OK someone tell me what I have to do to fix these SKS Mags

[DaMadman]

Bought 2 of the stamped metal Detachable mags for the SKS and neither will feed right.

I know there is a way to fix them but damned if I can figure it out.

Someone tell me I didn't totally waste my $$

[cyclops]

What exactly are they doing? It may be the way the feed ramp meets the mag. If so, stone it till it meets.(seen that before) It may be the engagement is too low or too high. It may be the ears arnt hold the rouds well enough or too well.
What is the round(s) doing to make it not work?

Cy

[DaMadman]

Originally posted by cyclops
What exactly are they doing? It may be the way the feed ramp meets the mag. If so, stone it till it meets.(seen that before) It may be the engagement is too low or too high. It may be the ears arnt hold the rouds well enough or too well.
What is the round(s) doing to make it not work?

Cy

I think it is the way the feeding ram is meeting the Mags.

The rounds slam into the flat on the face of the chamber instead of angling into the chamber. not every round does it but most don't feed into the chamber, it is almost like they go straight forward and jam between the flat on the face and the bolt, but then if you clear one jam the next 3 or 5 might feed good then the next ten might jam. no rhyme or reason. The only difference I could really se was the flimsiness of the metal, and the ears that hold the rounds in the magazine are (were) bent on a flat angle in the detach mags and they were rounded (to the shape of the cartridge) on the fix mag that works. So I worked the ears on one of the detachables and made the ears rounded like the fixed ones but it still wasn't reliably feeding.

I tried bending the ears so they matched the ones on my fixed 10 round mag and it helped somewhat but the detachable mags were still no where near reliable. BTW The fixed 10 round box mag feeds flawlessly.

I was actually thinking about getting a fixed 10 round box mag and grinding the hing pin out, and welding the bottom of one of these 20 round mags to the top (part that clips into the gun) of the 10 round fixed mag and see if I can make that work. Idunno if that is completely legal to do though? It would wind up being a fixed (not detachable) mag and would be made from part of two legal mags but is it legal?? Idunno so I might not try it, whatta you guys think?

[cyclops]

Are all of the rounds doing this through the entire mag-load or near the end? Beginning? It coiuld be a combonation of the ears and the spring. If the follower is out of whack, that will do it as well.

Cy

[DaMadman]

Originally posted by cyclops
Are all of the rounds doing this through the entire mag-load or near the end? Beginning? It coiuld be a combonation of the ears and the spring. If the follower is out of whack, that will do it as well.

Cy
Nope not all of them it is a random thing. Sometime the first round will feed and second jams sometime the first jams and the second will feed and 3 after tht Jam, or the 5 after might feed fine,

Totally ramdom

[cyclops]

Hmmm... Well, let me assure you that this post did not go stagnant for no reason!
I started looking over all of my older mags and notes of other jobs and all I can tell you is.....I don't know. Without seeing the mags and weapon I have no idea.
Geez,man. I wish I had something for you but I am at a loss for ya on the World Wide Workbench. Without looking at it, I am out of ideas.


Cy

[wrenchman]

i had a pistal that did somthing like this with a aftermarket clip i found that the clip had opened up and the rounds were poping out before they were supposed to and stove pipeing