r/canadaguns • u/No-Principle-433 • May 21 '26
Fix my gun SKS scraping brass off casing during chambering. Need help!
Just got this SKS. When chambering a brass round, it scrapes a big chunk of brass off the casing.
It happens right at the bottom edge of the chamber (circled in blue).
Is this normal? If not, how do I fix it? Thanks!
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u/Agent_1812 https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U May 21 '26
the rifle is designed for steel cased ammo
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u/No-Principle-433 May 21 '26
thx
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u/tollfree01 May 21 '26
Just keep in mind this is an almost 80 year old mass produced $150 gun.
Maybe a bur needing to get filled down or just needs a few thousand rounds to break it in.
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u/GinnAdvent May 22 '26
I feel that if they try to make the same thing now it would cost a lot more than 150 bucks.
They were cheap back in the days coz abundant, but given the historical value and reliability of SKS overall. Would definitely fetch a decent price.
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u/Fed_Informant May 21 '26
This is a common "issue" and no cause for alarm. You could polish down the feed ramp, but being honest with you, it doesn't affect anything unless you're planning on reloading that brass.
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u/Receedus May 21 '26
That is if you can find the brass once it gets yeeted to high orbit.
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u/No-Night-48 May 24 '26
I once watched a 747 change trajectory because our ejected casings were showing up on their radar.
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u/CheesecakeEasy8952 May 21 '26
It’s a 80 year old gun made on a 100 year old machine in a 150 year old Factory in a 3rd world Country made from
200 year old Railroad spikes. So what’s the problem?
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u/milanskiv May 21 '26
Magazine spring might be worn. Try a different magazine before anything else.
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u/No-Principle-433 May 21 '26
I’ve tried tapco and original magazine. They both had this kind of problems. If it doesn’t matter a lot (like breaking function), it’ll be fine to me, I’m not planning to reload ammo
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u/AlonzoMosely88 May 27 '26 edited May 27 '26
I would get a gunsmith to address anything to do with the chamber. If you try to smooth it out yourself and you change the headspace of the chamber, it will make the rifle unsafe to shoot.
Also, check to make sure the pin on the mag follower isn't protruding up and out of the follower. This can also cause cases to get scraped, as well as feeding issues. I had this problem on mine and it didn't matter if the cases were steel or brass.
Yes, the rifle was designed to shoot steel case ammo. But you should be able to fire both steel case and brass without issue.
Is this a brand new surplus rifle? Or have you had it for a while?
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u/No-Inspector6242 May 27 '26
Lol this happened to me, I think there was some debris left on the very left of the chamber from cleaning lol. And when I chambered a round it would peel the brass off. But on the second round it just ate thru the mag so idk what to tell you bro.
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u/DougMacRay617 May 21 '26
Just shoot the fucking gun