I am not a expert on the sks', but those pins in the forestock are
not brass, steel, the shallac finish just makes them look like brass.
they are installed because i hear that the wood is prone to cracking
there, thou mine has no cracks.
one of my russians has three of these pins, I would think that
the 3 rd one was done at the referbish as the wood has been sanded
and them another layer of finish installed. This one has the solid wood
stock 100 % matching. date on the cover.
The other one had a lamin. stock , no date , I sold it at the Saskatoon gun show couple weeks ago, damn near had a fight at my tables over it when
I put it out for sale.
Have pictures, but have never tried to post ,as I have dial up and that
is a pain in the ass.
I did not like the black paint on the bolt, so wanted to see what was under it, took some stripper to it and did not do much, socked it in stripper for 3 days and with some supper fine steel wool , got it cleaned up, don't know what they use , but one darn tough paint(?)Powder coating????
the bolt is not bull chrome as I thoght it would be , but nice shiny gray
steel, looks way better than the blk. paint.