Sks ferrule pin replacement

fastcarsgofast

I have an sks that is missing the front ferrule pin. Besides getting another ferrule pin, what can I pick up at the hardware store to use? I was thinking about a roll pin but did not know what size might work.

rufe-snow

Having difficulty identifying, "ferrule"?

fastcarsgofast

It is the the metal piece at the end of the gas tube that holds the hand guard on. Either 2b or 2c.

rufe-snow

I went to the Gun Parts site. The Ferrule pin is listed as part number #2 C, on their parts list. Their price is $3.30. For that money, I would buy it. If you don't want to go the Gun Parts route, either make one out of a cut off drill shank, or a roll pin of the proper diameter.

fastcarsgofast

$3.30 plus shipping makes it a $10 pin. I'd rather not pay that if I can avoid it.

Does anybody know what size roll pin would work?

Emmett Dunham

When you replace the pin you have to peen both sides of the pin and us a file to size it to fit back into position and there is not much left of the end of the pin holding the hand guard/gas cylinder in place. I think a nail cut down and peened will work fine, I found that this is a little bit bigger job than it looks, but I got the job done. I think that a roll pin will not hav enough material left to hold the pin in place once you file it down to fit.

Emmett