Good deals on SKS help a brother out.
- Thread starter Canadiankeeper
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Travis Bickle
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- Upper Lower Middle Alberta
Get a mint Chinese one off the EE for 200 bucks.
The Chinese military production rifles are just as good as any Russian one. Might not look as pretty but they're every bit as reliable and awesome.
The Chinese military production rifles are just as good as any Russian one. Might not look as pretty but they're every bit as reliable and awesome.
Heck yeah! What flavour of SKS did she end up getting you?
Just a good example of a Russian refurb. The barrel looks new? The bolt is also black. Bayo has no wobble or play in it. Very tight and solid feeling for a gun supposed to be made in 1955. Stock is a little beat up but she said her old man wants a winter project so going to let him refinish it. Ill post pics later
Forgot to take a picture of the bolt assembly, but its black.
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You have a modern SKS refurb made by the Russian "Molot" factory. It was most likely assembled from various parts in 2016 (the white marking Г И C - God Izgotvlenya Serii 16 means Year of Series Production 16; B П- Вятско-Полянский машиностроительный завод «Молот»- Vyatsko-Polansky "Molot" machine work plant - symbol of the Molot plant). It has no collector's value at all. They are being sold in Russia as hunting rifles nowadays. It can be a good shooter as usually the barrels used by the "Molot" factory are either very good or at least good quality.
I have an identical "Molot" SKS refurbished/assembled in 2014. I mounted a red dot on it and shoots well at 100 yards.
The most interesting part to me is the year 2016 on your "Molot". How was that particular SKS imported into Canada? There are sanctions on Russia since 2014. I guess it must have been re-imported from another country not directly from Russia.
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Hi - Nice weapon,'keeper 
I bought a 1951 from C-T back in '15, out the door under $200
a really good shooter. And with irons about 4 moa. BTW, I found that the Barska Recvr cover/Scope will hold zero if it's fitted 'very snug' - it's now hard to put in the locking pin but that's what's needed to keep it accurate.
I have a question for 05RAV regarding the markings. As you see below, mine is marked similarly, but without the " CIP/N" marking. What is the significance, if any?
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I bought a 1951 from C-T back in '15, out the door under $200 a really good shooter. And with irons about 4 moa. BTW, I found that the Barska Recvr cover/Scope will hold zero if it's fitted 'very snug' - it's now hard to put in the locking pin but that's what's needed to keep it accurate.I have a question for 05RAV regarding the markings. As you see below, mine is marked similarly, but without the " CIP/N" marking. What is the significance, if any?
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Hi - Nice weapon,'keeper
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The "CIP/N" marking is a proof mark from the Commission Internationale Permanente pour L'épreuve des Armes à Feu Portatives ("Permanent International Commission for the Proof of Small Arms" – commonly abbreviated as C.I.P.). This is an international organization which was established (in 1914!) for safety standards in testing of firearms (popular in Europe). My 2014 Molot does not have the "CIP/N" marking, either. It seems that Russia was not yet a member of the C.I.P. in 2014. Russia is definitely listed as a member as of 2015. Alternatively, it might also be that Russia at the time of the export of our SKS Molots in 2014 was already a member but did not have yet a mandatory proofing legislation in place.
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