Chinese SKS Dating Thread

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oh, ok. Time to do some reading. It's been sitting in the back of the safe ignored for years up here in Canada. Thanks so much for your troubles.

If its mostly matching or all matching.... Don't ever take less then $450 Canadian.. thats a pretty rare gem up there from what Im seeing.
 
Just picked up a cosmoline covered sks, looks like an arsenal /946\***(3 Chinese letters) 1500288 serial number. Anything you can tell me about it ?
 
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I have a mismatched sks with early long lug barrel...there are no factory numbers on the receiver gust a 5 digits serial number on the left side...10756...there is alos numbers at the bottom of the lug and a few number marks on various spots down the barrel.
 
Commonly referred to as a Ghost Gun because of the absence of any distinct national identifying marks.

Ghost gun serial numbers run from the low 2,000's thru ~214,000.

This 10k serial was produced in 1956-- most likely in the first two months of Chinese production under Soviet supervision.

Check here:
http://chinesesks.weebly.com/195657-ghost.html
And here:
http://chinesesks.weebly.com/dating-the-chinese-sks.html

Or more likely scrubbed and re serial numbered for Commercial sale...
 
Yep. That's Ghost Gun/Serial Number Only carbine. One of the earliest Chinese guns. Essentially an exact copy of the final Soviet sks design, differing only in the wood used for the stock.

Which parts are matching and which are mismatched?
 
It is all mismatched...has earlier bolt with lightening cut...stamped trigger.. Spike bayonet...bought it at cabelas in regina last year. Just finished refinishing the stock..will post a pic.
 
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