Odd sks serial #

[JimDO]

Went shooting with a bud at the range yesterday. Hadnt seen him in a while. He brought his Russian sks along and I was curious about his odd serial number. The rifle is one of the recent bbq paint refurbed imports. It has a 54 Tula stock, with the ###x-ed original serial#. But the receiver and stock show the odd serial #. Any ideas ?
(I just had him take 2 pics and text them to me. I had to brighten-up the receiver photo to see the serial)

Apparently theres no Tula star on the receiver like the known letter guns.

 

[EL34/6L6]

I thought there were some letter guns that had no star anywhere on the rifle (?)

 

[running-man]

That specific type of single-Cyrillic-1/2/3/4-Numbers-single-Cyrillic S/N was only used on 1954 Izhevsks. The Cyrillic suffix propagates among all the parts, not just the receiver.

'53 Izhevsks used the 'standard' dual-Cyrillic-1/2/3/4-Numbers used on all the '49 to '55 Tulas.

'56-'58 Letter Suffix guns had dual-Cyrillic-/1/2/3/4 with a suffix of Д, И, or K based on the year of manufacture. This suffix is typically not propagated to the piece parts and is usually only found on the receiver, though guns have turned up with the suffix on the stocks from time to time.

 

[JimDO]

Ah ok thanks Running man,, didnt know that re the 54 Izzys

 

[Woodbeef]

Actually it's from a later 54 Izzy. Early 54s were the same sequence as 53s and Tulas prior to the letter series.

 

[ljones]

I have seen a few of these Serials on the Izzy's as well. Both 53 and 54

 

[running-man]

You know I've only ever seen one '54 Izhevsk with a dual prefix Cyrillic belonging to Drago @ Russian-mosin-nagant, but unfortunately it's been through refurb so I was always just a bit wary of the provenance:

I almost want to say there is a bit of ghosting around the S/N on this receiver cover (thought it's probably just the light and the angle of the shot):

But then when you get to the stock, it looks pretty original to my novice eyes:

I've never seen a '53 Izhevsk with a Cyrillic suffix letter. That would be an interesting one to look at, it would throw a big monkey wrench in the early to late Izhevsk marking consistency!

 

[JimDO]

Sorry I cant throw some confusion into the 53 Izzy suffix mystery. Both of mine have a double prefix,,KH and PN

 

[POPS]

C 667 M 1954r IZZY REFURB, came home from WHOLESALE SPORTS a week ago..../black bayonet. very good condition...