SKS Stripper Clip Recommendations

[todbiker]

I bought a Yugo SKS 59/66 a few months ago and have been meaning to pick up some stripper clips. Is one brand/type better than another?
Thanks for your help.

 

[ken792]

Obviously military beats commercial. If you ask around, I'm sure someone will give you a few for free. Until recently, Yugo cases of 1280 rounds on clips were plentiful.

I bought a box of NC Star ones (at Chantilly gun show, 20 for $10) that were marked 31 in a circle, which are Chinese military. They work just fine in my Norinco SKS. Other NC Star ones, like the unmarked and the Made in China marked ones are reportedly terrible. The only complaint I have against these circle 31 ones is that they don't do a good job of holding in all ten rounds when I remove them from a pouch (Chinese chest rig). Apparently Yugo and other Chinese clips do a better job. I just put some string on each clip so it can only feed from one side.

 

[armed ferret]

i have a bunch of gray parkerized ones i got....somewhere. they work splendidly. although i typically am too lazy to put my rounds on the clips, then load into the rifle...i usually just go from the box to the rifle.

 

[Mdeng]

PM me your address and I wil send some to you.

 

[todbiker]

PM me your address and I wil send some to you.

PM sent, thanks much!

 

[todbiker]

Obviously military beats commercial. If you ask around, I'm sure someone will give you a few for free. Until recently, Yugo cases of 1280 rounds on clips were plentiful.

I bought a box of NC Star ones (at Chantilly gun show, 20 for $10) that were marked 31 in a circle, which are Chinese military. They work just fine in my Norinco SKS. Other NC Star ones, like the unmarked and the Made in China marked ones are reportedly terrible. The only complaint I have against these circle 31 ones is that they don't do a good job of holding in all ten rounds when I remove them from a pouch (Chinese chest rig). Apparently Yugo and other Chinese clips do a better job. I just put some string on each clip so it can only feed from one side.

Yeah, I thought I had ordered a case with clips with the SKS from Wideners, but actually ordered just surplus rounds.

i have a bunch of gray parkerized ones i got....somewhere. they work splendidly. although i typically am too lazy to put my rounds on the clips, then load into the rifle...i usually just go from the box to the rifle.

Bought some Mosin stripper clips off Amazon that came with a rubber buttplate. Used the rubber buttplate, but got tired of fussing with the cheapo stripper clips. Someone mentioned fire treating them, but I havn't been that motivated to do it. That's the reason I posted this, to avoid buying crap strippers that will never get used. I did some research and depending on the country of manufacture, some clips work and some don't.

 

[peckman28]

My Yugo doesn't like half of the Chinese stripper clips I got for it. The ones that work are nice and drama-free, but the other half are just a little too wide to fit into the slit in the front of the bolt, and so they're useless to me. If you can find some that are actually from Yugoslavia that might be best, at least based on my experience. Then again, the Chinese ones are cheap enough that going through the trial and error may be worth it to you.