r/canadaguns • u/Medical_Banana1586 • May 02 '26

Fix my gun Sks reassembly issue

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Hey all

After many recommendations I got myself an SKS.

I just did a takedown and a cleaning thanks to some videos, but I’m having trouble putting it back together, namely when snapping in the trigger group.

I seem to have the mag assembled and trigger aligned well but I’m unable to snap it in place no matter how hard I push. Any help would be appreciated!

EDIT: Thanks everyone, indeed I just HIT IT EVEN HARDER!! It’s all clean and put back together

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u/GhostOoOooo May 02 '26

90% of problems with the SKS can be solved by beating the fucking shit out of it. Godspeed.

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u/AsparagusUnhappy5395 May 03 '26

Good for me to read after I just broke down my first SKS for the cosmoline clean 😂 I had to beat the ever loving fuck out of that retainer pin in the firing pin assembly.