More inexpensive SKS!

bobdbldr said:
So,, pics to follow, a non refurb 1952, beautiful stock,few scratches will polish up nicely, a 1953 Tula non refurb, and another beauty stock,, a 1955, non refurb birch stock, very nice dark cherry red, issued for sure the butt pad shows a lot of blueing wear around the edges cool! Next a 1951, non refurb, similar wear on the butt pad., they all seem to have very nice cherry red birch stocks! Now for an interesting one and one I could use some answers on,, a 1957( backwards N) non refurb, beauty,, however it has a birch stock, I thought all the letter series had laminate, so it could be a refurb,there are way more inspection marks/ cartouches than any othe SKS I have 4 or 5 around the front lug bolt and all over the stock are numbers and markings,, so far no refurb marks so I will keep looking, it has also been issued and shows similar wear! Lots of fun!! There are still a good few interesting SKS there as I couldn't buy all the ones I wanted;) ,,,!!,
Edit, after reading the sticky at the top of the page I see that the 56/57/58 could also come in birch stock! So many differences in these little buggars!
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Where are those pics!? :)
 
bobdbldr said:
I thought all the letter series had laminate, so it could be a refurb,there are way more inspection marks/ cartouches than any othe SKS I have 4 or 5 around the front lug bolt and all over the stock are numbers and markings,, so far no refurb marks so I will keep looking, it has also been issued and shows similar wear! Lots of fun!! There are still a good few interesting SKS there as I couldn't buy all the ones I wanted;) ,,,!!,
Edit, after reading the sticky at the top of the page I see that the 56/57/58 could also come in birch stock! So many differences in these little buggars!
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I've read (and I could spend hours trying to find it again...) that the only 56/57/58 that should have laminate as issued are the last year "K" marked rifles. I have a non-refurb "N" in Birch that is also covered in cartouches that my "D" laminate does not have. My "D", while visually non-refurb has one tiny detail that confirms it is a refurb.
 
PinkyPlinker said:
I've read (and I could spend hours trying to find it again...) that the only 56/57/58 that should have laminate as issued are the last year "K" marked rifles. I have a non-refurb "N" in Birch that is also covered in cartouches that my "D" laminate does not have. My "D", while visually non-refurb has one tiny detail that confirms it is a refurb.
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Tough little buggars to pin down eh! Lots of cheap fun though, and at the end of the day, the least we have is a great shooting piece of history!
 
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