Absolutely. For me it started with the Makarov pistol. There is something extremely rewarding about taking apart a machine and figuring out *exactly* how it works.

Thank you for the kind words. Sincerely appreciated.

Thanks friend!

Thanks a ton, this made my morning!

Best thing ever

Thanks, friend!

I really appreciate that - thank you.

I really appreciate that - thank you.

I like to use a steam cleaner on the metal parts if I use corrosive ammo, make sure I get all that salt out of there.

That’s a great video to idea - I’ll try to make it a priority. One really important factor with corrosive ammunition is climate. Corrosive ammunition isn’t actually corrosive, but rather it attracts moisture from the air. As I understand it, firing corrosive ammunition in a zero humidity has absolutely no risk of actually causing corrosion. Consequently, guys like myself who live in very nearly zero-humidity environments can often get away with a lot more than guys who live in humid environments. This explains why some people will report that all they have to do to neutralize corrosive primers is to fire a few rounds of non-corrosive, meanwhile that might have very different results for someone else.

Hi there from South Africa. I live in the centre of the country which is semi desert and i always use chinese military surplus ammo because its available and relatively well priced. I do the same as you, every time i shoot it. So far never had rust even when stored for 3 month when i am away at work. I use my FN plastic coated cable as i find the standard cleaning rod a pain because its too short anyway. Its on the rifle just to complete the package. cheers.

I keep forgetting that actually happened 🤦‍♂️. What a bizarre situation lol. Hope the p&w job came out well (but not *too* well). Thanks for watching and commenting, I really do appreciate it.

@@Triangle26 I undid a p&w, the non-smooth brain way lol

Thanks for watching friend!

Excellent! Great minds think alike.

Absolutely.. maybe it’s YT these days but wondered if I would find out “WhY BoRe SnAKeS are RuiNinG YoUr RiFle!!” 😂

Thanks man, much appreciated.

Congrats! You’ve got a great rifle, and perhaps an even greater uncle.

Great suggestion, thank you. I will look into that!

For sure - I treat them like princesses. Everything you describe works just fine. Even if you don't have a bootlace, you can usually perform adequate preventative maintenance simply by staring at them intently.

Thanks friend!

I sincerely appreciate that, thank you!

Thanks for watching! I absolutely agree, a little grease is great. The rifles don't necessarily *need* it, but it sure does help everything run than much more smoothly.

Sounds good, I'll make that a priority. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Oh that would have been a great bit to include - shoot! There’s definitely a trick to it (basically holding everything at a 45 degree downward angle so the bolt remains locked to the carrier and gravity pulls everything into place). I’ll try to include that in a future video.

@@Triangle26 Happens to me too from time to time and pretty much like the FN rifle, gravity or the bolt carrier gets stuck.

@@paulhare662 Thanks for the tip, sounds like a good product!

Thanks friend! I'll definitely make the corrosive ammo video a priority.

Thanks friend!

I certainly hope to! Any particular requests?

​@Triangle26 The Albanian imported Chinese Tokarevs that came in recently could be an interesting topic.

@@bearjam5372 Great idea. I don’t have any, but my neighbor bought like 3 of them which I can probably use for a video. I’ll try to make that happen!

Thanks friend, I get it. My job was awesome *when I got to do it* . For every minute I spent doing my job well, I must have spent an hour doing someone else's job poorly. Army just can't let a good thing be, lol.

Thanks friend, I sincerely appreciate it. 3in1 is great stuff.

Aaar

Great question. Here is the way I think about "long-term" storage: The question isn't necessarily how long the weapon will be stored for, the question is how long it will take you to recognize if the storage conditions change. For example, I have essentially no firearms in long term storage currently, despite having a few that I haven't handed or fired in a couple years. Even though I'm not using them, I am regularly verifying that their storage area is safe and dry. Say a pipe bursts and I start getting water dripping into my storage area, I will recognize and correct that issue very quickly. By contrast, last time I left home for an extended period (9 months), I prepped all my firearms for long-term storage, because I knew that if the storage conditions changed, that might go unnoticed and uncorrected for a little while. So that's where personal factors come in. If somebody wants to "set and forget", long term storage rules apply. If someone plans to make regular contact with their firearms, whether or not they are actually handling/using them, short to medium term standards are fine. The "gold standard" for long-term SKS storage is cosmoline. A properly cosmoline packed SKS can pretty much be stuck behind a cabinet in a moldy oceanfront warehouse, and will probably be good to when someone finds it a few decades later. In terms of a more modern long-term storage solution, I generally just do an exceptionally thorough cleaning, then package the rifle in a sealed VCI-infused plastic bag.

@@Triangle26 Always such a thought out and detailed response. Thanks a million.

Glad you caught that lol - I was really appreciating that irony as well. That's a great anecdote about the Yugo. It's bizarre how detached from reality some folk's perceptions of firearms are. I see a commercial AR-15, I think of controlled gun ranges, competitions, and KZfaq videos. I see an M59/66, I think of war crimes. And yet the AR is the scary one?

Totally. I've had a few malfunctions over the years, but given how many rounds I have put through these rifles, it's still an unbelievably low failure rate. Except for one Albanian I have which is an absolute dumpster fire (actually the rifle I am cleaning in this video). But once again, that's quite the exception.

Very clever!

This is a Yugo M59/66, I take it? Hard to say, there are few possibilities, the most obvious of which is that the spring is frozen by rust or debris. If you remove your buttpad, you should be able to disassemble the trapdoor and find out what's going on in there.

Can't say that I have! Shoot me a link if you have it, I was unable to find anything with search.

@@Triangle26 its at 7:15 (called "slushing") altho now I think it was another HGH vid since I seem to remember the term cosmolene at that part... fun to think of the similar industrial steps for all the SKS made kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aZ-ngJCd36q7dWg.html&ab_channel=HighCaliberHistory

Yes and no. You can absolutely polish away corrosion spots from a bolt carrier, the problem is that this may make the the metal more prone to corrosion in the future. I have one SKS bolt carrier that a previous owner seems polished, and it’s the only SKS component I own that regularly tries to rust on me. My philology with corrosion/pitting is that if I can’t make it disappear with brass wool, it’s there to stay. Your mileage may vary!

Been there

The line between military and commercial is blurry. Many “commercial” rifles were originally manufactured for military purposes. That said, if your rifle has a military model designation (the three Chinese characters you describe) and no weird commercial features (sporting stock, neutered bayonet lug, optic rail, shortened barrel, etc) the most likely explanation is that it is a military production Type 56 Carbine, as marked.

@@Triangle26 thank you it has none of those things it does need a spike boyonet it has a blade one but I think rhe owner before me put that on polytechnic makes some for cheap I think they are new would that hurt anything?

Sometimes I do use it, yes, but only in specific situations. I think it's a great cleaning agent to use on particularly grimy rubbed oil finishes. Additionally, I think it's a great way to add a little protection to heavily worn original finishes, or stocks with dents or scratches that have exposed unfinished wood. In applications like that, I absolutely recommend it as a means to clean or protect a stock without compromising the historically accurate finish. For example, my "Sino-Banian" (like many others), came with a pretty beat up stock. Rather than refinish it as some did, I gave it a very thorough rubdown with Howard F&W, and I am happy with the result. I don't use it for general stock conditioning, but I don't use anything for general stock conditioning. Even in my very dry climate, I've never found that to be necessary. That said, if someone was in a different situation, I think it's a good product to use. I think of it as the Ballistol of wood conditioners. Very neutral, doesn't hurt anything, only drawback is a funny smell.

⁠​⁠@@Triangle26 Thank you for giving me so much of your time very useful Thank you sir🫡

Is your magazine mismatched? That’s a fairly uncommon issue with a matching magazine, but sometimes tolerances stack the wrong way with mismatched parts. Either way, if you’ve confirmed it’s not an assembly issue, and it’s coming down to just half a mm or so, careful filing of the magazine catch may be appropriate. Magazine catches are also replaceable, so it’s not a super high risk experiment.

@@Triangle26 thanks bro

What are the numbers? For your privacy feel free to leave out the actual digits, but I need to know the total number of digits. For example: 17XXXXX

1 space 61 space then 8606

@@jacobcochran51 The spaces are unusual, but probably meaningless. I assume the coded number in the Triangle is not a “26”? The most obvious interpretation of your serial number is that it’s the 18,606th rifle made at (whatever factory code you have) in the 16th year of production, which is 1971. That would be a fairly typical date and production code.

The number in the triangle is 36

Thank you so much

triangletwentysix@gmail.com Heads up I am traveling until early December, so there may be a delay in my email response!

I do take down the tappet/secondary piston at 24:41. I don’t take down the recoil spring for routine cleaning, but more power to those who do!

I'll never get sick of hearing that. Hickok is the best.