aminate SKS looks like a cheap way of doing it.

[antiqueguy]

I have both and I really do not favor one over the other im getting accuracy that should be expected for a battle rifle(accuracy is mostly 75% shooter and 25% firearm) with surplus ammo with my reloads I can get under fist size groups. btw id much rather have a gun that hits a center of mass size target at 300 yards that's reliable then a tack driver that need to be clean to work

 

[Mumbles Marble Mouth]

I was under the impression that only rifles that had been refurbished that needed a stock replacement had laminate stocks. Makes sense since I have a non refurbished 1954 in hardwood and a refurbished 1950 in laminate wood. It may depend on how the laminate stock looks as I've had more complements about my laminate SKS over the hardwood one.

 

[ljones]

I was under the impression that only rifles that had been refurbished that needed a stock replacement had laminate stocks. Makes sense since I have a non refurbished 1954 in hardwood and a refurbished 1950 in laminate wood. It may depend on how the laminate stock looks as I've had more complements about my laminate SKS over the hardwood one.

There were some produced with original laminate stocks as well. They will have the dark red shellac finish without any signs of refurbishment. These were the late production guns. The later refurb laminates are what we commonly see with the lighter honey/amber color. They had already switched to laminate stocks as there was a shortage of wood large enough to produce the full size hardwood stocks and the fact that the hardwoods tended to split and crack behind the tang on the stock wrist. Thus the laminates started to be used on new production, and when production stopped were used on the refurbished of all years of Russian SKS's.