SKS bolt cleaning question

Does anyone know what kind of tool would work to clean a SKS (Yugo) bolt inside the area where the firing pin sits?

It is a long opening without an opening at the end except a tiny opening only where the little tiny bit of the firing pin sticks out.

I know how to disassemble/reassemble and completely break down the bolt down but do not know what tool can be used to clean those tight spots?

Does anyone know how to clean that part of the bolt and what tool can be used to clean it?

I use pipe cleaners and qtips for places like that.

how do you fit the q-tip through that area. I have tried using the qtip and had to remove all or most of the cotton to get it through. I will have to find some pipe cleaners.

From what I've read you may just have to flood it with solvent.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=13976

PhillipM wrote:From what I've read you may just have to flood it with solvent.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=13976

I just soak them in break cleaner ... let dry ,,,,

Pipe cleaner & brake parts cleaner.

1985 4runner wrote:Pipe cleaner & brake parts cleaner.

that's the way I do mine

I just soaked the bolt and firing pin in the cleaner. It rattles back and forth inside of the bolt now, which is good.

I am just wondering if the cosmoline will start to gunk up (resurface) again once I fire a few hundred rounds out of it.

Anyone experience this?

Tree of Liberty wrote:I just soaked the bolt and firing pin in the cleaner. It rattles back and forth inside of the bolt now, which is good.

I am just wondering if the cosmoline will start to gunk up (resurface) again once I fire a few hundred rounds out of it.

Anyone experience this?

I never have experienced a resurgance of cosmoline after a good bolt cleaning on any of my sks. I have had one stick on me and managed to shove two down the pipe without my wanting it to happen though. That was a bad day, thank God it was pointed down and safe. Scary though. I now recommend Murray's firing pins in all sks rifles. Cheap insurance and you don't get that annoying dented primer, plus makes it much safer to shoot non military "soft primered" ammunition.

going to see how the cleaning worked out this weekend. hopefully the pin will remain nice and loose after going through a few boxes of rounds

...make that this weekend.

was at the range and didn't shoot rifles

too busy with pistols

....will update when I test out the cleaning job.... very sad that I have not been able too.



off hand...can anyone think of a tool that can be used to clean the inside of the bolt???

i will add pictures to clarify what i am describing....... should be up within a day or so

Clean a SKS ?! Heresy!

i know right?!

the darn cosmoline keeps reseeping in the bolt by the pin after every 100+ round shoot session with it

When I had a SKS I ran 1000 rounds of ammo through it in 3 hours...cooled the barrel in a bucket of water and kept going....

what cosmo...?

wow....jgsales must have sent me one with extra sauce