Smoothing out trigger pull

[Weldrdave]

Beings I'm still "fairly" new here, can anyone point me to a tread or advise to smooth out a trigger group.  I have one of my Chinese SKS's, "late model" in the 22 million serial sequence has a hard and almost grinding/bumping trigger pull.  To put it lightly, it SUCKS!  Is this all in the sear? should I pull apart the trigger group?  Even if its slightly hard pulling, as long as it's smooth pull, I'd be happy.  I haven't shot this on in about a year and I forgot how much a "bear" the trigger was.  I would appreciate any advise.  I never took a trigger group apart.    Thanks, Dave

[Greatguns]

Short answer is polishing the sear and hammer. Longer answer is you have to be careful of angles and how much you remove. Easy fix is paying $60-ish and sending it to Kivaari (Tom Prince) who is renowned for SKS trigger work.

[astronut]

Short answer is polishing the sear and hammer. Longer answer is you have to be careful of angles and how much you remove. Easy fix is paying $60-ish and sending it to Kivaari (Tom Prince) who is renowned for SKS trigger work.

^^^^^^This!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[hoopharted]

have you tried grease , like Mobile 1 synthetic?

[carls sks]

maybe a soaking in some mineral spirits and/or spray some wd40.

[astronut]

maybe a soaking in some mineral spirits and/or spray some wd40.

Mineral spirits, maybe yes.  WD 40,  definitely not!  I can not belive that people are still suggesting to use
WD 40 as a lubricant.  Get it through all of your heads people!  It is not a lubicant, it is a water displacemnet agent!      

[hoopharted]

maybe a soaking in some mineral spirits and/or spray some wd40.

Mineral spirits, maybe yes.  WD 40,  definitely not!  I can not belive that people are still suggesting to use
WD 40 as a lubricant.  Get it through all of your heads people!  It is not a lubicant, it is a water displacemnet agent!      

yup this , if you ask me WD-40 promotes rust

im telling you , i use and love CLP but for parts that require a lasting lube i use Mobile 1 synthetic bearing grease

[Phosphorus32]

WD-40. A subject like Windex 

Yes, WD-40 was designed as a water displacing agent. It's primarily hydrogenated mineral spirits and low viscosity oils (petroleum products). Ever spray a bunch into a small container and let it sit for a week? The mineral spirits and other volatiles evaporate but there is a bunch of light weight oil left behind. The rest of the ingredients are a trade secret, but it smells like petroleum because it is primarily composed of petroleum products. Does it promote rust? No. Should it be used as a lubricating protectant for long term storage of steel alloys prone to rust? No, use grease or a higher viscosity oil.

Mineral spirits has no lubrication properties whatsoever. It's just a solvent. Can it be used effectively to soak a part for removal of old oily dirt? Definitely. Will you have to lubricate those parts after soaking? Definitely.

[Weldrdave]

Short answer is polishing the sear and hammer. Longer answer is you have to be careful of angles and how much you remove. Easy fix is paying $60-ish and sending it to Kivaari (Tom Prince) who is renowned for SKS trigger work.

Thank you! Answer found! 

[hoopharted]

awsome , so Navy guy huh , bubble head here , MM2 ,USS Alabama SSBN 731 B , 1985 - 1989

[Greatguns]

Short answer is polishing the sear and hammer. Longer answer is you have to be careful of angles and how much you remove. Easy fix is paying $60-ish and sending it to Kivaari (Tom Prince) who is renowned for SKS trigger work.

Thank you! Answer found! 

On Tom's website (google Kivaari) he goes into good detail on what to look for in trigger action for a good trigger.

[Weldrdave]

awsome , so Navy guy huh , bubble head here , MM2 ,USS Alabama SSBN 731 B , 1985 - 1989

I started out in Navy, an HT, "Tin can (FF) sailor",  same years as you 85-89 then reserves 90-94,   Then USCG, 3 Cutters, 2 land units 96-2017

[hoopharted]

thats awsome , i did my hitch on a Trident and got out , i have time spent submerged that adds up to 2 years of my life has been spent under the water

[Weldrdave]

thats awsome , i did my hitch on a Trident and got out , i have time spent submerged that adds up to 2 years of my life has been spent under the water

I was on a Knox class FF, Med/Libya/Kadafy/ line of death thing... 1986. Battle group America out of Charleston, SC.

[hoopharted]

we just went out and hid , didnt get to go to ports , not too many countries are too keen on ballistic missiles parked in their back yard

[Weldrdave]

we just went out and hid , didnt get to go to ports , not too many countries are too keen on ballistic missiles parked in their back yard

Yeah!  I "completely understand that"!  .  We did several "war games" with the fast attack boats, that was fun.   A quick story on that, that will make you laugh.  I was on a Cutter about 200 miles off shore  of the Carolinas heading to Bermuda once and we got "SLAMMED" with 1 ping!!! Then about 30 seconds later, another.  Nearly everyone on the boat about $H!T their pants, I was in the engine room and of course you know how "loud" that is there when that happens, People started running around crazy saying what the Hell was that, are we gonna die... I was laughing my @$$ off at them and said, we just got Identity and range pinged by a Sub, and if they were gonna kill us, we'd have been dead by now.  The Command knew, " I think" but later to find out it was the USS Los Angeles.  I had heard that ping "MANY" times before but surely didn't expect it on a USCG Cutter!    .  I wish you could have seen the looks on some faces, and I was as cool as could be...

[Larry D.]

thats awsome , i did my hitch on a Trident and got out , i have time spent submerged that adds up to 2 years of my life has been spent under the water

I never did quite understand how anyone could be a bubblehead. I suppose it takes a certain type of personality to spend all that time underwater.
I can say with absolute certainty it ain't me. No green grass, no blue sky...no way. Not this kid.
God bless you for that ability.

Is it true that you guys get steaks every day?

[Bubbazinetti]

Glamorous, like living in a sewer as my sewer pipe sailor friends say.