clandestine
AR-15 Savant
If you have purchased SKS Stripper Clips recently you should test them. Most of the ones on the market now are complete junk. I used to have a ton of them I bought for 5 cents each and I gave them all away years ago. I never knew they would get so hard to find good clips.
So with my recent SKS salvage, I bought some from various sources on the Internet and they were all problematic. Some wouldn't fit into the bolt slot, some lost rounds when moved, and some didn't allow the rounds to be fed into the rifle. Out of several hundred none would work. These junk Chinese commercial stripper clips are sold by several retailers and surplus outfits, and some are marked with a 31 stamped on them. They are still junk.
My frustration led me to ebay. I found some fellas selling CZECH made 7.62X39 Stripper Clips for the vz-58, vz58, and the VZ2008. They are often called BXN63 marked AK Stripper Clips.
They cost about a buck a Clip just like the junky commercial ones, but the CZECH ones work like butter. Rounds stay in the clips, they easily fit into the bolt slot, and they feed smooth.
I do have a few YUGO Stripper Clips too but they are a little harder to find.
So if you have an SKS or 2, and don't use aftermarket mags (You can't in any SKS purchased after 10/2013 in MD anyway), and want to locate some great clips while you can, you should do so. If they don't have the BXN62 markings then they are probably some Chinese junk commercial ones.
Happy Hunting.
Yes I'll post up the SKS picture soon. I'm glass bedding it now so no pics at the moment.
So with my recent SKS salvage, I bought some from various sources on the Internet and they were all problematic. Some wouldn't fit into the bolt slot, some lost rounds when moved, and some didn't allow the rounds to be fed into the rifle. Out of several hundred none would work. These junk Chinese commercial stripper clips are sold by several retailers and surplus outfits, and some are marked with a 31 stamped on them. They are still junk.
My frustration led me to ebay. I found some fellas selling CZECH made 7.62X39 Stripper Clips for the vz-58, vz58, and the VZ2008. They are often called BXN63 marked AK Stripper Clips.
They cost about a buck a Clip just like the junky commercial ones, but the CZECH ones work like butter. Rounds stay in the clips, they easily fit into the bolt slot, and they feed smooth.
I do have a few YUGO Stripper Clips too but they are a little harder to find.
So if you have an SKS or 2, and don't use aftermarket mags (You can't in any SKS purchased after 10/2013 in MD anyway), and want to locate some great clips while you can, you should do so. If they don't have the BXN62 markings then they are probably some Chinese junk commercial ones.
Happy Hunting.
Yes I'll post up the SKS picture soon. I'm glass bedding it now so no pics at the moment.
