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    All matching?

    How can you advertise that when the stocks on the vast majority are replacement laminate stocks... with no serial numbers?

    I assume you mean refurb with force matched stocks (if numbered) with all metal matching?
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    Quote Originally Posted by fenceline View Post
    All matching?

    How can you advertise that when the stocks on the vast majority are replacement laminate stocks... with no serial numbers?

    I assume you mean refurb with force matched stocks (if numbered) with all metal matching?
    Everyone and their dog assumes that just because numbers are visibly matching it must be original...

    Meanwhile they are all ground down, renumbered and refinished refurbs. In all fairness, there aren’t many good sources on SKS rifles, although that is soon to change.

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    SKS Files is about the best source on SKS currently.

    If there aren't any cartouches around the front cross bolt on the stock... the stock was replaced. Not many true "Non Refurbs" out there...
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    Quote Originally Posted by fenceline View Post
    SKS Files is about the best source on SKS currently.

    If there aren't any cartouches around the front cross bolt on the stock... the stock was replaced. Not many true "Non Refurbs" out there...
    Yep, very true.

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    For something that's supposed to be rare. There sure is a lot out there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcvando View Post
    Everyone and their dog assumes that just because numbers are visibly matching it must be original...

    Meanwhile they are all ground down, renumbered and refinished refurbs. In all fairness, there aren’t many good sources on SKS rifles, although that is soon to change.
    Explain "that is soon to change" please.

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    All matching?

    How can you advertise that when the stocks on the vast majority are replacement laminate stocks... with no serial numbers?

    I assume you mean refurb with force matched stocks (if numbered) with all metal matching?
    Because when we compare the numbers they all match......

    Did they change the number 50 years ago? Who can say for 100%, we go be the appearance of what we can say for certain. We take multiple pictures of each gun so that you can get a good idea of what you will be getting.
    Last edited by Frontier Firearms; 02-20-2019 at 01:05 PM.

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    For something that's supposed to be rare. There sure is a lot out there.
    We know of 24 left on dealers shelves in the country. Triple that to be safe and divide that by 2 million and that is 1 for every 27000 gun owners. A month from now that number will be 1 for every 100 000 gun owners.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frontier Firearms View Post
    Because when we compare the numbers they all match......

    Did they change the number 50 years ago? Who can say for 100%, we go be the appearance of what we can say for certain. We take multiple pictures of each gun so that you can get a good idea of what you will be getting.
    A few people can tell... hence the ask.

    No stock number is not all matching. Laminate stocks are never original to a 49 and very not matching.

    All matching non refurb vs all matching forced matched are different... not the same at all.
    Last edited by fenceline; 02-20-2019 at 02:41 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by fenceline View Post
    A few people can tell... hence the ask.

    No stock number is not all matching. Laminate stocks are never original to a 49 and very not matching.

    All matching non refurb vs all matching forced matched are different... not the same at all.
    Yup, sucks thinking you got an all matching original when it's actually a force matched stock that was never issued in that year

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