I need to know how to get the bolt apart, seriously.

Ballbearing · 02-25-2008, 08:25 PM

My SKS is firing when send the bolt home. No, i didn't depress the trigger, didn't touch the trigger, i just let the bolt go home on a round and it fired. I was told that gunk on the firing pin is the prime cause of this, so i have got to get it apart and clean it. Any forthcoming help would be very much appreciated. Thank's in advance.

Mooseman684 · 02-25-2008, 08:29 PM

Click this link...Collecting and Shooting the SKS Rifle - Bolt Disassembly and Reassembly
Rich
(Easier than trying to explain it !)

Ballbearing · 02-25-2008, 09:40 PM

Got me a punch and a hammer, placed the bolt between two blocks and gave it some really good whacks. No matter what i did that retaining pin wouldn't budge. I sprayed gun scrubber through it, and then blew it out with compressed air. The pin moves back and forth freely now, like it's supposed to. I'm going to take it someplace with a good backstop and give it one more try, if it does it again, it's going to a gunsmith, period. Thanks for the link Moose.

SwedeSteve · 02-26-2008, 01:36 AM

Let us know how it turns out!

marion57 · 02-26-2008, 03:12 PM

I havent been able to fire mine yet but got 500 rnds of ammo today by BBT..

hope I dont have a problem .. Gonna try for this sat and see what it does at 60 yrds

jmp8927 · 02-26-2008, 03:43 PM

I've had no problems with mine, but I've still taken mine and my Dad's apart to clean them. All you need is a solid base, a very small punch or a tiny screwdriver(that's what I used) and a hammer. It takes some good wacks, but it will come out.

C&RFan · 03-03-2008, 11:14 PM

Throw the bolt in the freezer for an hour and give it a really good whack, it will come out. I had the same problem with mine when I picked it up from my friend, slamfiring. Turned out to be a nasty burnt piece of cosmoline but I played hell getting the firing pin retainer out. Hope that helps!

Ballbearing · 06-03-2008, 02:06 AM

I had to resort to some serious and desperate cleaning methods, but when i finally got that firing pin to float free, she shot like a dream. I guess there was just years and years of gunk built up around the firing pin hole on the inside of the bolt. But there ain't any left there now. Thanks people!

sean46953 · 06-03-2008, 02:45 AM

Good to hear that she's running good again! If you do ever have to try to take it apart again though....Shoot the little firing pin retaining pin with a heavy dose of PB B'laster and let it sit for 5-10min. Then maybe soak it again and let it sit again for another 5-10min. That's what I've done for many press in type pins on my firearms. It frees them up enough so that you can drive them out, but if you clean them up good like you were going to anyhow, it will lock back in just as she was when you tried to take it out. Good luck!

KGunner · 06-03-2008, 05:22 PM

What I did to my bolt is boiled some soapy water and dipped the bolt in for a little while and that got all the cosmo out pretty well.

02-25-2008, 08:25 PM	#1
Ballbearing Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Boondocks Posts: 119 Trader Rating: (0)	I need to know how to get the bolt apart, seriously. My SKS is firing when send the bolt home. No, i didn't depress the trigger, didn't touch the trigger, i just let the bolt go home on a round and it fired. I was told that gunk on the firing pin is the prime cause of this, so i have got to get it apart and clean it. Any forthcoming help would be very much appreciated. Thank's in advance.

02-25-2008, 08:29 PM	#2
Mooseman684 Super Moderator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Alaska Wilderness Posts: 9,183 Trader Rating: (0)	Click this link...Collecting and Shooting the SKS Rifle - Bolt Disassembly and Reassembly Rich (Easier than trying to explain it !) __________________ You know you might be facing your doom,when all you get is a click when you're expecting a BOOM!

02-25-2008, 09:40 PM	#3
Ballbearing Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Boondocks Posts: 119 Trader Rating: (0)	I tred it, just like the site said, but the pin wouldn't budge. Got me a punch and a hammer, placed the bolt between two blocks and gave it some really good whacks. No matter what i did that retaining pin wouldn't budge. I sprayed gun scrubber through it, and then blew it out with compressed air. The pin moves back and forth freely now, like it's supposed to. I'm going to take it someplace with a good backstop and give it one more try, if it does it again, it's going to a gunsmith, period. Thanks for the link Moose.

02-26-2008, 01:36 AM	#4
SwedeSteve Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: AnchorTown, Alaska Posts: 8,868 Trader Rating: (0)	Let us know how it turns out! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

02-26-2008, 03:43 PM	#6
jmp8927 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Walterboro, SC Posts: 1,092 Trader Rating: (0)	I've had no problems with mine, but I've still taken mine and my Dad's apart to clean them. All you need is a solid base, a very small punch or a tiny screwdriver(that's what I used) and a hammer. It takes some good wacks, but it will come out. __________________ Doing the unexpected makes the unexpected the expected and thus the expected becomes the unexpected.

02-26-2008, 03:12 PM	#5
marion57 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 2,659 Trader Rating: (0)	I havent been able to fire mine yet but got 500 rnds of ammo today by BBT.. hope I dont have a problem .. Gonna try for this sat and see what it does at 60 yrds

03-03-2008, 11:14 PM	#7
C&RFan Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 23 Trader Rating: (0)	Throw the bolt in the freezer for an hour and give it a really good whack, it will come out. I had the same problem with mine when I picked it up from my friend, slamfiring. Turned out to be a nasty burnt piece of cosmoline but I played hell getting the firing pin retainer out. Hope that helps!

06-03-2008, 02:06 AM	#8
Ballbearing Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The Boondocks Posts: 119 Trader Rating: (0)	My SKS is fine, just to let you know. I had to resort to some serious and desperate cleaning methods, but when i finally got that firing pin to float free, she shot like a dream. I guess there was just years and years of gunk built up around the firing pin hole on the inside of the bolt. But there ain't any left there now. Thanks people!

06-03-2008, 02:45 AM	#9
sean46953 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Marion, Indiana Posts: 355 Trader Rating: (0)	Good to hear that she's running good again! If you do ever have to try to take it apart again though....Shoot the little firing pin retaining pin with a heavy dose of PB B'laster and let it sit for 5-10min. Then maybe soak it again and let it sit again for another 5-10min. That's what I've done for many press in type pins on my firearms. It frees them up enough so that you can drive them out, but if you clean them up good like you were going to anyhow, it will lock back in just as she was when you tried to take it out. Good luck! __________________ http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/b...00_0535100.jpgSean M. Hartman

06-03-2008, 05:22 PM	#10
KGunner Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Fort Collins, CO Posts: 422 Trader Rating: (0)	What I did to my bolt is boiled some soapy water and dipped the bolt in for a little while and that got all the cosmo out pretty well. __________________ Kel-Tec P11 Mossberg 500A Tactical 12 ga. 1947 Mosin Nagant M44 Yugo SKS 59/66