Chinese Type 53
- Thread starter The_Red_Rabbit
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BlackPowderBurner
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- the chesterfield
Nice find. I passed one up at a good price for something else a few years ago thinking they were more common than they really are up here. Learned a lesson that day.
rockport guy
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Riverview NB
Times 2
Pure luck that I saw an ad. An awesome Gun Nut helped me with an in person sale and shipped it to me.
The gun is matching. Appearent the serial number on this is higher than the highest reported on Gun Board. Got a Russian cleaning rod on the way. I know chinese ones are bit different but its close enough.
The gun is matching. Appearent the serial number on this is higher than the highest reported on Gun Board. Got a Russian cleaning rod on the way. I know chinese ones are bit different but its close enough.
The type 56 is the SKS. The type 53 was the Chinese designation for their own carbine mosin. These M44 copies were ready for Korea and Vietnam etc... when opening Chinese surplus note the cans the 7.62x54R has a 53 designation too it where your SKS ammo is go a big 56 on it most of the time. Also there was the Chinese type 56 assault rifle that is a AK copy made alongside the type 56 semiautomatic rifle (SKS).
i have had no luck finding a type 53 myself. Good catch, a couple years ago i saw one on EE but never heard from the seller so assuming it sold fast.
Nice Type 53 carbine.
Travis Bickle
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
They're more common south of the border oddly.
The vast majority of them are in near if not non shootable state.
Collectible for sure though.
The vast majority of them are in near if not non shootable state.
Collectible for sure though.
