r/canadaguns • u/NewWatchTime • Apr 21 '26
Fix my gun SKS Jamming
Wondering if anyone has this same issue.
I have the Bad Ace scope mount and I’m using the Archangel mags. It’s done this basically for as long as I’ve had the optics mount so im assuming that’s my issue. If anyone else has had this issue I’d appreciate some help on how to resolve it.
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u/Unlikely_Link_2284 Apr 21 '26
Stock magazine will always work
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u/NewWatchTime Apr 21 '26
Unfortunately no, it broke.
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u/therowdyirishman Apr 21 '26
What part of it broke?
I'm running a Holosun 503G in the same location on a Tickler and OEM mag with no issues.
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u/Lopsided_Ad3516 Apr 21 '26
Is it the last round on every mag? I had that problem with those magazines. The mount doesn't help the situation.
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u/AngryPinGuy Apr 21 '26
I had similar with the same magazine, it would do it on my final round.
What was happening was the lips of the magazine were being forced apart by the pressure of the spring and follower and when it was only the final round it would pop out. Weirdly enough taking the spring out, and putting it in spun around 180 degrees fixed it. No idea why...
What would really make these mags work better is if the lips of them were metal, like any quality P-Mag, there's a reason in the army we moved from plastic mags with plastic feed lips to metal, or half and half mags.
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u/starw24-ps4 Apr 21 '26
It’s an anti tilt issue on these mags for the last round, very well known. Flip the spring around and it helps level the follower
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u/Akarthus Apr 21 '26
It’s the mags…I guess it’s not because of my top rail. Try Tapco ones, those worked for me
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u/LeeFrann Apr 22 '26
Bubba magazines going to be bubba magazines. Throw them out.
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u/LeeFrann Apr 22 '26
That's a live round jammed under the optic. If it was spent I'd say it was caught on the optic mount. But because it's live the magazine failed to retain the round.
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u/NewWatchTime Apr 22 '26
Bro, do you think this would be my first option? I didn’t touch my sks for years before this bullshit lol.
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u/Eat_Cantaloupe_ Apr 23 '26
It's the mag. I'm not a fud or anything, but the aftermarket detachable mags are much worse than just feeling it with clips
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u/NewWatchTime Apr 23 '26
I know… my original mag broke so I got some of these.
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u/Eat_Cantaloupe_ Apr 23 '26
You can also just buy new original mags
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u/NewWatchTime Apr 23 '26
I wanted detachable mags as well. I wouldn’t be using this rifle if I didn’t have to.
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u/90sStevenseagal Apr 24 '26
Once you start doing Bubba upgrades ...you will start having issues.
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u/NewWatchTime Apr 24 '26
You think this is what I want? I didn’t touch my SKS for years before this lol. It’s better than coping with a ar that I have to jerk off for it to work.
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u/JJShrink Apr 21 '26
I had the same issue with the exact same magazine. I came across a subreddit of someone else with the same issue.
The solution read “Take out bottom of magazine, flip spring around so that guarded sits flush with lips. Never stove pipe or fail to feed ever again.”
Ive ran hundreds of rounds since doing that fix and can confirm not one single stovepipe.