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Go into any major store like Target and Wal-Mart and start looking at all the products made in China. I was looking at Sears tools in our Temecula Mall last month and every one of the, they used to be great, Craftsman Tools, that I looked at(many) were made in China, I could hardly believe my eyes.
From my experience, Chinese made products are inferior to our's, Japan's, Taiwan's and even Korea's. Take a look at the Chinese made clothes and how thin the material is. The Chinese stuff looks good on the outside, but try to look on the "inside". Their pants are borderline too short in the crotch area, shirts too small/tight to save material, Shoes are too narrow, try finding wide Chinese made shoes. I used to hear how if you ate at a Chinese Restaurant, you would be hungry in two hours because everything is superficial, to get you to buy it, with no "substance" and their Products seem to reflect that old saying, flash with no built in lasting quality.
I used to collect knives along with Japanese Katana and any knife made in China is suspect as to its material(metal composition and hardening) construction, either too brittle(hard to sharpen) or too soft(won't hold an edge). In my kitchen I have mostly German made Henckels, a couple Cutcos and one Henckel from China. I am constantly re-sharpening the Chinese Henckel. On the contrary, my other collection knives made in Japan are very good.
Years ago I bought a couple Russian SKS's(since sold) and they were great guns with the barrels screwed into the receivers. I had looked at the Norinco SKS made in China, which had a cheaper price. Someone really in the know stepped up and told me how cheaply made the Chinese SKS's were, with the barrels pressed into the receiver instead of being screwed into it, and that over time, the barrel might work itself loose and actuall blow up, and that was the start of my watching out for Chinese Junk sold over here....all true........................
................................"I was cleaning my SKS last night, and when I looked down the barrel, I noticed a rather nasty bulge about 2"-3" down the pipe from the muzzle.
It can't be felt from the outside, but it is there nonetheless. To the best of my knowledge, the Norinco SKS barrels are pressed in vice threaded on.
Does anyone know hoow to get the barrel off and how to install a replacement (and where to obtain said replacement)?
Being pressed, I imagine that it would be more trouble than it is worth, but I'd like to try anyway as this SKS is the first rifle I ever bought (and the only reason I still have it)"..................
...................."It is my understanding that some of these rifles have pressed and pinned barrels while others have threaded barrels. The method varies depending upon the particular factory that produced the rifle. Another real problem with the Chinese SKS rifles is that their doesn't appear to be any fixed set of standards from one factory to the next. Every factory seems to be using their own specs. In my experience with these rifles it seems that parts will always require hand fitting. They can really be a nightmare to work on. The book "Practical Gunsmithing" from DBI books has a whole chapter dedicated to Gunsmith Kinks for troubleshooting and repair of the SKS. I've decked out a half dozen of them for friends as Sporters. All but one of them required a lot of hand fitting for the new scope mount dustcovers. I haven't done any barrel work with them. I would imagine that fitting up a new barrel could be a difficult project on a Chinese SKS".........................
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From my experience, Chinese made products are inferior to our's, Japan's, Taiwan's and even Korea's. Take a look at the Chinese made clothes and how thin the material is. The Chinese stuff looks good on the outside, but try to look on the "inside". Their pants are borderline too short in the crotch area, shirts too small/tight to save material, Shoes are too narrow, try finding wide Chinese made shoes. I used to hear how if you ate at a Chinese Restaurant, you would be hungry in two hours because everything is superficial, to get you to buy it, with no "substance" and their Products seem to reflect that old saying, flash with no built in lasting quality.
I used to collect knives along with Japanese Katana and any knife made in China is suspect as to its material(metal composition and hardening) construction, either too brittle(hard to sharpen) or too soft(won't hold an edge). In my kitchen I have mostly German made Henckels, a couple Cutcos and one Henckel from China. I am constantly re-sharpening the Chinese Henckel. On the contrary, my other collection knives made in Japan are very good.
Years ago I bought a couple Russian SKS's(since sold) and they were great guns with the barrels screwed into the receivers. I had looked at the Norinco SKS made in China, which had a cheaper price. Someone really in the know stepped up and told me how cheaply made the Chinese SKS's were, with the barrels pressed into the receiver instead of being screwed into it, and that over time, the barrel might work itself loose and actuall blow up, and that was the start of my watching out for Chinese Junk sold over here....all true........................
................................"I was cleaning my SKS last night, and when I looked down the barrel, I noticed a rather nasty bulge about 2"-3" down the pipe from the muzzle.
It can't be felt from the outside, but it is there nonetheless. To the best of my knowledge, the Norinco SKS barrels are pressed in vice threaded on.
Does anyone know hoow to get the barrel off and how to install a replacement (and where to obtain said replacement)?
Being pressed, I imagine that it would be more trouble than it is worth, but I'd like to try anyway as this SKS is the first rifle I ever bought (and the only reason I still have it)"..................
...................."It is my understanding that some of these rifles have pressed and pinned barrels while others have threaded barrels. The method varies depending upon the particular factory that produced the rifle. Another real problem with the Chinese SKS rifles is that their doesn't appear to be any fixed set of standards from one factory to the next. Every factory seems to be using their own specs. In my experience with these rifles it seems that parts will always require hand fitting. They can really be a nightmare to work on. The book "Practical Gunsmithing" from DBI books has a whole chapter dedicated to Gunsmith Kinks for troubleshooting and repair of the SKS. I've decked out a half dozen of them for friends as Sporters. All but one of them required a lot of hand fitting for the new scope mount dustcovers. I haven't done any barrel work with them. I would imagine that fitting up a new barrel could be a difficult project on a Chinese SKS".........................
http://www.proshooter.org/cgi/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=14;t=000028;p=0
