Russian SKS with no date stamp *please help*

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i recently purchased and russian SKS with no date stamp and want to find out how to determine where and when it was made. the guy i bought it from told me it was not a refurb but the stock has the serial number ###ed out and the bolt cover is stamped with a square and a line through it and nothing else, otherwise all numbers match... he said it was old army stock and never fired and it came full of grease, it has a beautiful chrome bolt and a chrome lined barrel that looks great so i bought it.

if anyone can help me properly identify this rifle it would be greatly appreciated!

thanks for reading.
 
ok yeah thanks for your help... when i say recently, i mean last night. i'm at work right now and away from my rifle so unable to create and upload photos but will do so ASAP, probably later this weekend.

thank you and anyone else with ideas please let me know.
 
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Make sure you include a clear photo of the front of the gas tube where the gas bleeds off the barrel. There were some differences in this area, and a general date (early or late) production can be made.
 
If the serial on the stock is ###'d out, and has the square with line through it, it has been refurbed.

In the red rifles section, currton wrote an sticky about identifying your sks by barrel type and other subtle changes.
 
I know exactly who you bought it from as i must have been there just before you to buy that "non-refurb" sks. Unfortunately it is a refurb and the markings tell the story. It must have been a heavy refurb as the receiver/barrel are in great condition if not new.

Read the sticky on identifying sks45s. It will tell you that this is a 55/56 sks and the only one that can be accurately identified as such due to the tula star stamped on receiver.
 
Got an old wreck Tula., definitely not a refurb. :D No manufacturer or date on the cover, but according to the internet, I identified it as a Tula 55, 56, by the style of the star on the receiver side. Also has a slimmer bayonet, that might actually work for sticking into somebody. :D

Grizz
 
I guess the question is...does a force matched non original stock classify as refurb? The russians certainly thought it is so they stamped the cover with the box and diagonal through it.

The other way to think about it is to ask what constitutes an original?
 
It's a 55/56 refurb, no question. But to confirm its a 55/56, look for the small Tula star on the left side of the receiver, to the right of the serial #. I say that because its also possible the receiver cover isn't original to the rifle (could be a 1954 with a 55/56 receiver cover).
 
thanks to everyone who replied, you've all been a great help and led me to the correct info... now i know exactly what i have, and no need to upload the pics...
thanks for directing the misdirected.

god bless CGN!
 
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