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Posted: 5/22/2005 6:55:01 AM EDT
| Any way to improve the trigger on a Yugo 59/66? |
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Look up a guy by the handle of Kivarri on the sksboards.com site. He does them right, still leaves "positive" engagement. The SKS trigger group is pretty complicated, not good for home smithing, lots of room to screw it up. Kivarri has my rec, does a real good job. New Wolf springs too. |
| My Yugo 59/66 SKS is surprisingly accurate, but I have never liked the trigger. In particular, the second stage (break) of the trigger is too long. The weight is also a little heavy, but that is OK for me. So, over the weekend I studied the trigger mechanism in detail. After some unsuccessful attempts to hone the sear without a jig, I came up with a simple jig that can be made with stuff laying on the average reloading bench. Using the jig, I managed to hone the sear such that the trigger has a slight positive engagement and a crisp final trigger break. It worked well in dry firing, but I haven’t yet had a chance to try it with ammo. I plan on testing it this weekend. If it works well (AND SAFELY) at my range, I will post the details, if anyone is interested. |
Be aware that there's some question among SKS owners as to how the sear and hammer parts are hardened, and there may even be some variation between manufacturers. Russian parts appear to be high carbon and through hardened. Yugo and Albanian, in my experience, present as though they are only CASE hardened. If you're working on these, prudence would suggest rehardening the parts after tooling them, perhaps with CASENIT or a similar product. |
| Gonzo is right of course. I am not recommending anyone else tinker with their FCG. Most of us have heard stories of bungled SKSs that went runaway full auto. If you shoot around others, an unpredictable FCG is a very bad thing. I happen to have my own range, so I am no more concerned about the outcome of this experiment than the countless other firearms experiments I have conducted over the last 30 years. YMMV. So far, all I can say about the hardness of the Yugo sear is that it was not as hard as I expected. I wasn’t able to detect any surface hardening. I did note that the FCG design is such that the pressure exerted on the sear surface is not as extreme is the case on some firearms (e.g. AR10). At this time, I do not foresee a problem. All theory and speculation aside though, the final answer will only come after extensive shooting. |
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There was a guy on ebay ... From Ohio ... Did a really excellent job on my Chi-Com for $30.00 + shipping ... Best trigger I've seen on an SKS ... I think he may have stopped when ebay stopped selling evil shit ... Guess what ??? ... You can still by used panties for $30.00 a pop !!!!!!! Go figure !! I'll see if I can locate this guys address for ya ... You wouldn't believe my trigger !! |
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