I have a yugo sks. I don't have a bad thing to say about her. Only thing I'd like to know if anyone experiences the same thing I do. After i load the mag, if I just pull the bolt back enough for the release and sent it in the bolt wont catch it and goes into the chamber. If I take the bolt and pull it all the way back till it stops then release it always grabs the round. Anyone experience this too?

Don't baby it, pull the charging handle back and let it fly! Its built to outlast anything you can do to it--

I'm not worried about breaking it. I know they can handle it. I was just curios if anyone else had a similar situation. 

I suppose your not allowing it to work with full manual spring pressure on the first round. Yank back hard on the bolt, make it slam itself into battery firmly.

 

For the record, I haven't had any such issue with my Chinese SKS.