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DennisCA · Aug 2, 2015

I've been for something that:

1) Won't beat the crap out of my shoulder
2) Isn't a bolt-action (I've been collection nothing but bolt actions so far)

A couple of things:
* Numbers are all matching except the stock (which I don't think is original)
This is based on my research and things I've been told:
* Based on the numbers it looks like a early sino-soviet (1956-era)
* And yes I know the sling isn't the correct sling

After some searching I found a Type 56 SKS:

And the best feature - comso free!

engineerbrian · Aug 2, 2015

Nice pick up! I didn't realize they were CA legal.

kenpo333 · Aug 2, 2015

engineerbrian said:
Nice pick up! I didn't realize they were CA legal.

I didn't either but I love an sks

DennisCA · Aug 2, 2015

Yes the are (most of them any ways) the ones that fall into the 50 year rule

The Yugo SKS's are not due to the grenade attachment on the end of the barrel

Even though I have a C&R lic plus a COE - I still have to send a form and $19.00 to CA DOJ within 30 days of purchase (New rules since Jan 1 2015)

Armadillofz1 · Aug 2, 2015

DennisCA said:
Yes the are (most of them any ways) the ones that fall into the 50 year rule

The Yugo SKS's are not due to the grenade attachment on the end of the barrel

Even though I have a C&R lic plus a COE - I still have to send a form and $19.00 to CA DOJ within 30 days of purchase (New rules since Jan 1 2015)

If you feel like leaving I volunteer to lay down some suppressive fire while you get your family across the arizona border. You have to help link the belts though. :gun7:

fidelity · Aug 3, 2015

Great looking SKS, and in a condition that's nice to add to a collection no matter what state one resides.

Boom Boom · Aug 3, 2015

Looks nice. I like how most of the bluing is still intact. As you thought, the stock is a replacement, but the original was probably cracked badly or beat to hell. Enjoy it.

Minuteman · Aug 3, 2015

Nice. One of the nicest I've ever seen.

Vile Shadow · Aug 3, 2015

I like it.

The sling is incorrect, but still a purty rifle.

Cruacious · Aug 3, 2015

Always love a good SKS. Hope you enjoy that, better than murdering your shoulder on heavier rounds!

Machodoc · Aug 3, 2015

Hi, Dennis - That's a really nice looking rifle. I'm rather certain that it went through Albania, but the finish on that one survived better than most. While it's more typical to see the Sino-Albanians with rather tired-looking bluing, a few came through looking pretty good ... and some were exceptionally nice.

Conventional wisdom is that yours is one of the earlier ones, but there are some folks calling that into question now. I still think that the Jianshe arsenal "letter guns" are very early production, because I managed to get one that did not go through Albania, and that is like new. The stock on that one is Arctic Birch (Russian), and it makes little sense that Russian stocks would have been stored somewhere, then pulled out a few years later ... but it's up for debate.

That's a replacement stock on yours, but it looks really nice. I suspect that an earlier owner may have decided that the metal looked too good to keep it in a typical battered--perhaps cracked--stock, and they swapped it out.

Here are some photos of my early H-series Sino-Albanian. They were taken when I was doing the initial de-greasing. I'm not sure that I ever completely de-greased this one, and it remains in deep storage.

DennisCA · Aug 4, 2015

Machodoc - My SKS has serial numbers like yours, (all-matching except the stock, which has no serial numbers on it) in fact I took the butt plate off and saw this:

SKS%20Butt%20Stockwithout%20butt%20plate_zpse7fmeghb.jpg

Abulg1972 · Aug 4, 2015

DennisCA said:
The Yugo SKS's are not due to the grenade attachment on the end of the barrel

Because, you know, grenades are so accessible.

Great looking rifle. The wood is really nice for a Chinese SKS.

Machodoc · Aug 4, 2015

DennisCA said:
Machodoc - My SKS has serial numbers like yours, (all-matching except the stock, which has no serial numbers on it) in fact I took the butt plate off and saw this:

At first glance, that butt stock appears to have come off of an Albanian SKS. Do you have a photo of the butt plate as it was installed? Here's what an Albanian butt plate looks like. http://www.combatstocks.com/products/sks-buttplate

You may want to take a look at this thread from back when these guns were first starting to come into the U.S., and nobody was saying where they were coming from. It was little hints like this (but mostly the trench art) that verified these were coming out of Albania. http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=109294.0

DennisCA · Aug 4, 2015

Machodoc said:
At first glance, that butt stock appears to have come off of an Albanian SKS. Do you have a photo of the butt plate as it was installed? Here's what an Albanian butt plate looks like. http://www.combatstocks.com/products/sks-buttplate

You may want to take a look at this thread from back when these guns were first starting to come into the U.S., and nobody was saying where they were coming from. It was little hints like this (but mostly the trench art) that verified these were coming out of Albania. http://www.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=109294.0

The butt plate looks like this:

Machodoc · Aug 4, 2015

DennisCA said:
The butt plate looks like this:

I think that someone in Albania (or here) replaced the original stock with an Albanian and stuck one of the Chinese butt plates back onto it. That appears to be an Albanian butt stock. I had one Chinese SKS that came in with an Albanian fore stock on it.

54rndball · Aug 4, 2015

Nice! I think I need another SKS too.

Oldcarjunkie · Aug 4, 2015

Nice score on a Sino SKS OP.

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