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Posted: 6/2/2008 8:59:11 PM EDT
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Can anyone tell me what the normal ejection distance would be. I have an M70AB2 that ejects the cases about 5 feet. Does that sound normal? |
| Thanks for the reply guys. I do have to admit, I own other AKs but I can't recall how far the shells ejected. My Yugo's short distance ejection did get my attention. It's just a concern, or I've probabably read too many negative post on the M70 lately. My Yugo's worked perfect. Zero jams, but only around 200 rounds through it. |
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My SAR 3 ejects fast and high at 3 o'clock. At the range where I shoot it hits the shed above and lands on the person next to me. I didn't compare my M70 to this one because it's .223. What would cause a weak ejection? Ammo maybe? I was shooting Monarchs. Any suggestions on how to clean or how to make sure the gas port is clean? -Rick |
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My Yugo uf is now back at century. It started with weak ejection (about five feet) and after about 50 rounds turned into failuers to feed. My fixed stock Yugo really flings the case. About 15-20 feet at 2-3 O'clock. I would suggest shoot a bunch and see if it still feeds. Good luck. Edit to add the uf has a vented gas tube (no vents on gas block). The fixed has a vented gas block. |
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When I read a post on the Yugos having the mag catch milled down too much, I notice mine was short too. It never misfed, but with the cover off, I hand cycled and saw that the round was stripped by just a tiny corner of the bolt. To fix this I had a friend weld metal to the latch to build it up. Now the mag sits higher and with alot less wobble. The bolt has more bullet to grab. Now I'm wondering if maybe the mag is up too high. Still no misfeeds or FTE, but maybe the rounds sitting up higher are slowing down the carrier. I guess the best thing to do for now is to shoot it  I'll fire a round without the mag in to rule that out.As for the gas tube, I don't think it's vented. I'm not sure about the gas block. It has the Yugo gas block. Are there different Yugo gas blocks? |
| I have not had any experience with a Yugoslavian AK with ejection of 5 feet, but I have examined a Yugo 59/66 that had failure to extract and ejection malfunctions. Those problems were caused by a corroded gas valve. You might want to investigate that possible cause. |
AKs don't have a gas valve. Only Yugo SKSs. |
 As you can probably tell, the gentleman that I know who owns a Yugo AK is not a rifle grenade aficionado. |
Yugo M70s do have gas valves.... |
 I'm inviting my friend to shoot this weekend. I'll raise the grenade sight, fire a cartridge and find out for myself. |
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I remember my PMKMS putting cases about 1 to 2 O'Clock and 10-12 ft out. sounds about right. However, it is nothing compared to my Russian SKS. That thing throws them 20ft into the air (or what seems to be 20ft anyways) and 20ft forward to at most 1 O'Cock on the dial. |
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Yep, and I knew this. I didn't read as thoroughly as I should have.  |
Now that we all agree that the Yugo AK has a gas valve, does anyone know if corrosion on the valve might cause weak ejection in an AK? |
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