Chinese SKS Dating Thread

[JTF#]

i will have a look around but there really is not much info on these guns. what is the 316 looking code? is the the same as for the SKS or a norinco thing?

 

[Loose-Cannon]

i will have a look around but there really is not much info on these guns. what is the 316 looking code? is the the same as for the SKS or a norinco thing?

Oh sorry... Here ya go. Its a little dif on the sks as it has the actual triangle around the numbers, and the corners are rounded.

 

[Loose-Cannon]

We don't know where that arsenal was located.

 

[JTF#]

thank you for the info. the type 77s were imported in the 90s and early 2000s i think. i found another gun with the 800+ serial number range just like mine and the photo (not the gun) was dated 2004.

 

[Loose-Cannon]

Actually, found an article stating the t77b was actually created in 1989. So if that 8 is a year designator, that would make the gun a 1996.

 

[JTF#]

that would sound about right to me. the import and time frame.

 

[Dave.S]

Factory 26 141791**

 

[Loose-Cannon]

1969

 

[Dave.S]

Thanks

 

[sigrunes]

It’s in a jungle stock with Bakelite handguard , no bayo and lug has cleaning rod guide hole but no place to screw on or mount bayo. Thanks in advance.

 

[Boris Badinov]

"1963: 8 million /26\ marked guns, S/N ~8,000,001 to at least 8,129,462."


From: http://chinesesks.weebly.com/dating-the-chinese-sks.html

nice looking carbine.

What'd that cost you in $CAN and when did you acquire it?

 

[sigrunes]

Thanks for the info Boris , appreciate it. Just picked it up recently actually, got it for around $300CAN , stripped and cleaned her , I think it may be a keeper honestly. Great bore , nice and light and cool look to it. It’s all matching numbers that I can see as well. Can’t wait to shoot her.

 

[Boris Badinov]

Thanks for the info Boris , appreciate it. Just picked it up recently actually, got it for around $300CAN , stripped and cleaned her , I think it may be a keeper honestly. Great bore , nice and light and cool look to it. It’s all matching numbers that I can see as well. Can’t wait to shoot her.

Is this one of the recent imports to Canada? Or is it a previously owned (in canada) carbine?

I'm curious if anyone has been able to pin down if the recent chinese sks imports to Canada are coming from somewhere other than China.

 

[sigrunes]

It’s previously owned , the guy had it for 3 years and bought it off another guy. It’s passed through 3 hands for sure. It isn’t one of the ones Canadammo was just selling.

 

[sigrunes]

 

[canuck75]

Hey, I just dug mine out of the safe where it's sat unused for years. It's a 26 in a triangle, with a V then 4###. From what I can tell it's a 1956 sino-soviet. In quite good shape. Any idea what they're worth?

Thanks

 

[Loose-Cannon]

Hey, I just dug mine out of the safe where it's sat unused for years. It's a 26 in a triangle, with a V then 4###. From what I can tell it's a 1956 sino-soviet. In quite good shape. Any idea what they're worth?

Thanks

Please read this.... http://sks-files.com/index.php?topic=42.0

As far as value, where do you live? If your in the US I may be able to offer a best idea with some pics, but if your in Canada.... No idea.

 

[canuck75]

Thanks loose-cannon. It seems to match some but not all of the criteria. Looks like this, and the numbers match on bolt and mag body. Not sure where else it would be stamped.

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[Loose-Cannon]

You have a letter series gun from 1959/60.

If your in Canada, that's one hell of a find! All normal places on an sks should be serialized. Bolt, carrier, cover, receiver, mag, stock, and trigger guard.

I have a V also....

 

[canuck75]

oh, ok. Time to do some reading. It's been sitting in the back of the safe ignored for years up here in Canada. Thanks so much for your troubles.