Sino? Sks

[wcook1967]

Any idea if this is what they call a sino Soviet?

 

[jaroslav]

Ask CGN member Boris Badinov.

 

[peacemaker56]

need to see the lh side of the receiver and what the barrel lug looks like
and lh side of stock

 

[wcook1967]

let me know if you need another pic

 

[Dsiwy]

Yes it is

 

[wcook1967]

Thanks, makes it interesting, bought it at local auction because of condition, looks unfired.

 

[bearhunter]

Not only is it Chinese, but it has the seldom seen "blade" bayonet and matte finished bolt. Might even have been made by the Chinese, under Russian supervision, on Russian equipment.

 

[mbogo3]

There are made on early Soviet tooling with screwed in barrel.........very accurate

 

[Curtton]

Yes it is

yup.

number matching?

 

[peacemaker56]

I agree , has all the right markings , serial # and barrel lug .
congrats you got a rare sks there

 

[collector67]

Factory 26 to boot. That’s cool!

 

[wcook1967]

It is a #'s matching dust cover, bolt carrier, bolt. I have not taken it apart to see if the gas tube is marked. Nothing on the stock at all for marks though and the rear sling is on the bottom. Nothing on the butt plate but the cleaning stuff is in the butt stock. Thanks for all the info.

 

[wcook1967]

The only bad thing is because it appears unfired I am concerned to shoot it....

 

[Boris Badinov]

You've got a 1959-1961 Chinese Letter Rifle. Technically it's not a Sino-Soviet rifle.

By 1959, the Chinese were in full control of type56 production and the rift between China and the Soviet Union was in full swing.

http://chinesesks.weebly.com/195960-letter-guns.html

 

[55recce]

Shoot it and have fun SKS are not that rare....

 

[Boris Badinov]

Don't worry about shooting it. It's not an unfired rifle.

The metal finish is not original, and the stock is a replacement.

 

[Curtton]

The only bad thing is because it appears unfired I am concerned to shoot it....

unfired after refurb.

Don't worry about shooting it. It's not an unfired rifle.

The metal finish is not original, and the stock is a replacement.

correct. finishing should be blued like russian and stock should be numbered.

 

[Travis Bickle]

That looks like a very early model Chinese military SKS. Would have been made on the imported Russian tooling to China when they first set them up and guided them for initial production.
I don't know if it is confirmed but I've read that the soviets even supplied them with small surplus parts etc to use up in the first runs ie you would have a Chinese made SKS made on old imported Russian machinery with even some Russian made surplus components installed.
Very cool find. Congrats!
But it also looks like a refurb at some point.
Shoot it man!!!