Theaded Barrelled SKS; which ones?

Teapot

Teapot

CGN Ultra frequent flyer
EE Expired
Rating - 100%
27   0   0
Location
Hamilton, Ontario; the southern shore of Canada.
Well I just bought a Chinese fiberglass SKS stock yet I don't have an sks but will be buying one after I decide which one to get.

I am thinking a threaded barrel wold be better that the pinned one so my question is, which Chinese and Russian production years come with a threaded barrel (and hopefully chrome lined chamber and bore). I did a search but the search function is wanting.
I am just looking for a sturdy well-built sks. The Chinese carbines from Marstar are appealing due to them being non-refurbished but are they as robust and as well-made as the Russians? Yet Chinese have had a longer history of SKS production...
Most likely all SKS's are as good as the other. There a lot of threads on here, and I mean a lot, so pouring through them all is time-consuming and I only have one Saturday a week off so input today would be appreciated.
Thanks.
 
The best workmanship will be on the Russian SKS, and probably better steel. A couple of my friends have had extractors break on them and they both owned Chinese SKS's.
I'm sure the Chinese didn't just start their well known habit of using the very cheapest material to make something so it can be sold cheaply, just a few years ago. :) I'd go with a Tula or Izhevsk SKS if you want durability!
 
pisces-guy said:
The best workmanship will be on the Russian SKS, and probably better steel. A couple of my friends have had extractors break on them and they both owned Chinese SKS's.
I'm sure the Chinese didn't just start their well known habit of using the very cheapest material to make something so it can be sold cheaply, just a few years ago. :) I'd go with a Tula or Izhevsk SKS if you want durability!
Click to expand...

Their military equipment doesnt follow these standards. There is a huge difference between chinese military and chinese commercial SKS's. Teapot, read through Curtton's sticky on the type 56 (chinese) SKS, lots of great info and the answer to your questions. The Factory 625 Chinese Military SKS's that Marstar and Wiemajack are selling have threaded barrels. I cant say for sure if the spike bayonet and hardware will interchange on a russian, but I would imagine they would be the same dimensions. I take it you ordered a spike bayo stock? I prefer the spike myself. But anyways, pretty much all SKS's are sturdy and well built. The chinese commercial arent even that bad.
 
Teapot said:
So the Russian barrels, what year will they be threaded?
Can the Russian blade bayonet be exchanged for the Chinese spike?
Click to expand...

The stock will have to be cut to accept the spike as the spike is longer than the blade. The attachment is the same. Or you could spend a couple extra bucks on a '49 with a spike but then no chrome bore...

supernova said:
Their military equipment doesnt follow these standards. There is a huge difference between chinese military and chinese commercial SKS's.
Click to expand...

Totally.

.
 
Teapot said:
So the Russian barrels, what year will they be threaded?
Can the Russian blade bayonet be exchanged for the Chinese spike?
Click to expand...

All Russians will have threaded barrels. 49-mid 51 could have non-chrome bores.

The new Chi-coms are Military ones. The 1.5 millions are threaded. The 1.6 millions are pinned.

Neither Russian or Chinese have chrome chambers.

Which stock did you get, one for a threaded barrel or pinned?
 
Woodbeef said:
All Russians will have threaded barrels. 49-mid 51 could have non-chrome bores.
Click to expand...

Another reason to familiarize yourself with features like gas block shapes and receiver cuts that vary from year to year as the rebuild process wasn't real concerned with turning out collector's pieces ;) Can't always just read a dust cover and say "ahh, it's a '54 and it's got a chrome bore"...
 
Woodbeef said:
All Russians will have threaded barrels. 49-mid 51 could have non-chrome bores.

The new Chi-coms are Military ones. The 1.5 millions are threaded. The 1.6 millions are pinned.

Neither Russian or Chinese have chrome chambers.

Which stock did you get, one for a threaded barrel or pinned?
Click to expand...

I have a late chinese with pinned barrel and the chamber is chromed.
 
Chinese late production,pinned barrel and chrome chamber.
IMG_1212.jpg
[/IMG]
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom