Cant find any info on my Sks d

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So I just picked this up off of here.
Trying to find when it was made. Has a realy low serial # and not many markings.
Might be rare I don’t know. It’s unfired in grease and don’t want to shoot it
Here are some pics maybe someone knows a bit more about it
 
First off your Sks-D is not a real D but rather a M made of spare parts back in the early 90’s. (Maybe late 80’s too).

The real D has an AK style mag release and usually a spike bayonet.

I’ve been on your road before an ended up with the exact same model as yours. I later got a few AK styles afterwards. They just operate better but they both take AK mags which the cool aspect of yours.
 
Airborn_69 said:
First off your Sks-D is not a real D but rather a M made of spare parts back in the early 90’s. (Maybe late 80’s too).

The real D has an AK style mag release and usually a spike bayonet.

I’ve been on your road before an ended up with the exact same model as yours. I later got a few AK styles afterwards. They just operate better but they both take AK mags which the cool aspect of yours.
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I thought the D stood for detachable mag? That’s what this is.
 
There weren't that many made because the US banned Norinco
So, Europe and Canada got some
I have a few of them new liked the idea of the magazine.
 
Alan Lever used to sell those "M" types in the late '80's - a friend of mine traded a Century L1A1 for one. That sounds crazy, but the FN cost him $150 and the SKS was selling for $250. These days I really miss the '80's.
 
The SKS-D/M are commercial SKS. They were built out of lower quality parts than their military SKS. It is not a military rifle, that's why there's no factory code. You will never see Made In China on their military SKS, only on consumer goods. These were built for the civilian market. Fit and finish can vary on parts, springs can be much lighter than they should be (though function usually isn't affected), parts can be poorly fitted. They were using up old stock SKS parts mixed with generally lower quality new manufactured parts. As for collectibility there will always be a market for them due to being a little more rare. They command a premium because of it but buyers are few and far between.
 
Back in the last days before magazine capacity limits, in 1991 at the Le Baron's Yonge St location I looked at this rifle new in the box. I had never seen an sks before and I was going to buy it but for some reason the bayonet turned me off, what was I thinking?

From their 1991 catalog:

sks_d.jpg
 
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If you spend 25.oo for a membership here, it is simple, but lots pf people seem to cheap?
those pictures bring back some memories.
 
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