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- Manitoba, Canada
Chinese SKS from Moving Target
- Thread starter nikoinwinnipeg
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- Ottawa, Ontario
yeah i noticed that on the russian sks i got from them compared to the one my buddy got
The outer part of the triangle is the "6" if you look closely. The characters for "56 Type" are not on your carbine but are often absent on "export contract" or people's militia arms. It's not beyond question that the PLA would use these carbines as well.
These carbines are all in orignal finish. The serial numbered stock is a good indicator of military issue as this is not done on refurbished/commerical carbines. Note that with the exception of the "D" model which was never issue for the PLA, the Type 56 carbines were built for domestic military /milita isssue or military export contacts.
Many were cheaply refurbished for commerical sale abroad and marked as "norinco" etc after they were surplused but there are still obviously numbers of "new" carbines from storage still being sold off like these ones (our laws do not presently require any maker/export/import markings so there is no need for them). I would not hazard a guess about how many may still be out there. Like most communist nations, China does not dispose of weapons until they are well and truly obsolete. Given that the Type 56 was the primary infantry rifle for 25 years and the PLA had 6 million under arms plus militias and paramilitary groups, not to mention aid to "friendly nations" it would not be out of the question that perhaps 8-10 million carbines were made.
If you check under the rear sight, the gas tube, the piston and the extractor you will see the last 4 or 5 digits of the serial hand engraved as in Russian practice for newly made arms. These are covered over or buffed off when a firearm is refurbished and not re-applied.
The stocks of these carbines also seem to be of better quality then the average refurb although finished with the usual nasty shellac like material.
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i dont have factory code 25 on the list below so eos is right that its 625 instead, unfortunately there is no sure way of telling when your rifle was made, the only factory that we are able to figure out is factory 26 .
according to the features on your rifle (short barrel lug), it looks like it was made during the mid-production and as far as i know there is no commercial sks made during that period.
http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=411867
- Location
- Manitoba, Canada
- Location
- Manitoba, Canada
found it 4 down 6 in on the pic above
here I took another shot
What is interesting is the factory 306 transition from short lug to pinned barrel between the 1.5 and 1.6 million series seen in this current batch.
Riveted stud through the bottom of the mag body restricts the follower. Cleanly done and not obvious.
Yes.
Very much like the T56 that Lever sold a while ago.
My guess about the Russians? The 10 round magazines were not considered by the importers and when finally made aware of it they needed a quick and dirty solution for all the thousands of other carbines contracted. The method chosen was probably easiest with the tools at hand for whoever did it. Hopefully, they can devise something less damaging for future imports.
It's obvious that the work was done at the point of origin. Why was that method chosen?
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