Quote Originally Posted by 86k10 View Post
i have read about a limited amount of stamped receiver chinese sks's. never seen one in person.

i have had one Romanian sks and they were ok. nothing to talk bad about.

and i just sold a chinese surplus sks that the guy told me it was screwed in barrel. tapered and had 2 flat spots for a wrench but i dont know the difference.

just my $.02
they are not Stamped Receivers. what the stamped vs. milled refers to is the trigger group.
all Russian have a milled trigger group. the Chi-Com's came with either a milled (one piece trigger housing) or stamped. the stamped trigger group's trigger guard, instead of being part of the housing is actually tack/spot welded to the housing.
ALL the receivers on SKS's are milled/forged/cast not stamped.
Russian bbls are all threaded into the receiver. Chi-Com have both threaded & pinned (pressed) in bbls. If you are concerned about a Pinned SKS bbl, sell your AK. those bbls are pinned too.
If you would like to know more about the SKS i have a few books on the subject. the best is a duncan long. I have them available for sale along with a few different FN books.

as for the "uncontrolled fire" that too is based upon a rifle that was
1) not cleaned correctly prior to firing. there were issues with small amounts of grease in the f/pin area that unless broke down, and cleaned, did not come out easily.

2) some Chi-Com f/pins were a tad longer then normal. a quick adjustment with a file resolved that issue.
with any of the AK's or SKS' you should never slam the bolt assy/ into battery with one in the chamber as it might just go off. Unless you are at the range.
the later com-block stuff did not present the issues the early guns did.
even some of the chi-com ammo was prone to high primers. combine the 2 and it's unintended rock & roll time.
the SKS that took AK mags. later paratrooper's with a block where the bayo lug mount use to be was notoriuos for this. slamfire-a-rama. few but still enough to shy away from them in the late 80's