Excited over a refurb early 1950 SKS...

The Kurgan

The Kurgan

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With all my pristine non-refurbs, including an unissued 1953 Izhevsk, it's nice to own another shooter as I stupidly sold my last shooter (a '52 that was very accurate). This one has a beautifully blued bayonet, all-matching metal, a mint non-chrome bore (should be accurate), an interesting 90-degree gas block, spring-type bolt, and sits in a very nice arsenal recycled hardwood stock. It also has a pinned follower, which I'm a bit concerned about given the recent reports of feeding issues with them (fingers crossed). Personally, I prefer the neat rivet method, which is not to be confused with the earlier "frankenpin" method.

Pics are in EE. Seller is Flamingchicken, who is turning out to be another trusted seller in my books. My previous SKS purchase from him yielded a mint 1953 Izhevsk fully cleaned -- no cosmoline! What a pleasant surprize. Kudos to him. I highly recommend him.
 
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I have no problem with the pinned follower on mine. I like that there's no holes or welds. Hope yours is good too, looks nice with the blued bayonet!
 
I know that rifle and have handled it actually.

It has the early scribe "1950" lettering on the receiver cover like the 1949's...instead of the stamped year.
Takedown lever has a hole in it, and it has a square gas block.
The stock has a light patch/indent on the right side near butt where it appears to have been sanded.
Nice rifle. It was $199.99 at CT in Wpg. last week.
I almost bought it, except I have a '50 and two other SKS' already.
Enjoy!
 
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She's home... All-matching metal with a very nice arsenal fitted recycled hardwood stock. All the early features that you would find on a 1949, with exception of the bayonet, which is VERY nicely blued. Mint bore. The trigger is unusually smooth, with negligible creep. She's a keeper and will see some non-corrosive down the bore.

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I am wondering about the claims from a few owners about UN-Issued status of their SKS,,,,since all the commercial sellers seem to agree ALL these surplus SKS's HAVE been refurbished at one time or another,,,numbers matching and no ###'s on the stock doesn't make them UN-issued..i have yet to see a brand NEW Russian SKS anywhere,,can someone clarify??
 
Problem is that an owner sees no refurb marks on their SKS so think its a non refurb. When in actuality, Russia didn't stamp every refurb they did, so that can be misleading at times.
 
Hootguy; you're new here. Please use the search function. There's a wealth of information to be had for those that seek. Whether or not an SKS was unissued, is not really of importance or worth arguing. There are MANY non-refurbished, pristine beauties that show no, ZERO, zilch, nada signs of wear... I own 4 of those, not including the one posted in this thread which I clearly indicated is a mild refurb. These non-refurbished SKS's with zero signs wear were either unissued, or "as-issued" and never used (which is also possible). I have spent the last several years collecting, shooting, and observing SKS's. I absolutely know what wear looks like on every moving and non-moving part, even to the most minute degree. Again, there are many SKS's in the hands of CGN members that are as-new and have never been refurbished. Weimajack, for example, happens to sell many of these beauties.
 
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Problem is that an owner sees no refurb marks on their SKS so think its a non refurb. When in actuality, Russia didn't stamp every refurb they did, so that can be misleading at times.
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Yes, but to a trained eye, you can always spot a refurb. Most that were not stamped are often very clearly refurbished, some are much harder to tell -- I owned a few of those in the past. I learned quickly.

Just as an aside, many refurbs are quite wonderful, and make excellent shooters. Most mild refurbs are often limited to arsenal re-fitted stocks, either recycled hardwood, or recycled or new-production laminate. Sometimes bayonets are blued, as in mine in this thread, and sometimes gas tubes are completely replaced. More significant refurbs have most or all parts painted and/or blued and/or parkerized, sometimes barrels are replaced, serial numbers scrubbed and re-stamped (on bolt carriers, magazines, etc.), etc., etc. They are all interesting pieces of cold war history. Even carefuly sanded and re-stamped hardwood stocks, as in many (all?) currently on the Westrifle site, are fairly well done. However, most SKS veterans can tell the difference from original and re-stamped stocks.
 
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