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Thought I would show everyone here my newest addition: Simonov SKS 45, 1953 Tula.

The stock has an x'd out number and a new matching one stamped just below it. The handguard has been electropenciled to match. Other than those two things, there appears to be no other rebuilding marks, the other parts have their matching serial numbers still in the white.

The bottom of her magazine has a round block and I think this will restrict the magazine to 5 rounds instead of 10. I haven't cleaned her yet but the internals still have grease in them. Overall, it is the best $200 I ever spent on a milsurp.

Is there anyway to find out where she was stationed ?

Also, with the help of an SKS website, I was able to figure out what most of the parts in the cleaning kit do though as this is my first semi-automatic rifle, I am quite new to it. I could only identify the cleaning brush but the other two tools are unfamiliar to me.

I have also noticed she has the free-floating firing pin so I will have to be careful when I go to the range to avoid slam fires. I also think she has a laminated stock but I'm not sure. The oil bottle still has oil in it too which I was not expecting.

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What do you guys think ?
 
I also think she has a laminated stock but I'm not sure. The oil bottle still has oil in it too which I was not expecting.
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Nice score.

Stock is solid arctic birch, not laminated. You have an authentic milsurp, you can brag that all parts are surp even the 50 year old oil.
 
Very interesting, after my reading into '53 and '54 production, I had suspected my SKS had a laminated stock but it is nice to know it is arctic birch.

Since this SKS more than likely came in a crate, would the accessories be in say a bag tied to the rifle or would they be in a separate crate and simply paired up with a rifle ?
 
lone-wolf said:
I get a kick out of the 3 stripper clips.
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The description for the rifle on Ellwood epps did not mention stripper clips, or two ammo pouches so you can imagine how surprised I was when I realized it was just about every accessory needed for a '50s Soviet SKS.

I think all I am missing is the uniform :rolleyes:.
 
Nabs said:
The description for the rifle on Ellwood epps did not mention stripper clips, or two ammo pouches so you can imagine how surprised I was when I realized it was just about every accessory needed for a '50s Soviet SKS.

I think all I am missing is the uniform :rolleyes:.
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Buy a crate of surplus and you'll have more stripper clips then you know what to do with.
 
nice rifle...
here is mine, got it last week with all the goodies, including sight adjustment tool and a crate of ammo...
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I didn't get the sight adjustment tool but I reckon those are not difficult to get ahold of should I require it in the future.

With the help of the guide at Surplus rifle, I took my SKS apart for a general inspection, every part looks just fine, just covered in lots of oil. I reassembled the SKS and everything seems fine except the magazine is bothering me as I don't think it is positioned correctly. It is locked in position and operates just fine but it seems like it is pushed in a bit too much. The action feels and operates as smooth as before I disassembled the carbine. What do you guys think, did I do it right ?

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Polaris, is your SKS pinned like mine ?
 
your magazine looks just fine; checked out mine and it's the same...
what do you mean by pinned? the barrel ?
 
polaris said:
your magazine looks just fine; checked out mine and it's the same...
what do you mean by pinned? the barrel ?
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Great, thanks for checking for me.

As for the "pinned" I picked up the term to describe how the magazine is restricted to 5 rounds instead of the original ten by the insertion of a pin or block into the bottom of the magazine. My SKS has a round block in the bottom so I am thinking my SKS is restricted to 5 rounds at once instead of ten.

Sorry if I am getting the terminology incorrect, I'm trying to learn as much as I can while I have my SKS.
 
yes the mag is pinned to five rounds, they all are...
looks like a block is welded to the bottom of the mag.
 
Also, I should mention, in a time of need, the SKS will serve as the best line of defence for the militaman because, if the *ahem* "other powers" decide to invade our Maple Syrup Land of Plenty, then we shall use thier milsurp ammo laying about in thier unguarded ammo dumps. WOLVERINES!
 
Nabs said:
Great, thanks for checking for me.
As for the "pinned" I picked up the term to describe how the magazine is restricted to 5 rounds instead of the original ten by the insertion of a pin or block into the bottom of the magazine. My SKS has a round block in the bottom so I am thinking my SKS is restricted to 5 rounds at once instead of ten.
Sorry if I am getting the terminology incorrect, I'm trying to learn as much as I can while I have my SKS.
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Your SKS is more "blocked" than "pinned" to 5 rounds. No need to sweat over terminology here.

The other method of limiting rounds to 5 involves welding a short "pin" to the bottom of the follower arm. This pin keeps the follower from moving down further, so it also "blocks" the magazine.

Whether people call it a block or a pin doesn't really matter as long as we understand each other.

Now, a "magazine" IS different from a "clip", though:D
 
Yours is hardwood Refurb SKS not laminated.

Nice one

Have fun shooting


Nabs said:
Thought I would show everyone here my newest addition: Simonov SKS 45, 1953 Tula.

The stock has an x'd out number and a new matching one stamped just below it. The handguard has been electropenciled to match. Other than those two things, there appears to be no other rebuilding marks, the other parts have their matching serial numbers still in the white.

The bottom of her magazine has a round block and I think this will restrict the magazine to 5 rounds instead of 10. I haven't cleaned her yet but the internals still have grease in them. Overall, it is the best $200 I ever spent on a milsurp.

Is there anyway to find out where she was stationed ?

Also, with the help of an SKS website, I was able to figure out what most of the parts in the cleaning kit do though as this is my first semi-automatic rifle, I am quite new to it. I could only identify the cleaning brush but the other two tools are unfamiliar to me.

I have also noticed she has the free-floating firing pin so I will have to be careful when I go to the range to avoid slam fires. I also think she has a laminated stock but I'm not sure. The oil bottle still has oil in it too which I was not expecting.

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What do you guys think ?
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Don't worry about the floating firing pin. Most semi auto rifles have one. Just clean it and make sure brass doesn't mung up the firing pin hole. Maybe I will get flames for it but I don't see the big deal about having a floating firing pin.
 
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