How to Tell What Type of Sks You Have
12-17-201605:39 PM #ane
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Help with identifying SKS
I merely picked up this SKS from Southern Ohio Gun, it was listed as Chinese, but later picking information technology up I'g not finding whatsoever markings that I recognize from the either the chinese or RussianID pinned posts. The import mark, which I didn't take a picture of, does say China on information technology.
Any help would be appreciated! I tried to post pictures of whatever and all markings that I could observe.
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12-17-201606:45 PM #2
Welcome to the forum, no markings on the embrace at all? I call up the marking at the dorsum of the rear sight means infinity in Russian
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12-17-201607:21 PM #3
I would say not Chinese because of the bayonet existence a apartment blade rather than a cruciform bayonet. I don't know that China ever fitted whatsoever flat-bladed type bayonets to their SKSs??? There should be enough markings present to give a positive I.D. on the country of origin; information technology's simply a case of finding someone who knows what the markings mean. Still, y'all accept come up to the correct place and give information technology a few days, you lot should have an answer. My estimate is Russia
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12-17-201607:49 PM #4
Some other betoken which is so obvious I most overlooked it, there appears to be no Chinese writing on your SKS and you oasis't mentioned the presence of whatever. I do have a U.G. deactivated SKS which I know to exist of Chinese origin are at that place most certainly is Chinese writing on it. I have already posted pictures of information technology on this Forum just I will do so once again which may be helpful and of involvement.
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12-17-201608:55 PM #v
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Originally Posted by Flying10uk
I would say not Chinese because of the bayonet being a flat blade rather than a cruciform bayonet. I don't know that People's republic of china ever fitted whatever apartment-bladed blazon bayonets to their SKSs???
Early production Chinese SKS's, and so called Sino-Soviet SKS's had bract bayonets and a fair number of them where built with left over parts from when Soviet
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12-17-201610:04 PM #6
Your pics are non really comprehensive either...more than typical flat side pics would help. Top, sides...
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12-17-201610:46 PM #seven
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Here are some pictures of the height and back of the dust cover and one of the import stamp. I didn't accept any pictures of the correct side of the receiver because there weren't any markings, just I will put up a few more pictures in the morning.
There are no chinese symbols on the rifle
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12-eighteen-201609:14 AM #8
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More pictures! Sides, top, one of the bottom (trigger guard/magazine). If I can provide any clearer pictures or whatever of a particular surface area, delight let me know! There really just aren't many markings at all other than the serial number and a couple poorly stamped markings around the where the butt meets the receiver (pictures in the before post). There is a kinda blurry moving-picture show I posted earlier, information technology's the bottom of the barrel where it goes into the receiver, it looks like a backwards 3, followed past 1 half dozen 0
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12-18-201601:55 PM #9
That receiver looks to have been re-blued...the cover for sure and the flats of the receiver. The rest not and so. I wonder...it would explain absence of number/letter...
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12-18-201606:09 PM #10
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Yous have a very early on chinese SKS. Near a year before the addition of the /26\ Land Armory stamp and several years before the improver of 3-character "Type 56" designation stamp (五六式).You have what is commonly referred to as a "Ghost Rifle". When these recent import Chinese rifles outset began to appear in the Us en masse via Republic of albania (post 2010), collectors and and mil-surp enthusiasts had a difficult time identifying their national origin. With no Arsneal stamp to place it as Soviet
Because of the mystery regarding national origins, some collectors began referring to them as "Ghost Rifles". Many nonetheless use the term, despite the fact that information technology has been proven that they are Chinese guns (partially made in USSR and China). Some detect the term "Ghost" annoying and misleading and refer to this early serial number pattern on Chinese SKS'south equally "series number just" rifles. Which is irksome, IMO.
The "Ghost" rifle serial range runs from around 2000 -- 213,000. Around the 213k serial range, the /26\ State Factory Stamp appears. Through extensive research, the date of the beginning /26\ stamp has been pinpointed to early 1957 (likely April when Jianshe /26\ became officially state owned).
Accordingly, your early v digit Ghost Rifle was likely between April and June of 1956...on of the first 15,000 Chinese SKS carbines.
It'due south a cute rifle. Appears to be all matching. The stock is in astonishing condition, and probable refinished post import. Merely there is a possibility that information technology is an 'as-issued' carbine. Have y'all checked the lesser of the piston tube and the piston shaft itself to meet if they still have the electro-penciled series numbers?
I have two all matching Ghost Rifles in my collection. 187k and 210k series number range, much later than yours. And though both of my stocks match, they aren't in nearly as good of condition...and I have no intention to refinish them.
I accept to disagree with the above claim that the whatsoever part of this carbine has been reblued. Information technology does not appear to take been reblued. Which doesn't mean it hasn't been retouched, but the photos don't seem to demonstrate rebluing. I accept 7 early Type 56'south at to the lowest degree four of them retain 75%-99% of their original bluing.
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