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My neighbor (and best friend) has recently purchased a never-issued Yugoslavian M59/66 SKS clone. It's the one with the NATO-standard muzzle grenade launcher, flip-up night sights, and a non-chrome-lined barrel. I completely disassembled the rifle for him and we tried to clean all the cosmoline using 125-degree Fahrenheit water, and apparently it was all cleaned off. However, when we went to shoot some rounds off in the woods, we found that the firing pin wasn't hitting the primer hard enough to fire. We only got about 5 rounds to fire. The ammo we were using was Wolf Military Classic 124-gr. hollow-point. My best guess is that there is cosmoline still left in there somewhere around the trigger group, and maybe some around the operating rod or gas tube as even when the gun did fire it didn't cycle. And yes, the grenade launcher gas switch was in the right position.
Anyone else have a similar experience or know what I can do to get this rifle working reliably? It's my favorite version of the SKS and we're both eager to take it to the range. We have a can of Break Free CLP that we're going to try applying to all the parts today, but I'm not sure that'll work. Any help would be appreciated!
Anyone else have a similar experience or know what I can do to get this rifle working reliably? It's my favorite version of the SKS and we're both eager to take it to the range. We have a can of Break Free CLP that we're going to try applying to all the parts today, but I'm not sure that'll work. Any help would be appreciated!