice blob of cosmoline in my firing pin channel when I got it. __________________ God Bless America

01-21-2008, 11:30 AM	#3
anthonyjtefft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0)	it is a yugo sks and it has a tapco t6 stock scope mount and bipod but that is it. mine never fired and buddies hasn't gone off like 3 times. i don't know if it is b/c of wet or cold or what. buddiesis all stock. please help.

01-21-2008, 11:31 AM	#4
anthonyjtefft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0)	he was using wolf bullets and i had remington.

01-21-2008, 02:16 PM	#5
squirrelbaster Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 2,027 Trader Rating: (0)	if was extreme cold i think its posible for gun lube to freeze and couse fireing problems, not saying thats what happened, just throwing it outthere for others to comment on

01-21-2008, 04:01 PM	#6
Cyrano Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: New York Posts: 1,896 Trader Rating: (0)	squirrelbaster has a point about freezing lubricant. When I was in high school and college, I played trumpet and was also the Master Bugler. The normal lubricant for brass instruments is denatured kerosene. I recall a Thanksgiving Day football game where it was so cold (like zero F.) that the brass instruments all froze up when we were in final show rehearsal. The valves and slides wouldn't move. We fixed them by going into the school and thawing the instruments, then taking them apart and drying all the parts with paper towels. One of the assistant directors was a musician in the Army Reserve and had seen this problem before. He sent someone to go buy half a dozen cans of Pam cooking spray. We thought he was insane, but we lightly sprayed all the moving parts and reassembled the horns. We didn't have a single one freeze up on us again, even thoughwe were out in the cold for four hours that day. You could try that. Otherwise, give some thought to cleaning the piece, wiping it completely dry and then just before you head on out, wiping the moving parts down with a silicon cloth Because silicon is a dry lubricant, it won't freeze in the cold. Worth a shot, at any rate. I can't say it will work for sure because it doesn't get that cold around here during hunting season; not down into the single digits and subzero, anyway.

01-22-2008, 12:20 PM	#7
anthonyjtefft Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 9 Trader Rating: (0)	it was about 25 degrees that the action and everything worked and the firing pin hit the bullets but no boom. any suggestions?