Russian beauties

[Curtton]

here are my 3 russian IZH beauties . from the top , they are 55/56, 54 and 53 all late russian tula. i paid approx $280 each . they are in excellent condition altho when i placed the order i asked for unissued and was told they were but sadly they werent . one of them are near new and the other two are fired , one even had a stock with forced serial numbers .

more detail pic to follow .

 

[Paulinski]

Nice russkies.

 

[Geoff B]

Rude West Coast Guy

Curtton,
They all look nice, but sorry, they all look the same! Just like my sorta-new SKS. LOL
Geoff

 

[Spcamno]

here are my 3 russian IZH beauties . from the top , they are 55/56, 54 and 53 all late russian tula. i paid approx $280 each . they are in excellent condition altho when i placed the order i asked for unissued and was told they were but sadly they werent . one of them are near new and the other two are fired , one even had a stock with forced serial numbers .

more detail pic to follow .

I am drooling all over my keyboard!

May I ask where you get them?

You can PM if its not appropriate to post.

Thx

 

[schmidt64]

My 53 Tula is in the mail right now, looks just like those. I cant wait!

 

[kwhunter]

 

[Curtton]

Curtton,
They all look nice, but sorry, they all look the same! Just like my sorta-new SKS. LOL
Geoff

yes, they should all look the same cos they are late russians , early russian woulds look abit different .

BTW: im collecting them so i was looking for un-issued from 1949 to 1956 . one from each year of production . im trying to keep up with norseman .

 

[Curtton]

is that pic of the same russian ?

 

[kwhunter]

Same: fore and aft, port and starboard...

is that pic of the same russian ?

 

[smartbomb]

Nice Curtton... always one to impress.

 

[Norseman]

Nice ones bud, It took quite a while to get them eh?

 

[Curtton]

tula 1955/56

Nice ones bud, It took quite a while to get them eh?

thanks fellas .

i might get rid of these if i ever find an unissued ones .

this is what do when i get my russian for the first time , keep in mind im collecting them , im looking for un-issued russian ones so your mileage may differ .

basicly i perform the following 3 steps :
1. Identification.
2. Looking for SIGNS OF REFURBISHING. see SKS45 sticky in section D.
3. Looking for SIGNS OF FIRING. see SKS45 sticky in section E.

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1. IDing : for 1955/56 has no marking on the top cover , only a small star on the left side of receiver.

2. Looking for signs of refurbishing:

Rebluing or paint of the crown are signs of refurbishing and this one has been painted.

when there is more than two punch holes on the bayo screw and this one has 4 punch holes so yes, this rifle had some work done to it

3. Looking for signs of firing:

I can see wears on the shoulder locking piece and on the face of the hammer.
On the bolt I can see wear marks on the bottom caused by the hammer

 

[Curtton]

tula 54

this was the best of the three , very little use . not refurb and all matching. unfortunately there fresh wood damage near the mag and under the HG.

fresh scratches , dont know who did it , maybe caused by people installing the mag block .

deep gouge in front of the mag .

 

[Curtton]

tula 53

all numbers matches, wood is forced matched . otherwise its in excellent condition.

 

[Teapot]

Butchered wood. A shame to see that on such nice looking rifles.

 

[kwhunter]

Battle scars
It's just shellac, can be easily repaired.

this was the best of the three , very little use . not refurb and all matching. unfortunately there fresh wood damage near the mag and under the HG.

fresh scratches , dont know who did it , maybe caused by people installing the mag block .

deep gouge in front of the mag .

 

[Curtton]

Battle scars
It's just shellac, can be easily repaired.

any suggestion on how to repair the deep gouge ?

 

[Spcamno]

any suggestion on how to repair the deep gouge ?

A buddy of mine is a carpenter (wood worker) and he uses steam (iron or soider iron over damp rag) to raise the dents in the wood.

I tried before it might not comes out all but improves a whole lot.

 

[Curtton]

A buddy of mine is a carpenter (wood worker) and he uses steam (iron or soider iron over damp rag) to raise the dents in the wood.

I tried before it might not comes out all but improves a whole lot.

i have done that before with deep dents but this gouge is missing wood, i think i have to use some sort of filler , not sure tho .

 

[kwhunter]

Curtton, you've got 1/2 the answer here; the 2nd half is to blend the shellac in. It is an easy fix if the wood is just dented.
Here's an example:

Before:

and after; no filler, just raised wood fibres; I could have bleached the spots but I didn't:

A buddy of mine is a carpenter (wood worker) and he uses steam (iron or soider iron over damp rag) to raise the dents in the wood.

I tried before it might not comes out all but improves a whole lot.