Hornady 45-70 LEVERevolution brass is shorter than standard to accommodate the fancy shmancy pointed polymer tipped bullets in cycling in lever action rifles. Need to keep the correct oal...
Go over to Yoopers site and check out all the differences between the different year Russians. You may only have a 1950 bolt cover.
The gas block is later but that's all I can see from those pictures.
Russian SKS' are a lot of fun to research!
I'm thinking the OP must be talking about the area of the frame where the barrel presses into. That needs investigation. The seam in front of the trigger pin is normal..
I have a Gen 3 Universal I bought new in 1977. Never knew it was such a POS until the Al Gore invented the interwebs...
I have read that there could be an out of battery issue but I checked mine and the firing pin is blocked until just before full lock just like my GI.
The Gen 3 also has the...
Maybe, but an RG14 worked good enough for John Hinckley, Jr.
And look at all the trouble that caused!
Hence the reason I have this one in my "infamous guns" collection...
Just opened the box.....Brand new and unfired with a new unused magazine....
I kind of wonder however looking at the grips and the glare resistant milled top of the slide if this is a miss marked CZ70. The only designation is the CAI import mark stating CZ50.
Anyway, I'm happy...
OK...
I don't know if it's been said but in my experience rifle length AR's don't like lower powered (read that as steel cased Russian) ammo.
My carbine eats that stuff up but my A2 rifle chokes on it for every round....
I ordered surplus 7.62x25 years ago from I think Aim. Came in boxes of 6 loaded stripper clips and nickel silver bullets.
Been shooting that stuff from both my CZ52 and various Tokarevs ever since with no issues at all.