Need Help Veryifying SKS Un-issied Or Issued

[ljones]

Looks very good - the stock cartouces and all the matching electro-penciling on the gas system is a good sign. People assume that electro-penciling means a refub - on SKS rifles not so much. You want electo-penciling on your gas system.

There are also different levels or refurbs:

1. Complete mis-match
2. Forced matched with ###x'd out stock
3. Matching but some refurb work with refurb marking on the top cover or stock.
4. All matching with no refurb marks but Butt Plate refurb'd
5. All matching rifle with Butt Plate Electro-Penciled to the rifle (complete un-refurb)

I couldn't see the pic of the Butt plate well. If any black paint or a two-tone colour - your rifle went through a minimal refurb - but 90% of collectors would still consider it an unrefurb. If the Butt is Electro-Penciled matching to the rifle it is almost completely untouched.

There were two kinds of paint applied to the butt plates. One is the tough BBQ paint we see in its various kinds. It indicates refurb. However there is another that has just been dabbed on the butt plates, even over the cosmoline, more as a rust preventive move that comes off if you look at it the wrong way it seems. I have taken it off with my fingernail, some use acetone and it comes right off. Not a sign of refurb. The refurb paint doesn't come off easily and is very durable.

 

[agentcq]

ljones is correct.

Sometime the Butts are refinshed/repainted with a durable finish = Refurbed rifle.
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Other time Butts have black/light paint dabs which often flake off revealing some bare metal/hi-points. However, I consider this bare metal as rack wear vs. actual 'use' wear. This is why most collectors still consider those rifles to be non-refurb'd.