I bought a 1952 Tula SKS last month.

 

I just received a bunch of Chinese SKS stripper clips from eBay.

 

They do not fit into the bolt carrier unless I really force and wiggle them in, sometimes taking 30 seconds or so, thus defeating the purpose of the rapid reloading with stripper clips.

 

Do Russian SKS stripper clip inlets on the bolt carrier differ from other SKS bolt carriers?

I'm in need of stripper clips myself and am wondering the same thing. Any difference for a chinese sks?

I've found that some stripper clips work well and some don't.  Also - some work in 1 direction and some work in both.  All of mine have an arrow that indicates which side works better

Ah, I will check for an arrow.

I have a bunch for my Yugo, never tried them in a Chinese or Russian.

I had a Chinese SKS and my experience is the same as Krdshrk.

Forgot to mention mine's a Chicom SKS too.

ncstar chinese strippers need to be modified, need to bend the tabs with needle nose pliers in order to work

 

new manufactured ones suck they are hit or miss

 

 

look for yugo or russian parkarized ones

Ok. No arrows. I spent about 30 minutes filing and bending 2 clips to get them to work.

 

No luck.

 

Not worth it to continue with this, as the SKS is a fun range toy.

 

Going to marketplace.....

If we meet up at all, toss me a reminder - I'll let you try a couple of the ones I have.  Can't remember where I got 'em but they work great.

I got 20 from ebay a couple years ago. Some work and some don't. Seems to be hit or miss with them. They were chinese and I have an Albanian SKS.