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FelixP · 11-11-2009, 05:50 PM

Hi all, I'm trying to put my Yugo SKS away, but the bayonet is stuck open. It was a pain in the ass to extend it, and now I can't fold it back in. I already sprayed it with some CLP. Is there a button or something I don'tknow about? i don't want to put too much force on it for fear of breaking something. Time is of the essence, thanks in advance.

The_Dunedan · 11-11-2009, 05:56 PM

Grasp bayonet collar, where blade meets hinge, or grasp by the collar/loop which goes over the muzzle.

Pull forwards, towards the muzzle. If the collar will not move, pull harder. If it -still- won't move, tap it forward with a hammer. It's an SKS; y'a'int gonna hurt it. If it won't move under hand pressure, it probably just means there's some leftover Cosmoline gunking up the collar's slidey bits.

Once collar moves, fold bayonet.

FelixP · 11-11-2009, 06:25 PM

Dude, Dun-man, you're my fucking hero. Thanks for the knowledge. I'll try to buy a gun from you some day to pay you back.

Plan9 · 11-11-2009, 09:01 PM

I can't stop laughing. This reminds me of the one time PFC Engel locked himself inside an up-armor.

FelixP · 11-13-2009, 01:13 PM

Glad I could amuse you. The thing was, I muscled it open because I didn't know about the collar, but then I couldn't muscle it closed. Kind of a pain in the ass, but I got it figured out now.

Plan9 · 11-13-2009, 01:53 PM

Is it a blade or spike bayonet?

FelixP · 11-15-2009, 05:00 PM

Blade. It's a yugoslavian M55/66A1.

Journeyman · 11-25-2009, 09:05 PM

Is PFC Engel a skinny white dude with thick glasses that trained with Charlie 2-54 at Benning?

11-11-2009, 05:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
FelixP Insane Location: I'm up they see me I'm down.	SKS bayonet stuck open Hi all, I'm trying to put my Yugo SKS away, but the bayonet is stuck open. It was a pain in the ass to extend it, and now I can't fold it back in. I already sprayed it with some CLP. Is there a button or something I don'tknow about? i don't want to put too much force on it for fear of breaking something. Time is of the essence, thanks in advance. __________________ Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me "I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

11-11-2009, 06:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
FelixP Insane Location: I'm up they see me I'm down.	Dude, Dun-man, you're my fucking hero. Thanks for the knowledge. I'll try to buy a gun from you some day to pay you back. __________________ Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me "I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

11-11-2009, 09:01 PM	#4 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	I can't stop laughing. This reminds me of the one time PFC Engel locked himself inside an up-armor. __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

11-13-2009, 01:13 PM	#5 (permalink)
FelixP Insane Location: I'm up they see me I'm down.	Glad I could amuse you. The thing was, I muscled it open because I didn't know about the collar, but then I couldn't muscle it closed. Kind of a pain in the ass, but I got it figured out now. __________________ Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me "I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

11-13-2009, 01:53 PM	#6 (permalink)
Plan9 I Confess a Shiver	Is it a blade or spike bayonet? __________________ *Whatever you can carry.* "You should not drink... and bake."

11-11-2009, 05:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
The_Dunedan Junkie	Grasp bayonet collar, where blade meets hinge, or grasp by the collar/loop which goes over the muzzle. Pull forwards, towards the muzzle. If the collar will not move, pull harder. If it -still- won't move, tap it forward with a hammer. It's an SKS; y'a'int gonna hurt it. If it won't move under hand pressure, it probably just means there's some leftover Cosmoline gunking up the collar's slidey bits. Once collar moves, fold bayonet.

11-15-2009, 05:00 PM	#7 (permalink)
FelixP Insane Location: I'm up they see me I'm down.	Blade. It's a yugoslavian M55/66A1. __________________ Free will lies not in the ability to craft your own fate, but in not knowing what your fate is. --Me "I have just returned from visting the Marines at the front, and there is not a finer fighting organization in the world." --Douglas MacArthur

11-25-2009, 09:05 PM	#8 (permalink)
Journeyman Like John Goodman, but not. Location: SFBA, California	Is PFC Engel a skinny white dude with thick glasses that trained with Charlie 2-54 at Benning?