Russian refurb SKS. Whats the deal with the gold coloured bayonet?

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I got my 1954 Russian refurb from Moving target. I was wondering what the deal is with it's gold colored bayonet? I tried a search on gold bayonet for the red rifle section and came up with nothing.

This rifle also is way better than the 90's manufacture chinese SKS I used to have. Man did that think look like crap compared to the Russian.
 
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Are you sure it's refurbished? I think the unissued ones have some sort of brown/gold coloured preservative on the bayonet.
 
I was told it is refurbished. From what I can tell though, it appears only the stock is force matched. The receiver cover doesn't have the wierd square refurb mark.

The bolt, carrier, mag, trigger gaurd, receiver cover are all matching. The gas tube is electro penciled. But I hear that that part was too thin to stamp so it may be normal.

The barrel I'm not sure how to check if it's origional, I don't see a S\N on it. But it's chromed like a 1954 should be. This one is a Tula '54

As for it being cosmo, I cant wipe it off. The bottom and top edges of it are normal metal colour, and there's a few spots of metal on it. Here's a pic.

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Just purchased two Tula's today. My 1953 has a black painted bayonet but the 1956 also has a gold bayonet. Unlike the 1953, it has no refurb markings and the rifling looks almost new so I hoping it is an un-issued. Got a case of 1,120 rounds of CZ 7.62 corrosive ammo so will be bringing both of these babies to the range on the weekend to group them.
How did your 1954 group?
 
Rottboy_8 said:
Just purchased two Tula's today. My 1953 has a black painted bayonet but the 1956 also has a gold bayonet. Unlike the 1953, it has no refurb markings and the rifling looks almost new so I hoping it is an un-issued.
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not having a refurb mark does not mean its not refurbish. the russian quite often didnt bother with it.
 
Judging by the pics it looks like it was stained with oil. Looks like the finish absorbs oil and its now permanently colored this way?

At first I was going to say that it looks like a part from a cerimonial sks :D
 
I guess we'll go with the stained from cosmoline theory. I didn't shoot it yet as I only got it yesterday morning and am in the process of moving.

It would be cool tho if we could get our hands on a ceremonial SKS. I saw a picture in Lever arms of the owner holding one. It looked cool.
 
mystery of the golden bayo.

i been looking into this mystery surrounding the golden bayo for a few months now and i havent been able to confirm how this come to be . all i can say is , i dont think it was cos by cosmo .

i have read what our neighbours to the south felt about it and the concensus were its cos by cosmo , how ever one well known member there felt its a chemical process , nobody was absolutely positive.

http://ww w.sksboards.com/smf/index.php?topic=48492.0 (remove space between W)

there are three reasons why i dont think it was cos by cosmo. 1 . the shade of gold on the bayo is quite even and cosmo is not applied evenly on any parts. 2. if the cosmo is some how harden on the bayo then why not on the carrier or why the entire rifle dont have a golden hue . 3. one day when i was taking a pic , i saw a bayo that had gold started at the tip and ran evenly the length of the blade when it got to the middle of the shank/shaft (dont know the proper term) , it all of a sudden stopped so i assumed the bayo was dipped . into what i have no idea , was it heated first ?
 
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My take on the Gold Bayo is that it is a coating that they were dipped in when they were manufactured. It was done to preserve the metal until it was cleaned up for issue. When the rifle was issued, the cosmo was cleaned off and the bayo was polished.

For those that want to believe it is an EVIL gun, just tell people it is 50 year old dried blood.
 
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