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Bought a SKS yesterday. It was sold to me as a Soviet, but it is clearly a Chinese factory 26 Sino-Soviet with a blade. It is in mint, unfired condition.

How could such an old rifle have survived to now and never be issued, used?
 
GANDERITE said:
Bought a SKS yesterday. It was sold to me as a Soviet, but it is clearly a Chinese factory 26 Sino-Soviet with a blade. It is in mint, unfired condition.

How could such an old rifle have survived to now and never be issued, used?
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congrats , a great score ... i rather have a sino than a russian SKS45 , especially when there will be a boat load (of SKS45) arriving soon and a collector grade is sold for $269 .

the sino probably refurb , the early refurb was so well done that its hard to tell .

i also have a sino but unfortunately the refurb was done later so the refurb workmenship isnt that good .

would you post some close up pics?
 
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The seller told me it was a Soviet. When I saw it I said "It looks Chinese." He said "No. See the Cyrilic printing>"

When I got it home I looked at the triangle and it is a 26. It has an upside down U on the sight. There are no Chinese characters on it. Serial number is a J and 4 numbers.

The stock is new. That crappy wood that made me say "Chinese" as soon as I saw it. Blade bayo.

Even for a Chinese I figured it had to be worth $150, so I bought it.


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Is this new or a refurb?
 
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If you can't tell the difference what does it matter.
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you have to be newb to say that .

its a sino , the first year it was produced in china with russian help and russian parts in that rifle, its a collector item.

how much a collector pay will depend on alot of factors , especially whether the rifle was refurb or not , a non-refurb/fired will ofcos fetch more than a refurb/fired and a non-refurb/unfired even more than that.

its difficult to see from pics but one must ask are all numbers matching? if so when you run you fingers on the serial numbers , can you feel the edges of the numbers , un-buffed has sharp edges and buffed are smooth , secondly does all the number look alike , i mean look at the "7" and "4" , are they the same style.

my sino is clearly refurb cos i can see filing marks around serial # on the trigger guard , also the serial # on the mag was stamp without a mandrel so different depth, its was probably refurb in the 80s or 90s , the numbers are smoother , also the "7" and "4" , looks differents on different parts .

BTW, is that rust where on the gas tube meets the gas block?
 
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It's definitely a Sino-Soviet and has been refurbed. If you poke around on some of the US boards you can find pics of non-refurbed examples which still exhibit the bright bolt carriers, polished blue work, dark wood etc.

I have in my collection, besides a typical Sino Sov such as this one, an even earlier Chinese variation which has a Tula star on the left receiver wall and 4 digit serial number with no Cyrillic prefixes or suffix typical of late Russian issue but chock full of Russian inspector markings. Refurbed to typical export standard like the one shown.
 
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Looks like mine, but I paid around $250 for mine.
$150 was a great score. :)

Does yours still have the cleaning kit? :D
 
eos said:
It's definitely a Sino-Soviet and has been refurbed. If you poke around on some of the US boards you can find pics of non-refurbed examples which still exhibit the bright bolt carriers, polished blue work, dark wood etc..
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what did they do during refurb to make the bright carrier to dull grey ?
 
Ah, I see the difference. My other Sino has a bright shiny bolt carrier. The elevation numbers on the new purchase are white filled on a black sight. The first sino (bright bolt) does not have white on the numbers. Sight is black.

Also, the old one seems to have a nicer blue on the barrel.

Refurb explains why the oldest of Chinese SKS looks new and has a crappy wood stock.

Yes, all the numbers match and look original. Note that the trigger guard is milled.

Sad to say, my youngest son thought my first Sino (new and un-refurbed) looked neat and deserved a new stock. It is in a plasticc abortion and the trigger/magazine is missing. I think it is here somewhere, but he is sure he tossed that heavy dark wood stock.

Every house has a Bubba. Mine has two...

In defference to your sensibilities, I won't post a picture of Bubba SKS.
 
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