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Another satisfied weimajack customer and another refurb Russian SKS. Received it yesterday and spent a couple of hours cleaning it up last night. It is in fantastic shape and all the numbers are original and matching, except for the gas system which was force matched. Sorry for the crappy pics, my flash was underexposing everything with the light coloured carpet under the dark rifle. If anybody cares, I will get some better ones tomorrow with some daylight to work with.

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Mark
 
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mmattockx said:
Got a case of ammo sitting by and will be out for a test drive as soon as the arctic weather retreats back to where it came from. No safe queens in my collection if I can help it.

Mark
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My friends laughed when I told them I wanted to parkerize a laminate SKS and keep it as a pretty gun either in my safe or trigger locked above the redneck fireplace. (the barbeque)
 
The gas system may or may not be force matched, Vladimir at West Rifle claims that the electro pencil marking on the gas system is done that way because stamping a serial number may damage the tube. Anyone else care to chime in?
 
otter said:
The gas system may or may not be force matched, Vladimir at West Rifle claims that the electro pencil marking on the gas system is done that way because stamping a serial number may damage the tube. Anyone else care to chime in?
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Exact! My unissued Tula 1953 have the gas cylinder and piston electro-penciled.
 
98%Brent said:
Nice rifle! Why would they electropencil a new rifle's gas tube and how can one verify that a rifle was never issued?
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Possibly so parts could be matched to the right rifle during armory refurb/repairs, or even in the field.

No idea on how to verify a rifle is unissued though.
 
Yep;electopenciled serial # on the gas tube isn't a force match,it's original.Alot of weimajack's sks's have only had the hardwood stock swapped out with a laminate from arsenal. that's why alot of laminates have hardwood on the gas tube. It's original to the rifle. laminate isn't force matched either as it was new and stamped to the rifles serial# when installed at the arsenal.
 
plinker 777 said:
Yep;electopenciled serial # on the gas tube isn't a force match,it's original.Alot of weimajack's sks's have only had the hardwood stock swapped out with a laminate from arsenal. that's why alot of laminates have hardwood on the gas tube. It's original to the rifle. laminate isn't force matched either as it was new and stamped to the rifles serial# when installed at the arsenal.
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Sometimes there's a number electropenciled on the piston's stem, too.
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svt1940 said:
Exact! My unissued Tula 1953 have the gas cylinder and piston electro-penciled.
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My unissued '51 has the gas tube and gas piston electropenciled.

Sometimes, the old electropenciling is blued over (or painted over) and forced matched. Its not hard to tell if that occurred on a blued finish, but harder on a painted finish. However, if your finish is painted, it don't matter because its a "heavy" refurb.

Most of Weimajacks SKS's, as noted above are 100% original in every regard, with the exception of the stocks being replaced during the arsenal refurb process. Some stocks are recycled hardwood, some are recycled 1950's laminate (my preference), and some are new or newer production laminate.
 
I have edited my OP with more and better pics. This rifle is a '53 and has the refurb <> marks on the receiver cover. As can now be seen in the pics, all the numbers match, including the stock. Good to know that the electro pencil on the gas tube is original. There was no marking on the gas piston rod that I noticed while I was cleaning out the cosmoline. The rifle is in fantastic shape both inside and out and looks like it wasn't used after refurb.

I can't wait to get it out to the range once the weather lets up here. Should be the last weekend in January, because I have a hockey tournament to be at next weekend. Hopefully, my front sight isn't too far out and I won't need to buy a sight tool for one round of adjusting.

Mark
 
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ah the sight tools are cheap anways, and a good investment because your red rifle collection will grow. I'm glad to see there is still numbers matching Russian SKS's out there
 
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