The AR15/M16 rifles can also slam fire, but it is very rare. The
firing pin will hit the primer any time the bolt closes, but not
normally with enough force to set it off. Sometimes the primer goes
off anyway. The only time I have heard of this happening in the
civilian world was more due to ammo than the rifle. There are some
small rifle primers (Esp Remington) that have softer primer cups than
is normal for a high power rifle round. When the firing pin hits the
primer (under its own inertia only) the primer goes off. Sometimes
this results in a single round going off, sometimes it can result in
multiple rounds fired. Note this is normally only an issue for guy who
load their own ammo, as all the major ammo companies use hard primers
in their .223 rounds.
On Wed, Feb 23, 2011 at 11:42 AM, derf <derf247 at gmail.com> wrote:
> There is no sear in an SKS that you can take out and have full auto fire.
> You can modify the trigger group and get it to fire to fire full auto but
it
> is highly illegal to do so in the US.
>
> There were small numbers of select fire, full/semi auto SKSs made. They
can
> be identified by a button type mechanism on the bolt. A few are rumored to
> have slipped into the US because people didn't know what to look for.
>
> The SKSs do have a floating firing pin that can malfunction and cause the
> gun to fire full auto until the magazine is empty. The firing pin
> essentially gets stuck in the forward position and the gun works like an
> open bolt auto. It takes corrosion (not hard to get if you use corrosive
> ammo) and lack of cleaning to cause it, but it can happen. You can search
> "SKS slamfire" for more info.
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