The SKS Stripper Clip

[Chevy Boy]

Are those BXN stripper clips any good? I’ve been advised they were not made for the SKS and may be a little too wide to fit in an SKS correctly.

[Bubbazinetti]

I believe the BXN strippers were Czech or Yugo made by Sellier & Bellot.

[Greasemonkey]

Czech, they can be tight in some SKSs, but fit good in others, there can be little variances in clip guides and clips. They are used in a Vz52-Vz58.. and yes, if they fit the particular SKS.. they work really good. I've loaded 30rds from strippers into my Vz58 many times.

[Chevy Boy]

Czech, they can be tight in some SKSs, but fit good in others, there can be little variances in clip guides and clips. They are used in a Vz52-Vz58.. and yes, if they fit the particular SKS.. they work really good. I've loaded 30rds from strippers into my Vz58 many times.

Huh. So if I’m reading this right, they only work  for certain models of SKS but not others due to inconsistencies in the clips?

[Greatguns]

Czech, they can be tight in some SKSs, but fit good in others, there can be little variances in clip guides and clips. They are used in a Vz52-Vz58.. and yes, if they fit the particular SKS.. they work really good. I've loaded 30rds from strippers into my Vz58 many times.

Huh. So if I’m reading this right, they only work  for certain models of SKS but not others due to inconsistencies in the clips?

More, they were designed for Eastern European weapons that are chambered in the 7.62x39 and there are inconsistencies in the SKSs that people use them on. In other words, it's probably the Asian weapons that have issues because of Tolerance differences and QC in manufacturing of the SKS and AK platforms

[Greasemonkey]

I have one Chinese they work fine in, another Chinese they fit tight.  Technically, they were not developed for the SKS.. it just so happens they fit the x45 and x39 cartridge and happen to fit most SKSs.  The Czechs did not bow and use the SKS or AK design... they roll differently, a true commie rebel of the time. 

[Larry D.]

The Czechs did not bow and use the SKS or AK design... they roll differently, a true commie rebel of the time. 

Likely the only time that being a commie rebel was a good thing.

[Chevy Boy]

Does anybody have any information on the stripper clips marked "CTC"?

Are they commercial, milsurp? Anybody have experience using them?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/254900586561

[Greatguns]

Never seen that stamp on a clip before, but vaguely recall something like that on older Russian ammo boxes. Chinese have been historically stamped with numbers if anything so more than likely Russian.

As long as they aren't newer Chinese they'll probably be okay.

[Greasemonkey]

Thats a new one.. I almost lean towards modern reproduction.. out of the few hundred strippers I have Yugo, Czech, Chinese(milsurp), Russian.. none are blued and stamped like that. They are all parkerized finished.  The blued strippers have always ended up in the trash, they just typically don't work smoothly.

Typically Russian strippers have this stamp or something similar

[Greatguns]

I've had both old Chinese milsurp (arsenal stamped, but not 31/(31).) and Russian that were blued. Both worked fine, but I agree most blued are newer Chinese semi functional at best.

[Chevy Boy]

Thats a new one.. I almost lean towards modern reproduction.. out of the few hundred strippers I have Yugo, Czech, Chinese(milsurp), Russian.. none are blued and stamped like that. They are all parkerized finished.  The blued strippers have always ended up in the trash, they just typically don't work smoothly.

Typically Russian strippers have this stamp or something similar

Interesting…I’ve got a couple dozen of those 3TK strippers that are blued. Never seen one that was parkerized.

[Greasemonkey]

All of the blued ones I've come across had no markings.. and usually didn't work well at all and even felt flimsy. I also use SKS strippers to load or top off both of my Vz58s.... aka.. the BXN Czech strippers at times.. yup.. the SKS stripper isn't just used exclusively on SKSs... shoving 30rds into that rifle brings out weaknesses in clips very fast compared to the single 10rd shove in an SKS.