Chinese SKS 五六式 7.62x39 - "French Tickler"
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Lol. Settle petal.
johnny the boy
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The rifle in question seem to have more character than the owner.Its a milsurp with a cool arsenal repair / fix.You want to be cool don't you?
That isn't a service repair. It was done at manufacture to cover an open knit in the wood. Lots of military rifles have these. Ever seen a Finnish mosin? Or a French berthier rifle? These weren't meant for aesthetics.
I worked in a lumber mills for yrs...we always plugged holes in the cedar siding right off the manufacturing line..knots holes small defects etc...wood rifle stocks are no different.. they come off the lathe with small defects and get plugged..doesnt mean they are not new manufacture
lol... when i said SEEN, im including forums, for sale and my 4 sks books. if its that common on UNISSUED sks as some of you indicated then dont you think one of us would have SEEN it already? please post a pic of an UNISSUED sks with this type of repair (ofcos not including this shipment).
I don't have photos, but when lever arms brought in factory 26 sks' in the late 1990's, I had a couple with similar repairs. One was a pinned spike Bayo, unissued. The other a refurb of an early blade Bayo rifle.
If you ask me, prevalence would depend on the quality of wood they were working with.
lol. i seen those from leverarms cos i even bought one, they are well done refurbs not unissued. nice try.
BTW, i use to drop by leverarms during my lunch break when they use to be downtown. my office was one block away. old man grumpy was alive then. lol.
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i got my unissued and mint from intl supplies in surrey for $500.
https://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php/2308940-New-shipment-of-Chinese-SKS-pictorial
you coming to the mainland any time soon, lol.
Those were good old days for sure. The blade Bayo refurb looked unissued but clearly wasn't. The gas tube was a replacement 3 piece, and the tail end that's under the handguard was spot welded on crooked to the point the piston would not cycle. I had to replace it to get the gun to function. Some other guns at the time were unsafe to shoot, if I remember, the Chinese had stuck pinned barrels into threaded receivers somehow and there were stories of them coming apart, though I never handled one myself.
I'll take your word for it the other must have been a refurb. It looked new and 30 years ago, I had a lesser eye for old rifles than I do now. I didn't own the pinned rifle very long.
I also should have kept theid-2000's 625 and 316 unissued examples I once had. Oh well.
Just ordered one of these new ones from Durham, will post what I get in the mail.
yes, good old days. my all time fav SKS was a blade factory 26 but it was clearly refurb cos the gas tube was parked and no serial number on the stock, regardless it was my favorite. im still sad i sold it. bugger.
Just bought one of these rifles from Bullseye North, I went to check them out in person cause I didn’t want to risk ordering online and getting an ugly one, they let me look at a few and they were all very nice, they also let me price match International Shooting Supplies so I got it for $499.99 plus tax 
Just bought one of these rifles from Bullseye North, I went to check them out in person cause I didn’t want to risk ordering online and getting an ugly one, they let me look at a few and they were all very nice, they also let me price match International Shooting Supplies so I got it for $499.99 plus tax
price match.... sweet
