Russian SKS45 long thread.
- Thread starter Curtton
- Start date
Are you going to get one from Leo for sure?
- Location
- Fraser Valley
Happy Monday! Supposedly I will be getting my new baby today... Yeah right. lol. I am not going to get excited anymore! lol, I think I am losing it. I need a life!
- Location
- Fraser Valley
Snow, ugh, it's supposed to snow here tomorrow. Maybe I will have nothing better to do than play with my new (old) gun tomorrow....
Here are the Photos
1953 Tula all matching no forced stamps
there are several marks that I am not sure what they are
first is beside the serial number it looks to be a M in a triangle, the wood also has several stamps under there
underside of the grip has several stamps.
I don't know if any of the wood marks are refurb but the metal does not have any unless the M in the triangle is one.
I think I will save this one and shoot the forced matched one...
1953 Tula all matching no forced stamps
there are several marks that I am not sure what they are
first is beside the serial number it looks to be a M in a triangle, the wood also has several stamps under there
underside of the grip has several stamps.
I don't know if any of the wood marks are refurb but the metal does not have any unless the M in the triangle is one.
I think I will save this one and shoot the forced matched one...
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- Location
- Fraser Valley
That's mighty pretty. I hope mine is nice too.... It is on the road as of 7:47 am. I hope it's both gun and ammo. I will be pissed if it's just the ammo. Wouldn't that be f*%$ed????
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Received CP notification email last Wed.. Status is still unchanged, "Item accepted at the Post Office ". That's 6 days if you count the weekend! Great service CP! I'm getting 1 hand select, & 1 shooter. Keeping my fingers crossed that the hand select will be all #'s matching. If it's electro-penciled, it will hit the EE in record time.
George
UPDATE
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Well my door bell just rang after sending this message. Anyone want to guess who it was?
Here's a pic of the package
I'll post more pics later.
George
UPDATE
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Well my door bell just rang after sending this message. Anyone want to guess who it was?
Here's a pic of the package
I'll post more pics later.
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This thread has become "SKS Baby Photos" and I love it. It would be interesting to create a 'CGN / SKS Family Tree' - I've seen lots of my twin's 1953r Tula siblings on here and they all appear to be matching & non-refurb - I wonder what their (his)tory is?
I'm also beginning to think 'shooter grade' vs. 'hand-select' may have been relative to which crates were open on the day stuff shipped...
I couldn't be happier with the two 53's I have... On first inspection I can't tell if they've ever been fired (but after reading what to look for above I will go back over them with a fine tooth comb today looking for some of the indicators - I did notice some minimal wear on the hammers but that may even have been me dry firing them...)
Can someone remind me - what is the significance of a shiny bayo vs. the 'gold' color (which I assume is some rust-protection treatment?) - unless I'm mis-reading posts above it sounds like people are correlating shiny bayo with original as issued... but mine have the gold bayo and otherwise appear to be non-refurb.
/gc
I'm also beginning to think 'shooter grade' vs. 'hand-select' may have been relative to which crates were open on the day stuff shipped...
I couldn't be happier with the two 53's I have... On first inspection I can't tell if they've ever been fired (but after reading what to look for above I will go back over them with a fine tooth comb today looking for some of the indicators - I did notice some minimal wear on the hammers but that may even have been me dry firing them...)
Can someone remind me - what is the significance of a shiny bayo vs. the 'gold' color (which I assume is some rust-protection treatment?) - unless I'm mis-reading posts above it sounds like people are correlating shiny bayo with original as issued... but mine have the gold bayo and otherwise appear to be non-refurb.
/gc
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#1bcshooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- North Of The DMZ (US border)
Here are the Photos
My cover is identical to yours . I wonder what caused defect in the blue ?
I wonder since these were stored in crates in multiple #'s stacked they had to have wood spacers to separate them . Did any one see a crate & was there a spacer over the receiver covers ?
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1955/56??
Just got mine today. Theres no date on the cover so I'm guessing 1955/66. I'm thinking late 1955 since the stock dosent look laminated.
Theres no star on the side of the receiver though? There are the 2 refurb marks on the cover (the diamond and the square with a bar).
As far as I can tell its only the Mag cover. One number is crossed out with a new one stamped just above.
The Barrel muzzle has a shinny ring. Is that good or bad ?? Could it have been replaced?
The from site has a 2 so it not a "snipper grade".
Over all I'm verry happy with what I got. If I had the money I be tempeted to get an other one.
As you can tell from my post .Yes I'm a novice. I already have a Norico paratrooper so I already know how to take most of it apart.
pat
Just got mine today. Theres no date on the cover so I'm guessing 1955/66. I'm thinking late 1955 since the stock dosent look laminated.
Theres no star on the side of the receiver though? There are the 2 refurb marks on the cover (the diamond and the square with a bar).
As far as I can tell its only the Mag cover. One number is crossed out with a new one stamped just above.
The Barrel muzzle has a shinny ring. Is that good or bad ?? Could it have been replaced?
The from site has a 2 so it not a "snipper grade".
Over all I'm verry happy with what I got. If I had the money I be tempeted to get an other one.
As you can tell from my post .Yes I'm a novice. I already have a Norico paratrooper so I already know how to take most of it apart.
pat
Shiny bayo is an original, dull bayo has been beed blasted, and a gold bayo is Gold plated = rare. Do not remove gold plating.
1300_stainless
Regular
- Location
- Nova Scotia, Canada
Wow I hope my shooter graade is as nice as some of the other shooter grades people have been getting. If it's all rusted and such I'll be disapointed. Supposed to be here friday!
