Oddly enough some of the 1949's were refurbed with a laminate stock that was actually contoured to replicate the original shallow fore end hardwood '49's, and properly cut for the spike bayo and force matched. It looks for all intents "original" even though it's not. I used to have one and I wish that I would have kept it as a companion to my shallow hardwood '49. I saw one go for ~$1500 in a US auction a few years back. I have no idea how many were made that way, but them seem fairly scarce!
1949 sks
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Yes when they first came out with the laminates they made a relative few contoured to the original slim forearm/small stock ferrule design. But it obviously wasn't feasible to continue production for so few 49 rifles so to probably standardize they simply modified the later thick forearm style stock to work with the 49 style stock ferrule. Thus they chiseled out a groove for the bayo on the 49 rifles in the thicher forarm stocks. I have had a couple of the 49's with the early slim forestock laminate stocks. Here is a custom one I have done for a fellow. It is a 49' that has the slim profile laminate stock. I have named her Svetlana.
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Well, gd7 and ljones, thanks for the info, that is a tidbit I didn't know, of course there are 10,000 other SKS tidbits I don't know, but this one is important to me, I never looked closely at my laminate 1949, just figured it was a laminate refurb like any other, haven't even looked at it for like six months. So I just did and it is contoured like the original stock, awesome! thanks again!
Nice looking SKS and beautiful locker, did you make that?My 49 laminate
Yea, kinda what I thought! She will probably stay Parkerized!
PinkyPlinker
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Lol! So much for putting a fair price on it. Looks like greed won out.
I figured I'd put her up there and see what it would fetch. I'll adjust as needed and keep going lower until it sells. What would you do?
Ps.. Plink.. (you've been a hater since the get go) $200 is crazy cheap for a fully matching nice refurb regardless of date (if you find em let me know!!)
Ps.. Plink.. (you've been a hater since the get go) $200 is crazy cheap for a fully matching nice refurb regardless of date (if you find em let me know!!)
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walleyed99
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Wow, if you get that let me know. Cause my matching numbers one with correct 49 features just went WAY up in value 
Rethius, I think what folks are trying to say is, maybe take a look at Westrifles 1949 sks, they are relatively correct refurbs and are going for $450. So the price you put on your refurb mixmaster is even above their nice ones. You have a nice refurb with an odd dust cover. Given that the normal price at Westrifle for a normal refurb( and Westrifle is about the highest) are around $300. That may be a better place to start. Now, having said that, you can ask whatever you please, and I have seen some crazy prices on firearms on the EE. And they sold! Either way, good luck, because if you get that money for yours, as was said, mine will have just shot up a whole bunch!! I will buy all the 49's Westrifle has and put them on the EE cause that is one magical place!
cheers, we're pulling for ya!Hey Bob. Thanks for the respectful post. Full of class my friend!
I have a west 49, nice rifle.. minus the BBQ paint (not sure what park looks like). Like I said, I'll leave er up for a few days at that price to see. It Is a unique rifle, given the dust cover matches the whole rifle, and quite a nice addition to the collection (that's her, second from bottom). man do these things multiply though!!!
I have a west 49, nice rifle.. minus the BBQ paint (not sure what park looks like). Like I said, I'll leave er up for a few days at that price to see. It Is a unique rifle, given the dust cover matches the whole rifle, and quite a nice addition to the collection (that's her, second from bottom). man do these things multiply though!!!
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I finally had a few minutes at home to dig my '49 from the bowels of my safe. It is a very rare specimen with all stamped serials not only matching, but identical including the stock stamping. The spike bayo stakes have not been displaced and restaked and all parts from what I can see are period correct. The kick to the nuts is the magazine was electro pencilled and then scrubbed with steel wool(?), and there's no stamped serial number on the trigger guard. Other than that, it's the closest I've ever seen to being a true unrefurbished 1949 SKS.
I have my doubts that any 1949 is truly original and non-refurb. Mine's 100% original right down to the blued muzzle, but it's been inspected at the arsenal and stamped as such, hence "refurb". My offer to pay $2000 for any mint, unrefurb 1949 stands, as it has for years. Nobody has taken me up on it.
