SKS/Tapco stocks - The Firearms Forum

Salvage33 · 04-10-2011, 09:47 PM

Am trying to install a new Tapco stock on a Yugo SKS. The part I'm have a problem with is getting the pins out of the gas tube. I know they are tapered, but have already broken one punch trying to drive them out. Yes, I am driving from the small side to the large side. LOL

I have soaked the pins in Kroil and they still won't budge. Any suggestions?

John

MUROFSMRA · 04-10-2011, 10:01 PM

IIRC, most of those old "Ninja-look" kits (well, yes, I did have a couple, myself) came with the camo version already with gas-tube installed. YMMV.
There IS REPEAT "IS" a difference in length between Russ., and Norinco, and Yugo/com.bloc.) gas tubes. But driving out the pins shouldn't matter unless you want to keep the antique wood for later retro-installing.

kelly · 04-11-2011, 04:55 PM

If you have the little cleaning kit that goes in the buttstock, that steel punch will drive out any pin on the gun. Rap the crap outa it with a hammer. It'll come out.

Kieran McCaig · 04-11-2011, 08:35 PM

Had the same problem when I did mine.you just got to beat the hell out of them.I ended up breaking the wood so watch out.

Salvage33 · 04-11-2011, 09:59 PM

Thanks for the prompt responses. Okay..don't have the sight adjustment tool, but do have new set of punches, and I was trying to be fairly gentle with it. As far as saving the wood...not worried about that. So it's the old "get a bigger hammer" thing. LOL

I'll probably beat it out of their tomorrow. Thanks again.

John

JLA · 04-12-2011, 09:13 AM

Just use the fattest punch you can that will still fit thru the hole and give it hell.

zkovach · 04-18-2011, 08:47 PM

I had more trouble with the pin tapco gave me. I actually ended up using the original pin. But as far as your problem give it hell. Don't want to be a jerk here but I'm guessing there's space for the pin to move out of the other side and u aren't just driving it into the table. I had to ask because my pin was so stubborn.

ZERGDOGG · 04-24-2011, 01:03 AM

just did this, I broke that cleaning kit punch it was useless I had to use a 1/8" hardened steel punch ( harbor freight )that I ground down on a grinder ( tapered ) so it would fit and still be long enough ..had a friend hold the gas tube on a small anvil part of the bench vise.make sure the only part resting on the anvil is the thick part of the gas tube if you have the whole tube on it I think it might dent the tube .I whacked it with a regular hammer as I was afraid to use a bigger one eventually it came out slowly bit by bit , funny thing is when we reassembled the gas tube with the poly cover the pin slid right in with only a light tap.Ive seen a youtube vid of someone just pushing it out without even using a hammer.but not on this beasty..good luck with yours.........

04-10-2011, 09:47 PM	#1
Salvage33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Shreveport, LA why leave the USA to visit a 3rd world country? Posts: 475	SKS/Tapco stocks Am trying to install a new Tapco stock on a Yugo SKS. The part I'm have a problem with is getting the pins out of the gas tube. I know they are tapered, but have already broken one punch trying to drive them out. Yes, I am driving from the small side to the large side. LOL I have soaked the pins in Kroil and they still won't budge. Any suggestions? John __________________ Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween. -->

04-10-2011, 10:01 PM	#2
MUROFSMRA Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 26	SKS/Tapco stocks IIRC, most of those old "Ninja-look" kits (well, yes, I did have a couple, myself) came with the camo version already with gas-tube installed. YMMV. There IS REPEAT "IS" a difference in length between Russ., and Norinco, and Yugo/com.bloc.) gas tubes. But driving out the pins shouldn't matter unless you want to keep the antique wood for later retro-installing. __________________ "Your final readiness exam will not come after you hear "Shooters ready" on the line, but rather when you are accosted with 'Yo! Homey!', at the Circle K." Gabe Suarez. Listen-up, foot-soldiers in the Cause: wouldn't it be nice if all U.S. newspapers, plus all elected officials, worked as hard for border control as they do for gun control? Send each one a letter reminding them of the RKBA forces that go into battery at each election.

04-11-2011, 04:55 PM	#3
kelly Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 13	Re: SKS/Tapco stocks If you have the little cleaning kit that goes in the buttstock, that steel punch will drive out any pin on the gun. Rap the crap outa it with a hammer. It'll come out.

04-11-2011, 08:35 PM	#4
Kieran McCaig Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: canada Posts: 1,469	Re: SKS/Tapco stocks Had the same problem when I did mine.you just got to beat the hell out of them.I ended up breaking the wood so watch out. __________________ My 2 cents worth is only.183 with exc hange.

04-11-2011, 09:59 PM	#5
Salvage33 V.I.P. Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Shreveport, LA why leave the USA to visit a 3rd world country? Posts: 475	Re: SKS/Tapco stocks Thanks for the prompt responses. Okay..don't have the sight adjustment tool, but do have new set of punches, and I was trying to be fairly gentle with it. As far as saving the wood...not worried about that. So it's the old "get a bigger hammer" thing. LOL I'll probably beat it out of their tomorrow. Thanks again. John __________________ Living in a nudist colony takes all the fun out of Halloween.

04-12-2011, 09:13 AM	#6
JLA TFF Moderator/Host Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Heart Of Texas Contributor Posts: 17,315	Re: SKS/Tapco stocks Just use the fattest punch you can that will still fit thru the hole and give it hell. __________________ It takes 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 3 for proper trigger squeeze. The latest caliber or gear is no substitute for experience and skill. Rifles and cartridges don't make hits -- shooters do. Fact of life: After Monday and Tuesday, even the calendar says WTF!

04-18-2011, 08:47 PM	#7
zkovach Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,005	Re: SKS/Tapco stocks I had more trouble with the pin tapco gave me. I actually ended up using the original pin. But as far as your problem give it hell. Don't want to be a jerk here but I'm guessing there's space for the pin to move out of the other side and u aren't just driving it into the table. I had to ask because my pin was so stubborn. __________________ Liberalism: Poverty for ALL!!

04-24-2011, 01:03 AM	#8
ZERGDOGG Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Posts: 1	Re: SKS/Tapco stocks just did this, I broke that cleaning kit punch it was useless I had to use a 1/8" hardened steel punch ( harbor freight )that I ground down on a grinder ( tapered ) so it would fit and still be long enough ..had a friend hold the gas tube on a small anvil part of the bench vise.make sure the only part resting on the anvil is the thick part of the gas tube if you have the whole tube on it I think it might dent the tube .I whacked it with a regular hammer as I was afraid to use a bigger one eventually it came out slowly bit by bit , funny thing is when we reassembled the gas tube with the poly cover the pin slid right in with only a light tap.Ive seen a youtube vid of someone just pushing it out without even using a hammer.but not on this beasty..good luck with yours.........